Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Rise of Kingdoms

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.75M/yr · 122.8M installs
VS

Rise of Kingdoms

Lilith Games
App Store
$1.81M/mo
~$21.74M/yr · 27.9M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1164% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +340% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +64% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +0% 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 13× more per month than Rise of Kingdoms - $22.90M vs $1.81M.
  2. Premium pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! charges $3.99/mo vs Rise of Kingdoms's $0.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.8M lifetime installs vs Rise of Kingdoms's ~27.9M - 4.4× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 8 - 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
Rise of Kingdoms
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
◀
$1.81M
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.75M
◀
$21.74M
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.8M
◀
27.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
◀
4.1M
App Store rating
4.51★
◀
4.49★
Total ratings
819K
◀
186K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
◀
$0.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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8 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
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

Rise of Kingdoms

Lilith Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Sep 20, 2018
Last updated
Jun 30, 2026
File size
2.01 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
1.1.9.19
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +13 more
View full Rise of Kingdoms report →

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Rise of Kingdoms? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Rise of Kingdoms earns about $1.81M. That is a 12.6× revenue gap (~$21.08M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.75M/year, Rise of Kingdoms ≈ $21.74M/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 Rise of Kingdoms? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.8M estimated downloads vs 27.9M for Rise of Kingdoms - a 4.4× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Rise of Kingdoms's App Store downloads are estimated from 186K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Rise of Kingdoms 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 Rise of Kingdoms offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Rise of Kingdoms: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Rise of Kingdoms runs "Free game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$0.55/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 Rise of Kingdoms? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, Rise of Kingdoms 186K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Rise of Kingdoms revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $1.81M for Rise of Kingdoms 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 Rise of Kingdoms to a different App Store app? v
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