Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Sun: Origin

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

Mojang
App Store
$22.90M/mo
~$274.75M/yr · 122.8M installs
VS

The Sun: Origin

Igor Migun
App Store
$179/mo
~$2.1K/yr · 17K installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +12790756% vs other
Installs winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +714032% vs other
MAU winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +309170% vs other
Rating winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +2% 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 127909× more per month than The Sun: Origin - $22.90M vs $179.
  2. Subscription model. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a $3.99/mo subscription that compounds; The Sun: Origin relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. Minecraft: Play with Friends! has ~122.8M lifetime installs vs The Sun: Origin's ~17K - 7141.3× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs 10 IAP tiers vs 4 - 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
The Sun: Origin
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.90M
◀
$179
Annual revenue (est.)
$274.75M
◀
$2.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
122.8M
◀
17K
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.8M
◀
2K
App Store rating
4.51★
◀
4.44★
Total ratings
819K
◀
344
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
◀
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
4 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 →

The Sun: Origin

Igor Migun
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD0.39
Released
Oct 21, 2017
Last updated
Nov 17, 2020
File size
1.27 GB
Content rating
17+
Version
3.00
Languages
English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
View full The Sun: Origin report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or The Sun: Origin? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.90M per month, while The Sun: Origin earns about $179. That is a 127908.6× revenue gap (~$22.90M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $274.75M/year, The Sun: Origin ≈ $2.1K/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 The Sun: Origin? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! leads with about 122.8M estimated downloads vs 17K for The Sun: Origin - a 7141.3× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 819K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. The Sun: Origin's App Store downloads are estimated from 344 ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and The Sun: Origin 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 Sun: Origin offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Sun: Origin: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; The Sun: Origin runs "Paid app ($0.39)". 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 Sun: Origin? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 819K ratings, The Sun: Origin 344 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs The Sun: Origin revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.90M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $179 for The Sun: Origin 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 Sun: Origin to a different App Store app? v
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