Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Monster Hunter Now

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
VS

Monster Hunter Now

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$339.9K/mo
~$4.08M/yr · 5.3M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +6546% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2205% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2170% vs other
Rating winner Monster Hunter Now wins +5% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

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

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 66× more per month than Monster Hunter Now - $22.59M vs $339.9K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $9.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs Monster Hunter Now's ~5.3M - 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.

Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
Monster Hunter Now
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
$339.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
$4.08M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
5.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
23.9M
1.1M
App Store rating
4.50★
4.74★
Total ratings
808K
48K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD6.99
Released
Nov 17, 2011
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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Monster Hunter Now

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Sep 13, 2023
Last updated
May 8, 2026
File size
230.6 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
120.0
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +3 more
View full Monster Hunter Now report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Monster Hunter Now? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Monster Hunter Now earns about $339.9K. That is a 66.5× revenue gap (~$22.25M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, Monster Hunter Now ≈ $4.08M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Monster Hunter Now? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 5.3M for Monster Hunter Now - a 23.0× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Monster Hunter Now's App Store downloads are estimated from 48K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Monster Hunter Now 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 Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Monster Hunter Now offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Monster Hunter Now: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Monster Hunter Now runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Monster Hunter Now? v
Monster Hunter Now edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, Monster Hunter Now 48K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Monster Hunter Now revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $339.9K for Monster Hunter Now 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 Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Monster Hunter Now to a different App Store app? v
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