Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Word Connect ¤

Minecraft: Play with Friends!

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

Word Connect ¤

ZenLife Games Pte. Ltd.
App Store
$21.03M/mo
~$252.31M/yr · 249.0M installs
Revenue winner Minecraft: Play with Friends! wins +7% vs other
Installs winner Word Connect ¤ wins +105% vs other
MAU winner Word Connect ¤ wins +110% vs other
Rating winner Word Connect ¤ wins +7% vs other

Why Minecraft: Play with Friends! is winning

Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Aggressive pricing. Minecraft: Play with Friends! undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $12.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.

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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
Word Connect ¤
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.59M
$21.03M
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.07M
$252.31M
Lifetime installs (est.)
121.2M
249.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
23.9M
50.1M
App Store rating
4.50★
4.80★
Total ratings
808K
1.5M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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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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Word Connect ¤

ZenLife Games Pte. Ltd.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Apr 17, 2017
Last updated
Apr 30, 2026
File size
344.0 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
9.430.499
Languages
English, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese
View full Word Connect ¤ report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Minecraft: Play with Friends! or Word Connect ¤? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends! earns about $22.59M per month, while Word Connect ¤ earns about $21.03M. That is a 1.1× revenue gap (~$1.56M more per month for Minecraft: Play with Friends!). Annual revenue: Minecraft: Play with Friends! ≈ $271.07M/year, Word Connect ¤ ≈ $252.31M/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 Word Connect ¤? v
Word Connect ¤ leads with about 249.0M estimated downloads vs 121.2M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! - a 2.1× gap. Minecraft: Play with Friends!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 808K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Word Connect ¤'s App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings.
Are Minecraft: Play with Friends! and Word Connect ¤ 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 Word Connect ¤ offer? v
Minecraft: Play with Friends!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Word Connect ¤: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Minecraft: Play with Friends! runs a "Paid app ($6.99)" monetization model; Word Connect ¤ runs "Subscription (~$12.99/mo)". 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 Word Connect ¤? v
Word Connect ¤ edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Minecraft: Play with Friends! 808K ratings, Word Connect ¤ 1.5M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Minecraft: Play with Friends! vs Word Connect ¤ revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.59M for Minecraft: Play with Friends! and $21.03M for Word Connect ¤ 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 Word Connect ¤ to a different App Store app? v
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