NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell vs Red's First Flight
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell
The New York Times Company
App Store
$1.18M/mo
~$14.11M/yr · 30.1M installs
VS
Red's First Flight
Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$212.2K/mo
~$2.55M/yr · 8.0M installs
Revenue winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+454% vs other
Installs winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+275% vs other
MAU winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+478% vs other
Rating winner
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell wins
+1% vs other
Why NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell earns roughly 6× more per month than Red's First Flight - $1.18M vs $212.2K.
- Subscription model. NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell runs a $5.99/mo subscription that compounds; Red's First Flight relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell has ~30.1M lifetime installs vs Red's First Flight's ~8.0M - 3.7× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.18M
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$212.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$14.11M
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$2.55M
Lifetime installs (est.)
30.1M
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8.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.1M
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1.1M
App Store rating
4.84★
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4.78★
Total ratings
154K
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73K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$5.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 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
- Mar 31, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 19, 2023
- File size
- 229.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +8 more
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell trajectory
Red's First Flight trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell or Red's First Flight? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell earns about $1.18M per month, while Red's First Flight earns about $212.2K. That is a 5.5× revenue gap (~$963.9K more per month for NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell). Annual revenue: NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell ≈ $14.11M/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.55M/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 Red's First Flight? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell leads with about 30.1M estimated downloads vs 8.0M for Red's First Flight - a 3.7× gap. NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell's App Store downloads are estimated from 154K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell and Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight offer? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Red's First Flight: no IAP detected on the public listing. NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell runs a "Subscription (~$5.99/mo)" monetization model; Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight? v
NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell 154K ratings, Red's First Flight 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these NYT Crossplay: Play and Spell vs Red's First Flight 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 $212.2K for Red's First Flight 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 Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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