Merge Cooking® vs Pocket City 2
Merge Cooking®
Happibits Game
Google Play
$381.0K/mo
~$4.57M/yr · 19.3M installs
VS
Pocket City 2
Codebrew Games
Google Play
$25.1K/mo
~$301.1K/yr · 419K installs
Revenue winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+1418% vs other
Installs winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+4515% vs other
MAU winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+1778% vs other
Rating winner
Merge Cooking® wins
+10% vs other
Why Merge Cooking® is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Merge Cooking® earns roughly 15× more per month than Pocket City 2 - $381.0K vs $25.1K.
- Subscription model. Merge Cooking® runs a $12.59/mo subscription that compounds; Pocket City 2 relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Merge Cooking® has ~19.3M lifetime installs vs Pocket City 2's ~419K - 46.2× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Merge Cooking® sits at 4.65★ vs 4.23★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Merge Cooking®
vs
Pocket City 2
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$381.0K
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$25.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$4.57M
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$301.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
19.3M
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419K
Monthly active users (est.)?
677K
◀
36K
App Store rating
4.65★
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4.23★
Total ratings
113K
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4K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.59
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Simulation
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 20, 2022
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 1.38.0
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Simulation
- Price
- USD4.99
- Released
- Mar 24, 2023
- Last updated
- Oct 17, 2025
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 1.096
- Languages
- -
Merge Cooking® trajectory
Pocket City 2 trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Merge Cooking® or Pocket City 2? v
Merge Cooking® earns about $381.0K per month, while Pocket City 2 earns about $25.1K. That is a 15.2× revenue gap (~$355.9K more per month for Merge Cooking®). Annual revenue: Merge Cooking® ≈ $4.57M/year, Pocket City 2 ≈ $301.1K/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Merge Cooking® or Pocket City 2? v
Merge Cooking® leads with about 19.3M estimated downloads vs 419K for Pocket City 2 - a 46.2× gap. Merge Cooking® reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Pocket City 2 reports 100,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Merge Cooking® and Pocket City 2 in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Simulation 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 Pocket City 2 offer? v
Merge Cooking®: IAP range $0.99 - $159.99 per item. Pocket City 2: no IAP detected on the public listing. Merge Cooking® runs a "Subscription (~$12.59/mo)" monetization model; Pocket City 2 runs "Paid app ($4.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Merge Cooking® or Pocket City 2? v
Merge Cooking® edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Merge Cooking® 4K ratings, Pocket City 2 518 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Merge Cooking® vs Pocket City 2 revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $381.0K for Merge Cooking® and $25.1K for Pocket City 2 are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Simulation) - 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 Pocket City 2 to a different Google Play app? v
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