Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Ants: Underground Kingdom

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.61M/mo
~$271.34M/yr · 121.3M installs
VS

The Ants: Underground Kingdom

ChengDu Starunion Interactive Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd.
App Store
$120.6K/mo
~$1.45M/yr · 2.6M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +18646% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +4647% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +1225% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +0% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 187× more per month than The Ants: Underground Kingdom - $22.61M vs $120.6K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $21.68/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.3M lifetime installs vs The Ants: Underground Kingdom's ~2.6M - 47.5× the funnel top.

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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
The Ants: Underground Kingdom
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.61M
$120.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.34M
$1.45M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.3M
2.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.7M
503K
App Store rating
4.51★
4.49★
Total ratings
809K
23K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
$21.68
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
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
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The Ants: Underground Kingdom

ChengDu Starunion Interactive Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jun 23, 2021
Last updated
Apr 22, 2026
File size
247.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.91.0
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +10 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or The Ants: Underground Kingdom? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.61M per month, while The Ants: Underground Kingdom earns about $120.6K. That is a 187.5× revenue gap (~$22.49M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.34M/year, The Ants: Underground Kingdom ≈ $1.45M/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 The Ants: Underground Kingdom? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.3M estimated downloads vs 2.6M for The Ants: Underground Kingdom - a 47.5× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 809K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. The Ants: Underground Kingdom's App Store downloads are estimated from 23K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and The Ants: Underground Kingdom 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 The Ants: Underground Kingdom offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Ants: Underground Kingdom: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; The Ants: Underground Kingdom runs "Free game · IAP-driven (9 packs + 1 sub, ~$0.30/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 The Ants: Underground Kingdom? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 809K ratings, The Ants: Underground Kingdom 23K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Ants: Underground Kingdom revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.61M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $120.6K for The Ants: Underground Kingdom 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 The Ants: Underground Kingdom to a different App Store app? v
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