Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Sims™ FreePlay
Minecraft: Play with Friends!
Mojang
App Store
$22.59M/mo
~$271.07M/yr · 121.2M installs
VS
The Sims™ FreePlay
Electronic Arts
App Store
$1.59M/mo
~$19.04M/yr · 66.8M installs
Revenue winner
Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins
+1324% vs other
Installs winner
Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins
+82% vs other
MAU winner
Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins
+1% vs other
Rating winner
The Sims™ FreePlay wins
+2% vs other
Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns roughly 14× more per month than The Sims™ FreePlay - $22.59M vs $1.59M.
- Aggressive pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $21.68/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~121.2M lifetime installs vs The Sims™ FreePlay's ~66.8M - 1.8× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Minecraft: Play with Friends!
vs
The Sims™ FreePlay
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
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$1.59M
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
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$19.04M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
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66.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.7M
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6.6M
App Store rating
4.50★
▶
4.58★
Total ratings
808K
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445K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
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$21.68
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 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
- Dec 15, 2011
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 2.24 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 114.0.2
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +6 more
Minecraft: Play with Friends! trajectory
The Sims™ FreePlay trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or The Sims™ FreePlay? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while The Sims™ FreePlay earns about $1.59M. That is a 14.2× revenue gap (~$21.00M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, The Sims™ FreePlay ≈ $19.04M/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 Sims™ FreePlay? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 121.2M estimated downloads vs 66.8M for The Sims™ FreePlay - a 1.8× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. The Sims™ FreePlay's App Store downloads are estimated from 445K ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and The Sims™ FreePlay 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 Sims™ FreePlay offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Sims™ FreePlay: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; The Sims™ FreePlay runs "Free game · IAP-driven (8 packs + 2 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 Sims™ FreePlay? v
The Sims™ FreePlay edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, The Sims™ FreePlay 445K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Sims™ FreePlay revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $1.59M for The Sims™ FreePlay 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 Sims™ FreePlay to a different App Store app? v
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