Papers, Please vs Red's First Flight

Papers, Please

3909
App Store
$12.6K/mo
~$151.2K/yr · 95K installs
VS

Red's First Flight

Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$212.6K/mo
~$2.55M/yr · 8.1M installs
Revenue winner Red's First Flight wins +1587% vs other
Installs winner Red's First Flight wins +8404% vs other
MAU winner Red's First Flight wins +8469% vs other
Rating winner Red's First Flight wins +1% vs other

Why Red's First Flight is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Red's First Flight earns roughly 17× more per month than Papers, Please - $212.6K vs $12.6K.
  2. Bigger install base. Red's First Flight has ~8.1M lifetime installs vs Papers, Please's ~95K - 85.0× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Papers, Please
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$12.6K
$212.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$151.2K
$2.55M
Lifetime installs (est.)
95K
8.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
12K
1.1M
App Store rating
4.73★
4.78★
Total ratings
1K
73K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Papers, Please

3909
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD4.99
Released
Dec 12, 2014
Last updated
Jul 17, 2023
File size
61.6 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
1.4.12
Languages
EU, Czech, English, French, German, Indonesian +10 more
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Red's First Flight

Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
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
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Papers, Please or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight earns about $212.6K per month, while Papers, Please earns about $12.6K. That is a 16.9× revenue gap (~$200.0K more per month for Red's First Flight). Annual revenue: Papers, Please ≈ $151.2K/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, Papers, Please or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight leads with about 8.1M estimated downloads vs 95K for Papers, Please - a 85.0× gap. Papers, Please's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 73K ratings.
Are Papers, Please 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.
Do Papers, Please and Red's First Flight have in-app purchases? v
Papers, Please does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. Red's First Flight does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: Papers, Please runs "Paid app ($4.99)", Red's First Flight runs "Paid app ($0.99)".
Which has better ratings, Papers, Please or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Papers, Please 1K ratings, Red's First Flight 73K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Papers, Please vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $12.6K for Papers, Please and $212.6K 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 Papers, Please or Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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