Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs New Star™ GP

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.61M/mo
~$271.34M/yr · 121.3M installs
VS

New Star™ GP

New Star Games
App Store
$739/mo
~$8.9K/yr · 16K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +3059712% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +758082% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +217087% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +8% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

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

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 30598× more per month than New Star™ GP - $22.61M vs $739.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $17.34/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.3M lifetime installs vs New Star™ GP's ~16K - 7581.8× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 7 - 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.

Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
New Star™ GP
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.61M
$739
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.34M
$8.9K
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.3M
16K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.7M
3K
App Store rating
4.51★
4.18★
Total ratings
809K
320
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
$17.34
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
7 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
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

New Star™ GP

New Star Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Mar 12, 2025
Last updated
Apr 27, 2026
File size
397.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.0.28
Languages
English
View full New Star™ GP report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or New Star™ GP? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.61M per month, while New Star™ GP earns about $739. That is a 30598.1× revenue gap (~$22.61M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.34M/year, New Star™ GP ≈ $8.9K/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 New Star™ GP? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.3M estimated downloads vs 16K for New Star™ GP - a 7581.8× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 809K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. New Star™ GP's App Store downloads are estimated from 320 ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and New Star™ GP 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 New Star™ GP offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. New Star™ GP: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; New Star™ GP runs "Free game · IAP-driven (5 packs + 2 sub, ~$0.30/MAU)". 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 New Star™ GP? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 809K ratings, New Star™ GP 320 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs New Star™ GP revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.61M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $739 for New Star™ GP 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 New Star™ GP to a different App Store app? v
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