Mini Metro vs Plague Inc.
Mini Metro
Dinosaur Polo Club
App Store
$366.0K/mo
~$4.39M/yr · 3.4M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$653.7K/mo
~$7.84M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+79% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+620% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+438% vs other
Rating winner
Mini Metro wins
+1% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 2× more per month than Mini Metro - $653.7K vs $366.0K.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.8M lifetime installs vs Mini Metro's ~3.4M - 7.2× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.
Mini Metro
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$366.0K
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$653.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$4.39M
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$7.84M
Lifetime installs (est.)
3.4M
▶
24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
695K
▶
3.7M
App Store rating
4.86★
◀
4.81★
Total ratings
31K
▶
165K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD3.99
- Released
- Dec 25, 2015
- Last updated
- Sep 15, 2025
- File size
- 178.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.55
- Languages
- Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +19 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
Mini Metro trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Mini Metro or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. earns about $653.7K per month, while Mini Metro earns about $366.0K. That is a 1.8× revenue gap (~$287.7K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Mini Metro ≈ $4.39M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.84M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Mini Metro or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.8M estimated downloads vs 3.4M for Mini Metro - a 7.2× gap. Mini Metro's App Store downloads are estimated from 31K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Mini Metro and Plague Inc. 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 Mini Metro and Plague Inc. offer? v
Mini Metro: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Mini Metro runs a "Paid app ($3.99)" monetization model; Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Mini Metro or Plague Inc.? v
Mini Metro edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Mini Metro 31K ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Mini Metro vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $366.0K for Mini Metro and $653.7K for Plague Inc. 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 Mini Metro or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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