Mario Kart Tour vs Plague Inc.

Mario Kart Tour

Nintendo Co., Ltd.
App Store
$2.25M/mo
~$27.05M/yr · 175.5M installs
VS

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner Mario Kart Tour wins +250% vs other
Installs winner Mario Kart Tour wins +619% vs other
MAU winner Mario Kart Tour wins +615% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +2% vs other

Why Mario Kart Tour is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Mario Kart Tour earns roughly 3× more per month than Plague Inc. - $2.25M vs $644.5K.
  2. Subscription model. Mario Kart Tour runs a $1.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Mario Kart Tour has ~175.5M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 7.2× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Mario Kart Tour
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.25M
$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$27.05M
$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
175.5M
24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
35.1M
4.9M
App Store rating
4.70★
4.81★
Total ratings
1.0M
163K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$1.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
6 tiers
10 tiers

Mario Kart Tour

Nintendo Co., Ltd.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Sep 25, 2019
Last updated
Nov 10, 2025
File size
251.9 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.7.0
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +4 more
View full Mario Kart Tour report →

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD0.99
Released
May 26, 2012
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
123.6 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
1.24.4
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
View full Plague Inc. report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Mario Kart Tour or Plague Inc.? v
Mario Kart Tour earns about $2.25M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 3.5× revenue gap (~$1.61M more per month for Mario Kart Tour). Annual revenue: Mario Kart Tour ≈ $27.05M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Mario Kart Tour or Plague Inc.? v
Mario Kart Tour leads with about 175.5M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 7.2× gap. Mario Kart Tour's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Mario Kart Tour and Plague Inc. 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 Mario Kart Tour and Plague Inc. offer? v
Mario Kart Tour: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Mario Kart Tour runs a "Subscription (~$1.99/mo)" monetization model; Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Mario Kart Tour or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Mario Kart Tour 1.0M ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Mario Kart Tour vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.25M for Mario Kart Tour and $644.5K for Plague Inc. 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 Mario Kart Tour or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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