Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition

Nekki Limited
App Store
$98.7K/mo
~$1.18M/yr · 742K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +22781% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +16234% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +6811% vs other
Rating winner Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition wins +5% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 229× more per month than Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition - $22.59M vs $98.7K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition's ~742K - 163.3× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
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$98.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
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$1.18M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
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742K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.7M
◀
96K
App Store rating
4.50★
▶
4.71★
Total ratings
808K
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9K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 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 →

Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition

Nekki Limited
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD4.99
Released
Aug 22, 2017
Last updated
Aug 28, 2018
File size
352.1 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.0.4
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +6 more
View full Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition report →

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition earns about $98.7K. That is a 228.8× revenue gap (~$22.49M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition ≈ $1.18M/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 Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 742K for Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition - a 163.3× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition's App Store downloads are estimated from 9K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition 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 Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition runs "Paid app ($4.99)". 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 Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition? v
Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition 9K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $98.7K for Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition 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 Shadow Fight 2 Special Edition to a different App Store app? v
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