DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS vs Merge Dragons!

DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS

SQUARE ENIX
App Store
$6.0K/mo
~$72.1K/yr · 8K installs
VS

Merge Dragons!

Gram Games
App Store
$503.9K/mo
~$6.05M/yr · 63.0M installs
Revenue winner Merge Dragons! wins +8286% vs other
Installs winner Merge Dragons! wins +782837% vs other
MAU winner Merge Dragons! wins +468724% vs other
Rating winner Merge Dragons! wins +5% vs other

Why Merge Dragons! is winning

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

  1. Merge Dragons! earns roughly 84× more per month than DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS - $503.9K vs $6.0K.
  2. Subscription model. Merge Dragons! runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Merge Dragons! has ~63.0M lifetime installs vs DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS's ~8K - 7829.4× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Merge Dragons! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS
vs
Merge Dragons!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.0K
$503.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$72.1K
$6.05M
Lifetime installs (est.)
8K
63.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1K
6.3M
App Store rating
4.50★
4.71★
Total ratings
161
420K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
10 tiers

DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS

SQUARE ENIX
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD27.99
Released
May 26, 2022
Last updated
Mar 26, 2025
File size
638.6 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
2.3.0
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +3 more
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Merge Dragons!

Gram Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jun 28, 2017
Last updated
Jun 30, 2026
File size
389.6 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
13.9.1
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +7 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS or Merge Dragons!? v
Merge Dragons! earns about $503.9K per month, while DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS earns about $6.0K. That is a 83.9× revenue gap (~$497.9K more per month for Merge Dragons!). Annual revenue: DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS ≈ $72.1K/year, Merge Dragons! ≈ $6.05M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS or Merge Dragons!? v
Merge Dragons! leads with about 63.0M estimated downloads vs 8K for DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS - a 7829.4× gap. DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS's App Store downloads are estimated from 161 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Merge Dragons!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 420K ratings.
Are DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS and Merge Dragons! 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 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS and Merge Dragons! offer? v
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS: no IAP detected on the public listing. Merge Dragons!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS runs a "Paid app ($27.99)" monetization model; Merge Dragons! 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, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS or Merge Dragons!? v
Merge Dragons! edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 161 ratings, Merge Dragons! 420K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS vs Merge Dragons! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.0K for DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS and $503.9K for Merge Dragons! 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 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS or Merge Dragons! to a different App Store app? v
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