Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Pokémon Masters EX

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.81M/yr · 122.9M installs
VS

Pokémon Masters EX

DeNA Co., Ltd.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 32.7M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +129% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +276% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +38% vs other
Rating winner Pokémon Masters EX wins +4% 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 2× more per month than Pokémon Masters EX - $22.90M vs $10.00M.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Pokémon Masters EX relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.9M lifetime installs vs Pokémon Masters EX's ~32.7M - 3.8× 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
Pokémon Masters EX
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.81M
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.9M
32.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
4.9M
App Store rating
4.51★
4.70★
Total ratings
819K
218K
US grossing rank
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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
Jun 25, 2026
File size
1.32 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.32
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
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Pokémon Masters EX

DeNA Co., Ltd.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Aug 28, 2019
Last updated
Jun 26, 2026
File size
1.75 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
2.70.0
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +2 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Pokémon Masters EX? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Pokémon Masters EX earns about $10.00M. That is a 2.3× revenue gap (~$12.90M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.81M/year, Pokémon Masters EX ≈ $120.00M/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 Pokémon Masters EX? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 32.7M for Pokémon Masters EX - a 3.8× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pokémon Masters EX's App Store downloads are estimated from 218K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Pokémon Masters EX 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 Pokémon Masters EX offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Pokémon Masters EX: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Pokémon Masters EX runs "Pokémon Masters EX · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". 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 Pokémon Masters EX? v
Pokémon Masters EX edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, Pokémon Masters EX 218K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Pokémon Masters EX revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $10.00M for Pokémon Masters EX 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 Pokémon Masters EX to a different App Store app? v
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