Merge Cooking® vs Red's First Flight
Merge Cooking®
Happibits
App Store
$1.19M/mo
~$14.23M/yr · 18.0M installs
VS
Red's First Flight
Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$212.6K/mo
~$2.55M/yr · 8.1M installs
Revenue winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+458% vs other
Installs winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+123% vs other
MAU winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+156% vs other
Rating winner
Red's First Flight wins
+1% vs other
Why Merge Cooking® is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Merge Cooking® earns roughly 6× more per month than Red's First Flight - $1.19M vs $212.6K.
- Subscription model. Merge Cooking® runs a $8.99/mo subscription that compounds; Red's First Flight relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Merge Cooking® has ~18.0M lifetime installs vs Red's First Flight's ~8.1M - 2.2× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Merge Cooking® runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Merge Cooking®
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.19M
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$212.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$14.23M
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$2.55M
Lifetime installs (est.)
18.0M
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8.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.7M
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1.1M
App Store rating
4.72★
▶
4.78★
Total ratings
33K
▶
73K
US grossing rank
#67
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 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
- Mar 31, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 19, 2023
- File size
- 229.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +8 more
Merge Cooking® trajectory
Red's First Flight trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Merge Cooking® or Red's First Flight? v
Merge Cooking® earns about $1.19M per month, while Red's First Flight earns about $212.6K. That is a 5.6× revenue gap (~$972.9K more per month for Merge Cooking®). Annual revenue: Merge Cooking® ≈ $14.23M/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.55M/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 Red's First Flight? v
Merge Cooking® leads with about 18.0M estimated downloads vs 8.1M for Red's First Flight - a 2.2× gap. Merge Cooking®'s App Store downloads are estimated from 33K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are Merge Cooking® and Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight offer? v
Merge Cooking®: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Red's First Flight: no IAP detected on the public listing. Merge Cooking® runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #67" monetization model; Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Merge Cooking® 33K ratings, Red's First Flight 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Merge Cooking® vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.19M for Merge Cooking® and $212.6K for Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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