Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs ⋆Sudoku
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
VS
⋆Sudoku
Brainium Studios LLC
App Store
$1.55M/mo
~$18.56M/yr · 24.1M installs
Revenue winner
Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins
+1360% vs other
Installs winner
Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins
+402% vs other
MAU winner
Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins
+395% vs other
Rating winner
⋆Sudoku wins
+5% vs other
Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 15× more per month than ⋆Sudoku - $22.59M vs $1.55M.
- Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; ⋆Sudoku relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs ⋆Sudoku's ~24.1M - 5.0× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 1 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
⋆Sudoku
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
◀
$1.55M
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
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$18.56M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
◀
24.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
23.9M
◀
4.8M
App Store rating
4.50★
▶
4.75★
Total ratings
808K
◀
161K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
1 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 11, 2011
- Last updated
- Mar 25, 2026
- File size
- 300.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 4.5.22
- Languages
- Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +11 more
Minecraft: Play with Friends! trajectory
⋆Sudoku trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or ⋆Sudoku? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while ⋆Sudoku earns about $1.55M. That is a 14.6× revenue gap (~$21.04M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, ⋆Sudoku ≈ $18.56M/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 ⋆Sudoku? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 24.1M for ⋆Sudoku - a 5.0× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. ⋆Sudoku's App Store downloads are estimated from 161K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and ⋆Sudoku 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 ⋆Sudoku offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. ⋆Sudoku: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; ⋆Sudoku runs "Free + one-time IAP (1 tiers)". 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 ⋆Sudoku? v
⋆Sudoku edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, ⋆Sudoku 161K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs ⋆Sudoku revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $1.55M for ⋆Sudoku 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 ⋆Sudoku to a different App Store app? v
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