MONOPOLY: The Board Game vs Pokémon GO

MONOPOLY: The Board Game

Marmalade Game Studio
App Store
$3.68M/mo
~$44.11M/yr · 27.6M installs
VS

Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 96.5M installs
Revenue winner Pokémon GO wins +172% vs other
Installs winner Pokémon GO wins +249% vs other
MAU winner Pokémon GO wins +123% vs other
Rating winner MONOPOLY: The Board Game wins +16% vs other

Why Pokémon GO is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Pokémon GO earns roughly 3× more per month than MONOPOLY: The Board Game - $10.00M vs $3.68M.
  2. Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~96.5M lifetime installs vs MONOPOLY: The Board Game's ~27.6M - 3.5× the funnel top.
  3. Charts placement. Pokémon GO ranks #42 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

Find more apps with this revenue gap · Full Pokémon GO report

Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

MONOPOLY: The Board Game
vs
Pokémon GO
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.68M
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$44.11M
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
27.6M
96.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.1M
9.2M
App Store rating
4.66★
4.00★
Total ratings
184K
643K
US grossing rank
-
#42
Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

MONOPOLY: The Board Game

Marmalade Game Studio
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD4.99
Released
Dec 4, 2019
Last updated
Jun 22, 2026
File size
1.02 GB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.15.22
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +1 more
View full MONOPOLY: The Board Game report →

Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jul 7, 2016
Last updated
Jun 30, 2026
File size
403.6 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
0.417.1
Languages
English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
View full Pokémon GO report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, MONOPOLY: The Board Game or Pokémon GO? v
Pokémon GO earns about $10.00M per month, while MONOPOLY: The Board Game earns about $3.68M. That is a 2.7× revenue gap (~$6.32M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: MONOPOLY: The Board Game ≈ $44.11M/year, Pokémon GO ≈ $120.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, MONOPOLY: The Board Game or Pokémon GO? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 96.5M estimated downloads vs 27.6M for MONOPOLY: The Board Game - a 3.5× gap. MONOPOLY: The Board Game's App Store downloads are estimated from 184K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pokémon GO's App Store downloads are estimated from 643K ratings.
Are MONOPOLY: The Board Game and Pokémon GO 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 MONOPOLY: The Board Game and Pokémon GO offer? v
MONOPOLY: The Board Game: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Pokémon GO: IAP range 10 tiers detected. MONOPOLY: The Board Game runs a "Paid app ($4.99)" monetization model; Pokémon GO runs "Pokémon GO · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, MONOPOLY: The Board Game or Pokémon GO? v
MONOPOLY: The Board Game edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: MONOPOLY: The Board Game 184K ratings, Pokémon GO 643K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these MONOPOLY: The Board Game vs Pokémon GO revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.68M for MONOPOLY: The Board Game and $10.00M for Pokémon GO 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 MONOPOLY: The Board Game or Pokémon GO to a different App Store app? v
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