Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Pandemic Roles

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

Pandemic Roles

Francisco De Choudens
App Store
$2/mo
~$24/yr · 500 installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1130600250% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +24261710% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +7713192% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +61% 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 11306004× more per month than Pandemic Roles - $22.61M vs $2.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Pandemic Roles relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.3M lifetime installs vs Pandemic Roles's ~500 - 242618.1× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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
Pandemic Roles
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.61M
$2
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.34M
$24
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.3M
500
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.7M
86.5
App Store rating
4.51★
2.80★
Total ratings
809K
10
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
0 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 →

Pandemic Roles

Francisco De Choudens
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jan 12, 2021
Last updated
Oct 22, 2025
File size
50.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
2.0.29
Languages
-
View full Pandemic Roles report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Pandemic Roles? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.61M per month, while Pandemic Roles earns about $2. That is a 11306003.5× revenue gap (~$22.61M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.34M/year, Pandemic Roles ≈ $24/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 Pandemic Roles? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.3M estimated downloads vs 500 for Pandemic Roles - a 242618.1× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 809K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pandemic Roles's App Store downloads are estimated from 10 ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Pandemic Roles 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 Pandemic Roles offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Pandemic Roles: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Pandemic Roles 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 Pandemic Roles? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 2.8 (gap of 1.7 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 809K ratings, Pandemic Roles 10 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Pandemic Roles revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.61M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $2 for Pandemic Roles 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 Pandemic Roles to a different App Store app? v
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