Need for Speed™ Most Wanted vs The Sun: Origin

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

Electronic Arts
App Store
$22.7K/mo
~$271.8K/yr · 170K installs
VS

The Sun: Origin

Igor Migun
App Store
$178/mo
~$2.1K/yr · 17K installs
Revenue winner Need for Speed™ Most Wanted wins +12626% vs other
Installs winner Need for Speed™ Most Wanted wins +893% vs other
MAU winner Need for Speed™ Most Wanted wins +830% vs other
Rating winner The Sun: Origin wins +24% vs other

Why Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is winning

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

  1. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted earns roughly 127× more per month than The Sun: Origin - $22.7K vs $178.
  2. Bigger install base. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted has ~170K lifetime installs vs The Sun: Origin's ~17K - 9.9× the funnel top.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted runs 5 IAP tiers vs 4 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

Find more apps with this revenue gap · Full Need for Speed™ Most Wanted report

Side-by-side metrics

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

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
vs
The Sun: Origin
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$22.7K
$178
Annual revenue (est.)
$271.8K
$2.1K
Lifetime installs (est.)
170K
17K
Monthly active users (est.)?
20K
2K
App Store rating
3.57★
4.43★
Total ratings
2K
343
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
4 tiers

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

Electronic Arts
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD4.99
Released
Oct 30, 2012
Last updated
Dec 3, 2019
File size
1.99 GB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.1.3
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +5 more
View full Need for Speed™ Most Wanted 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 →

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted trajectory

JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

The Sun: Origin trajectory

JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

FAQ

Which makes more money, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted or The Sun: Origin? v
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted earns about $22.7K per month, while The Sun: Origin earns about $178. That is a 127.3× revenue gap (~$22.5K more per month for Need for Speed™ Most Wanted). Annual revenue: Need for Speed™ Most Wanted ≈ $271.8K/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, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted or The Sun: Origin? v
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted leads with about 170K estimated downloads vs 17K for The Sun: Origin - a 9.9× gap. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. The Sun: Origin's App Store downloads are estimated from 343 ratings.
Are Need for Speed™ Most Wanted 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 Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and The Sun: Origin offer? v
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted: IAP range 5 tiers detected. The Sun: Origin: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted runs a "Paid app ($4.99)" 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, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted or The Sun: Origin? v
The Sun: Origin edges ahead with ★ 4.4 vs ★ 3.6 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: Need for Speed™ Most Wanted 2K ratings, The Sun: Origin 343 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Need for Speed™ Most Wanted vs The Sun: Origin revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $22.7K for Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and $178 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 Need for Speed™ Most Wanted or The Sun: Origin to a different App Store app? v
Use the search box at the bottom of this page or paste any two App Store links into the homepage tool. We auto-generate a permanent comparison URL with revenue, downloads, IAP tiers, subscription pricing and grossing rank for both apps.