NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell vs Plague Inc.
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell
The New York Times Company
App Store
$1.18M/mo
~$14.11M/yr · 30.1M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+82% vs other
Installs winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+23% vs other
MAU winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+24% vs other
Rating winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+1% vs other
Why NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell earns roughly 2× more per month than Plague Inc. - $1.18M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell runs a $5.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.18M
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$14.11M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
30.1M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.1M
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4.9M
App Store rating
4.84★
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4.81★
Total ratings
154K
▶
163K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$5.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jan 20, 2026
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 106.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2.14.0
- Languages
- English
- 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
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell or Plague Inc.? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell earns about $1.18M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 1.8× revenue gap (~$531.6K more per month for NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell). Annual revenue: NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell ≈ $14.11M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell or Plague Inc.? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell leads with about 30.1M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 1.2× gap. NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell's App Store downloads are estimated from 154K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell 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 NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell and Plague Inc. offer? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell runs a "Subscription (~$5.99/mo)" 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, NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell or Plague Inc.? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell 154K ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.18M for NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell and $644.5K 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 NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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