Merge Cooking® vs Plague Inc.
Merge Cooking®
Happibits
App Store
$1.23M/mo
~$14.76M/yr · 18.0M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+91% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+36% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+37% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2% vs other
Why Merge Cooking® is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Merge Cooking® earns roughly 2× more per month than Plague Inc. - $1.23M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Merge Cooking® runs a $8.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Charts placement. Merge Cooking® ranks #65 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
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.23M
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$14.76M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
18.0M
▶
24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.7M
▶
3.7M
App Store rating
4.72★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
33K
▶
163K
US grossing rank
#65
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Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 19, 2022
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- File size
- 482.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.38.0
- Languages
- English
- 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
Merge Cooking® trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Merge Cooking® or Plague Inc.? v
Merge Cooking® earns about $1.23M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 1.9× revenue gap (~$585.6K more per month for Merge Cooking®). Annual revenue: Merge Cooking® ≈ $14.76M/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, Merge Cooking® or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 18.0M for Merge Cooking® - a 1.4× gap. Merge Cooking®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 33K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Merge Cooking® 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 Merge Cooking® and Plague Inc. offer? v
Merge Cooking®: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Merge Cooking® runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #65" 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, Merge Cooking® or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Merge Cooking® 33K ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Merge Cooking® vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.23M for Merge Cooking® 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 Merge Cooking® or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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