Lucky Defense! vs Retro Bowl
Lucky Defense!
111%
App Store
$10.1K/mo
~$120.6K/yr · 1.3M installs
VS
Retro Bowl
New Star Games
App Store
$1.86M/mo
~$22.31M/yr · 137.5M installs
Revenue winner
Retro Bowl wins
+18394% vs other
Installs winner
Retro Bowl wins
+10839% vs other
MAU winner
Retro Bowl wins
+2978% vs other
Rating winner
Retro Bowl wins
+4% vs other
Why Retro Bowl is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Retro Bowl earns roughly 185× more per month than Lucky Defense! - $1.86M vs $10.1K.
- Bigger install base. Retro Bowl has ~137.5M lifetime installs vs Lucky Defense!'s ~1.3M - 109.4× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Lucky Defense!
vs
Retro Bowl
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$10.1K
▶
$1.86M
Annual revenue (est.)
$120.6K
▶
$22.31M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.3M
▶
137.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
250K
▶
7.7M
App Store rating
4.62★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
11K
▶
916K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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8 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 26, 2024
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- File size
- 1.38 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.8.18
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +2 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jan 17, 2020
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- File size
- 40.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.6.43
- Languages
- English
Lucky Defense! trajectory
Retro Bowl trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Lucky Defense! or Retro Bowl? v
Retro Bowl earns about $1.86M per month, while Lucky Defense! earns about $10.1K. That is a 184.9× revenue gap (~$1.85M more per month for Retro Bowl). Annual revenue: Lucky Defense! ≈ $120.6K/year, Retro Bowl ≈ $22.31M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Lucky Defense! or Retro Bowl? v
Retro Bowl leads with about 137.5M estimated downloads vs 1.3M for Lucky Defense! - a 109.4× gap. Lucky Defense!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 11K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Retro Bowl's App Store downloads are estimated from 916K ratings.
Are Lucky Defense! and Retro Bowl in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Lucky Defense! and Retro Bowl offer? v
Lucky Defense!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Retro Bowl: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Lucky Defense! runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Retro Bowl runs "Free game · IAP-driven (8 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Lucky Defense! or Retro Bowl? v
Retro Bowl edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Lucky Defense! 11K ratings, Retro Bowl 916K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Lucky Defense! vs Retro Bowl revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $10.1K for Lucky Defense! and $1.86M for Retro Bowl are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Lucky Defense! or Retro Bowl to a different App Store app? v
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