Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Pokémon UNITE

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

Pokémon UNITE

The Pokemon Company
App Store
$1.95M/mo
~$23.41M/yr · 30.2M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1058% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +301% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +295% vs other
Rating winner Pokémon UNITE wins +5% 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 12× more per month than Pokémon UNITE - $22.59M vs $1.95M.
  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 Pokémon UNITE's ~30.2M - 4.0× 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
Pokémon UNITE
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
◀
$1.95M
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
◀
$23.41M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
◀
30.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
23.9M
◀
6.0M
App Store rating
4.50★
▶
4.73★
Total ratings
808K
◀
201K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
▶
$9.99
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
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

Pokémon UNITE

The Pokemon Company
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Sep 21, 2021
Last updated
Feb 26, 2026
File size
1.06 GB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.22.1.1
Languages
English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian +9 more
View full Pokémon UNITE report →

Minecraft: Play with Friends! trajectory

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Pokémon UNITE? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Pokémon UNITE earns about $1.95M. That is a 11.6× revenue gap (~$20.64M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, Pokémon UNITE ≈ $23.41M/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 UNITE? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 30.2M for Pokémon UNITE - a 4.0× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pokémon UNITE's App Store downloads are estimated from 201K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Pokémon UNITE 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 UNITE offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Pokémon UNITE: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Pokémon UNITE 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 Pokémon UNITE? v
Pokémon UNITE edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, Pokémon UNITE 201K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Pokémon UNITE revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $1.95M for Pokémon UNITE 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 UNITE to a different App Store app? v
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