Lucky Defense! vs SmallFish Chess for Stockfish

Lucky Defense!

111%
App Store
$10.0K/mo
~$120.5K/yr · 1.3M installs
VS

SmallFish Chess for Stockfish

Ted Wong
App Store
$46.7K/mo
~$560.9K/yr · 351K installs
Revenue winner SmallFish Chess for Stockfish wins +366% vs other
Installs winner Lucky Defense! wins +257% vs other
MAU winner Lucky Defense! wins +254% vs other
Rating winner SmallFish Chess for Stockfish wins +3% vs other

Why SmallFish Chess for Stockfish is winning

Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. SmallFish Chess for Stockfish earns roughly 5× more per month than Lucky Defense! - $46.7K vs $10.0K.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Lucky Defense!
vs
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$10.0K
$46.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$120.5K
$560.9K
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.3M
351K
Monthly active users (est.)?
250K
71K
App Store rating
4.62★
4.78★
Total ratings
11K
4K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
0 tiers

Lucky Defense!

111%
App Store
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
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SmallFish Chess for Stockfish

Ted Wong
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD4.99
Released
Jul 25, 2013
Last updated
Mar 16, 2026
File size
214.0 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
19.0.0
Languages
Arabic, HY, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch +27 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Lucky Defense! or SmallFish Chess for Stockfish? v
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish earns about $46.7K per month, while Lucky Defense! earns about $10.0K. That is a 4.7× revenue gap (~$36.7K more per month for SmallFish Chess for Stockfish). Annual revenue: Lucky Defense! ≈ $120.5K/year, SmallFish Chess for Stockfish ≈ $560.9K/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 SmallFish Chess for Stockfish? v
Lucky Defense! leads with about 1.3M estimated downloads vs 351K for SmallFish Chess for Stockfish - a 3.6× gap. Lucky Defense!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 11K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. SmallFish Chess for Stockfish's App Store downloads are estimated from 4K ratings.
Are Lucky Defense! and SmallFish Chess for Stockfish 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 SmallFish Chess for Stockfish offer? v
Lucky Defense!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: no IAP detected on the public listing. Lucky Defense! runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; SmallFish Chess for Stockfish runs "Paid app ($4.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Lucky Defense! or SmallFish Chess for Stockfish? v
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Lucky Defense! 11K ratings, SmallFish Chess for Stockfish 4K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Lucky Defense! vs SmallFish Chess for Stockfish revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $10.0K for Lucky Defense! and $46.7K for SmallFish Chess for Stockfish 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 SmallFish Chess for Stockfish to a different App Store app? v
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