Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs SpellForce - Heroes & Magic

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

SpellForce - Heroes & Magic

HandyGames
App Store
$266/mo
~$3.2K/yr · 1K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +8609194% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +9828536% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +4430842% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +16% 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 86093× more per month than SpellForce - Heroes & Magic - $22.90M vs $266.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; SpellForce - Heroes & Magic relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.9M lifetime installs vs SpellForce - Heroes & Magic's ~1K - 98286.4× 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
SpellForce - Heroes & Magic
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
◀
$266
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.81M
◀
$3.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.9M
◀
1K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
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152.5
App Store rating
4.51★
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3.88★
Total ratings
819K
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25
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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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
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

SpellForce - Heroes & Magic

HandyGames
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD7.99
Released
Apr 26, 2019
Last updated
Aug 15, 2019
File size
447.2 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
1.2.4
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish +5 more
View full SpellForce - Heroes & Magic report →

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or SpellForce - Heroes & Magic? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while SpellForce - Heroes & Magic earns about $266. That is a 86092.9× revenue gap (~$22.90M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.81M/year, SpellForce - Heroes & Magic ≈ $3.2K/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 SpellForce - Heroes & Magic? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 1K for SpellForce - Heroes & Magic - a 98286.4× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. SpellForce - Heroes & Magic's App Store downloads are estimated from 25 ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and SpellForce - Heroes & Magic 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 SpellForce - Heroes & Magic offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. SpellForce - Heroes & Magic: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; SpellForce - Heroes & Magic runs "Paid app ($7.99)". 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 SpellForce - Heroes & Magic? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, SpellForce - Heroes & Magic 25 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs SpellForce - Heroes & Magic revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $266 for SpellForce - Heroes & Magic 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 SpellForce - Heroes & Magic to a different App Store app? v
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