Plague Inc. vs Pokémon Champions
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
VS
Pokémon Champions
The Pokemon Company
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 5.5M installs
Revenue winner
Pokémon Champions wins
+1428% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+350% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+236% vs other
Rating winner
Pokémon Champions wins
+1% vs other
Why Pokémon Champions is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pokémon Champions earns roughly 15× more per month than Plague Inc. - $10.00M vs $654.3K.
- Subscription model. Pokémon Champions runs a $4.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. Pokémon Champions runs 3 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Plague Inc.
vs
Pokémon Champions
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$654.3K
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
◀
5.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
◀
1.1M
App Store rating
4.81★
▶
4.86★
Total ratings
165K
◀
17K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
3 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 17, 2026
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 2.10 GB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.1.3
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +3 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Pokémon Champions trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Pokémon Champions? v
Pokémon Champions earns about $10.00M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 15.3× revenue gap (~$9.35M more per month for Pokémon Champions). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, Pokémon Champions ≈ $120.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Plague Inc. or Pokémon Champions? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.8M estimated downloads vs 5.5M for Pokémon Champions - a 4.5× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pokémon Champions's App Store downloads are estimated from 17K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Pokémon Champions 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 Plague Inc. and Pokémon Champions offer? v
Plague Inc.: no IAP detected on the public listing. Pokémon Champions: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Pokémon Champions runs "Pokémon Champions · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or Pokémon Champions? v
Pokémon Champions edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, Pokémon Champions 17K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Pokémon Champions revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $10.00M for Pokémon Champions 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 Plague Inc. or Pokémon Champions to a different App Store app? v
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