Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs New York Mysteries 2

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

New York Mysteries 2

FIVE-BN STUDIO LTD
App Store
$925/mo
~$11.1K/yr · 231K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2441978% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +52280% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +21892% vs other
Rating winner New York Mysteries 2 wins +7% 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 24421× more per month than New York Mysteries 2 - $22.59M vs $925.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; New York Mysteries 2 relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs New York Mysteries 2's ~231K - 523.8× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - 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 York Mysteries 2
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
$925
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
$11.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
231K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.7M
30K
App Store rating
4.50★
4.81★
Total ratings
808K
3K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
9 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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New York Mysteries 2

FIVE-BN STUDIO LTD
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Feb 27, 2021
Last updated
Dec 28, 2023
File size
824.9 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
1.1.0
Languages
Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +7 more
View full New York Mysteries 2 report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or New York Mysteries 2? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while New York Mysteries 2 earns about $925. That is a 24420.8× revenue gap (~$22.59M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, New York Mysteries 2 ≈ $11.1K/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 York Mysteries 2? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 231K for New York Mysteries 2 - a 523.8× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. New York Mysteries 2's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and New York Mysteries 2 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 York Mysteries 2 offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. New York Mysteries 2: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; New York Mysteries 2 runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/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 York Mysteries 2? v
New York Mysteries 2 edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, New York Mysteries 2 3K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs New York Mysteries 2 revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $925 for New York Mysteries 2 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 York Mysteries 2 to a different App Store app? v
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