Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Past Within

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
VS

The Past Within

Rusty Lake
App Store
$45.0K/mo
~$540.0K/yr · 564K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +50097% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +21372% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +32190% vs other
Rating winner The Past Within wins +8% 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 502× more per month than The Past Within - $22.59M vs $45.0K.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; The Past Within relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs The Past Within's ~564K - 214.7× 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

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Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
The Past Within
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
◀
$45.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
◀
$540.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
◀
564K
Monthly active users (est.)?
23.9M
◀
74K
App Store rating
4.50★
▶
4.87★
Total ratings
808K
◀
7K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
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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
May 5, 2026
File size
1.18 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
26.20
Languages
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +16 more
View full Minecraft: Play with Friends! report →

The Past Within

Rusty Lake
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD2.99
Released
Nov 2, 2022
Last updated
May 6, 2024
File size
379.0 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.4
Languages
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French +15 more
View full The Past Within report →

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Related app pages

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or The Past Within? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while The Past Within earns about $45.0K. That is a 502.0× revenue gap (~$22.54M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, The Past Within ≈ $540.0K/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 Past Within? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 564K for The Past Within - a 214.7× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. The Past Within's App Store downloads are estimated from 7K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and The Past Within 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 Past Within offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Past Within: no IAP detected on the public listing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; The Past Within runs "Paid app ($2.99)". 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 The Past Within? v
The Past Within edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, The Past Within 7K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Past Within revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $45.0K for The Past Within 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 Past Within to a different App Store app? v
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