Merge Dragons! vs Plague Inc.
Merge Dragons!
Gram Games
App Store
$4.06M/mo
~$48.66M/yr · 62.8M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
Merge Dragons! wins
+529% vs other
Installs winner
Merge Dragons! wins
+157% vs other
MAU winner
Merge Dragons! wins
+156% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2% vs other
Why Merge Dragons! is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Merge Dragons! earns roughly 6× more per month than Plague Inc. - $4.06M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Merge Dragons! runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Merge Dragons! has ~62.8M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 2.6× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Merge Dragons!
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.06M
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$48.66M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
62.8M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
12.6M
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4.9M
App Store rating
4.71★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
419K
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163K
US grossing rank
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 28, 2017
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- 378.2 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 13.5.0
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +7 more
- 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 Dragons! trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Merge Dragons! or Plague Inc.? v
Merge Dragons! earns about $4.06M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 6.3× revenue gap (~$3.41M more per month for Merge Dragons!). Annual revenue: Merge Dragons! ≈ $48.66M/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 Dragons! or Plague Inc.? v
Merge Dragons! leads with about 62.8M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 2.6× gap. Merge Dragons!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 419K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are Merge Dragons! 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 Dragons! and Plague Inc. offer? v
Merge Dragons!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Merge Dragons! runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" 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 Dragons! or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Merge Dragons! 419K ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Merge Dragons! vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.06M for Merge Dragons! 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 Dragons! or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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