Merge Dragons! vs Tricky Story

Merge Dragons!

Gram Games
App Store
$502.4K/mo
~$6.03M/yr · 62.8M installs
VS

Tricky Story

Tang Thi Thuy
App Store
$21.9K/mo
~$262.3K/yr · 2.7M installs
Revenue winner Merge Dragons! wins +2199% vs other
Installs winner Merge Dragons! wins +2200% vs other
MAU winner Merge Dragons! wins +1050% vs other
Rating winner Merge Dragons! wins +0% vs other

Why Merge Dragons! is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Merge Dragons! earns roughly 23× more per month than Tricky Story - $502.4K vs $21.9K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Merge Dragons! undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $21.68/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Merge Dragons! has ~62.8M lifetime installs vs Tricky Story's ~2.7M - 23.0× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Merge Dragons!
vs
Tricky Story
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$502.4K
$21.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$6.03M
$262.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
62.8M
2.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.3M
546K
App Store rating
4.71★
4.69★
Total ratings
419K
23K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
$21.68
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Merge Dragons!

Gram Games
App Store
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
View full Merge Dragons! report →

Tricky Story

Tang Thi Thuy
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Nov 6, 2025
Last updated
Apr 1, 2026
File size
523.9 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.0.12
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +10 more
View full Tricky Story report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Merge Dragons! or Tricky Story? v
Merge Dragons! earns about $502.4K per month, while Tricky Story earns about $21.9K. That is a 23.0× revenue gap (~$480.6K more per month for Merge Dragons!). Annual revenue: Merge Dragons! ≈ $6.03M/year, Tricky Story ≈ $262.3K/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 Tricky Story? v
Merge Dragons! leads with about 62.8M estimated downloads vs 2.7M for Tricky Story - a 23.0× gap. Merge Dragons!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 419K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Tricky Story's App Store downloads are estimated from 23K ratings.
Are Merge Dragons! and Tricky Story 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 Tricky Story offer? v
Merge Dragons!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Tricky Story: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Merge Dragons! runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Tricky Story 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, Merge Dragons! or Tricky Story? v
Merge Dragons! edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Merge Dragons! 419K ratings, Tricky Story 23K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Merge Dragons! vs Tricky Story revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $502.4K for Merge Dragons! and $21.9K for Tricky Story 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 Tricky Story to a different App Store app? v
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