Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Super Mario Run

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

Super Mario Run

Nintendo Co., Ltd.
App Store
$68.5K/mo
~$822.1K/yr · 8.6M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +33334% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1335% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +324% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +20% 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 334× more per month than Super Mario Run - $22.90M vs $68.5K.
  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 Super Mario Run's ~8.6M - 14.3× the funnel top.
  4. 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

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
Super Mario Run
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
◀
$68.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.85M
◀
$822.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.9M
◀
8.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
◀
1.6M
App Store rating
4.51★
◀
3.76★
Total ratings
819K
◀
78K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
▶
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
1 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 →

Super Mario Run

Nintendo Co., Ltd.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Sep 7, 2016
Last updated
Jun 24, 2026
File size
439.6 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.4.2
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +5 more
View full Super Mario Run report →

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Super Mario Run? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while Super Mario Run earns about $68.5K. That is a 334.3× revenue gap (~$22.84M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.85M/year, Super Mario Run ≈ $822.1K/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 Super Mario Run? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.9M estimated downloads vs 8.6M for Super Mario Run - a 14.3× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Super Mario Run's App Store downloads are estimated from 78K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Super Mario Run 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 Super Mario Run offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Super Mario Run: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Super Mario Run 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 Super Mario Run? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 3.8 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, Super Mario Run 78K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Super Mario Run revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $68.5K for Super Mario Run 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 Super Mario Run to a different App Store app? v
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