Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Sky: Children of the Light

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.85M/yr · 122.9M installs
VS

Sky: Children of the Light

thatgamecompany
App Store
$316.8K/mo
~$3.80M/yr · 39.6M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +7129% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +210% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +13% vs other
Rating winner Sky: Children of the Light wins +7% 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 72× more per month than Sky: Children of the Light - $22.90M vs $316.8K.
  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 ~122.9M lifetime installs vs Sky: Children of the Light's ~39.6M - 3.1× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 7 - 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
Sky: Children of the Light
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
$316.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.85M
$3.80M
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.9M
39.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
6.0M
App Store rating
4.51★
4.82★
Total ratings
819K
264K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
7 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 →

Sky: Children of the Light

thatgamecompany
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jul 21, 2019
Last updated
Jul 1, 2026
File size
2.72 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
0.33.8
Languages
English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese +8 more
View full Sky: Children of the Light report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Sky: Children of the Light? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Sky: Children of the Light earns about $316.8K. That is a 72.3× revenue gap (~$22.59M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.85M/year, Sky: Children of the Light ≈ $3.80M/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 Sky: Children of the Light? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 39.6M for Sky: Children of the Light - a 3.1× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sky: Children of the Light's App Store downloads are estimated from 264K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Sky: Children of the Light 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 Sky: Children of the Light offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Sky: Children of the Light: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Sky: Children of the Light runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/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 Sky: Children of the Light? v
Sky: Children of the Light edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, Sky: Children of the Light 264K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Sky: Children of the Light revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $316.8K for Sky: Children of the Light 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 Sky: Children of the Light to a different App Store app? v
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