Merge Cooking® vs Paper.io 2
Merge Cooking®
Happibits
App Store
$1.25M/mo
~$15.03M/yr · 18.0M installs
VS
Paper.io 2
Voodoo
App Store
$1.19M/mo
~$14.31M/yr · 471.9M installs
Revenue winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+5% vs other
Installs winner
Paper.io 2 wins
+2521% vs other
MAU winner
Paper.io 2 wins
+459% vs other
Rating winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+4% vs other
Why Merge Cooking® is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Aggressive pricing. Merge Cooking® undercuts at $8.99/mo vs $9.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Charts placement. Merge Cooking® ranks #64 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.
Merge Cooking®
vs
Paper.io 2
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.25M
◀
$1.19M
Annual revenue (est.)
$15.03M
◀
$14.31M
Lifetime installs (est.)
18.0M
▶
471.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.7M
▶
15.1M
App Store rating
4.74★
◀
4.55★
Total ratings
41K
▶
2.8M
US grossing rank
#64
◀
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Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
▶
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 19, 2022
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 488.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.47.0
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 9, 2018
- Last updated
- Jun 13, 2026
- File size
- 292.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 4.33.0
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +31 more
Merge Cooking® trajectory
Paper.io 2 trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Merge Cooking® or Paper.io 2? v
Merge Cooking® earns about $1.25M per month, while Paper.io 2 earns about $1.19M. That is a 1.0× revenue gap (~$59.5K more per month for Merge Cooking®). Annual revenue: Merge Cooking® ≈ $15.03M/year, Paper.io 2 ≈ $14.31M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Merge Cooking® or Paper.io 2? v
Paper.io 2 leads with about 471.9M estimated downloads vs 18.0M for Merge Cooking® - a 26.2× gap. Merge Cooking®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 41K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Paper.io 2's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.8M ratings.
Are Merge Cooking® and Paper.io 2 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 Merge Cooking® and Paper.io 2 offer? v
Merge Cooking®: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Paper.io 2: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Merge Cooking® runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #64" monetization model; Paper.io 2 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, Merge Cooking® or Paper.io 2? v
Merge Cooking® edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Merge Cooking® 41K ratings, Paper.io 2 2.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Merge Cooking® vs Paper.io 2 revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.25M for Merge Cooking® and $1.19M for Paper.io 2 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 Merge Cooking® or Paper.io 2 to a different App Store app? v
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