Match Factory! vs Sword x Staff

Match Factory!

Peak Games
App Store
$1.62M/mo
~$19.43M/yr · 108.0M installs
VS

Sword x Staff

Boltray Games
App Store
$346.9K/mo
~$4.16M/yr · 6.4M installs
Revenue winner Match Factory! wins +367% vs other
Installs winner Match Factory! wins +1595% vs other
MAU winner Match Factory! wins +370% vs other
Rating winner Sword x Staff wins +1% vs other

Why Match Factory! is winning

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

  1. Match Factory! earns roughly 5× more per month than Sword x Staff - $1.62M vs $346.9K.
  2. Premium pricing. Match Factory! charges $9.99/mo vs Sword x Staff's $4.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Match Factory! has ~108.0M lifetime installs vs Sword x Staff's ~6.4M - 16.9× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. Match Factory! ranks #56 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Match Factory!
vs
Sword x Staff
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.62M
$346.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$19.43M
$4.16M
Lifetime installs (est.)
108.0M
6.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.0M
1.3M
App Store rating
4.80★
4.87★
Total ratings
720K
26K
US grossing rank
#56
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Match Factory!

Peak Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Nov 1, 2023
Last updated
Jun 29, 2026
File size
605.9 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.71.143
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +3 more
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Sword x Staff

Boltray Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 19, 2026
Last updated
Jun 29, 2026
File size
999.6 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
1.0.32
Languages
English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese +1 more
View full Sword x Staff report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Match Factory! or Sword x Staff? v
Match Factory! earns about $1.62M per month, while Sword x Staff earns about $346.9K. That is a 4.7× revenue gap (~$1.27M more per month for Match Factory!). Annual revenue: Match Factory! ≈ $19.43M/year, Sword x Staff ≈ $4.16M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Match Factory! or Sword x Staff? v
Match Factory! leads with about 108.0M estimated downloads vs 6.4M for Sword x Staff - a 16.9× gap. Match Factory!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 720K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sword x Staff's App Store downloads are estimated from 26K ratings.
Are Match Factory! and Sword x Staff 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 Match Factory! and Sword x Staff offer? v
Match Factory!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Sword x Staff: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Match Factory! runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #56" monetization model; Sword x Staff runs "Subscription (~$8.33/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Match Factory! or Sword x Staff? v
Sword x Staff edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Match Factory! 720K ratings, Sword x Staff 26K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Match Factory! vs Sword x Staff revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.62M for Match Factory! and $346.9K for Sword x Staff 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 Match Factory! or Sword x Staff to a different App Store app? v
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