Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles vs Match 3D

Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles

Playtika LTD
App Store
$370.7K/mo
~$4.45M/yr · 46.3M installs
VS

Match 3D

Lion Studios Plus
App Store
$654.9K/mo
~$7.86M/yr · 145.4M installs
Revenue winner Match 3D wins +77% vs other
Installs winner Match 3D wins +214% vs other
MAU winner Match 3D wins +16% vs other
Rating winner Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles wins +0% vs other

Why Match 3D is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Match 3D earns roughly 2× more per month than Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles - $654.9K vs $370.7K.
  2. Premium pricing. Match 3D charges $9.99/mo vs Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles's $1.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Match 3D has ~145.4M lifetime installs vs Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles's ~46.3M - 3.1× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Match 3D runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles
vs
Match 3D
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$370.7K
$654.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$4.45M
$7.86M
Lifetime installs (est.)
46.3M
145.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
7.0M
8.1M
App Store rating
4.82★
4.79★
Total ratings
309K
970K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$1.99
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
10 tiers

Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles

Playtika LTD
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Oct 9, 2014
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
947.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
18.5.0
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese +3 more
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Match 3D

Lion Studios Plus
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 5, 2020
Last updated
Apr 22, 2026
File size
926.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1245.97.0
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +2 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Match 3D? v
Match 3D earns about $654.9K per month, while Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles earns about $370.7K. That is a 1.8× revenue gap (~$284.3K more per month for Match 3D). Annual revenue: Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles ≈ $4.45M/year, Match 3D ≈ $7.86M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Match 3D? v
Match 3D leads with about 145.4M estimated downloads vs 46.3M for Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles - a 3.1× gap. Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles's App Store downloads are estimated from 309K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Match 3D's App Store downloads are estimated from 970K ratings.
Are Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles and Match 3D 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 Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles and Match 3D offer? v
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Match 3D: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Match 3D runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Match 3D? v
Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles 309K ratings, Match 3D 970K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles vs Match 3D revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $370.7K for Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles and $654.9K for Match 3D 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 Best Fiends - Match 3 Puzzles or Match 3D to a different App Store app? v
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