Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Subway Surfers

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

Subway Surfers

Sybo Games ApS
App Store
$406.9K/mo
~$4.88M/yr · 639.2M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +5527% vs other
Installs winner Subway Surfers wins +420% vs other
MAU winner Subway Surfers wins +51% vs other
Rating winner Subway Surfers wins +3% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 56× more per month than Subway Surfers - $22.90M vs $406.9K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; Subway Surfers relies on one-shot IAP or ads.

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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
Subway Surfers
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
$406.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.81M
$4.88M
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.9M
639.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
10.2M
App Store rating
4.51★
4.65★
Total ratings
819K
3.8M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 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 →

Subway Surfers

Sybo Games ApS
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 24, 2012
Last updated
Jul 1, 2026
File size
365.5 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
3.65.1
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
View full Subway Surfers report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Subway Surfers? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Subway Surfers earns about $406.9K. That is a 56.3× revenue gap (~$22.49M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.81M/year, Subway Surfers ≈ $4.88M/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 Subway Surfers? v
Subway Surfers leads with about 639.2M estimated downloads vs 122.9M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! - a 5.2× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Subway Surfers's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.8M ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Subway Surfers 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 Subway Surfers offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Subway Surfers: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Subway Surfers runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/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 Subway Surfers? v
Subway Surfers edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, Subway Surfers 3.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Subway Surfers revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $406.9K for Subway Surfers 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 Subway Surfers to a different App Store app? v
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