NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword vs Plague Inc.
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword
The New York Times Company
App Store
$712.7K/mo
~$8.55M/yr · 42.2M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
Revenue winner
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword wins
+11% vs other
Installs winner
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword wins
+73% vs other
MAU winner
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword wins
+73% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+0% vs other
Why NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Subscription model. NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword has ~42.2M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 1.7× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword ranks #93 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$712.7K
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$644.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$8.55M
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$7.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
42.2M
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24.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.4M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.81★
Total ratings
281K
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163K
US grossing rank
#93
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Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 27, 2009
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 109.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 6.25.0
- 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 Games: Wordle & Crossword trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword or Plague Inc.? v
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword earns about $712.7K per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 1.1× revenue gap (~$68.2K more per month for NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword). Annual revenue: NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword ≈ $8.55M/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 Games: Wordle & Crossword or Plague Inc.? v
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword leads with about 42.2M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 1.7× gap. NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword's App Store downloads are estimated from 281K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings.
Are NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword 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 Games: Wordle & Crossword and Plague Inc. offer? v
NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #93" 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 Games: Wordle & Crossword or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword 281K ratings, Plague Inc. 163K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $712.7K for NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword 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 Games: Wordle & Crossword or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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