Plague Inc. vs Pokémon GO
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Pokémon GO
Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$5.04M/mo
~$60.48M/yr · 95.8M installs
Revenue winner
Pokémon GO wins
+682% vs other
Installs winner
Pokémon GO wins
+293% vs other
MAU winner
Pokémon GO wins
+271% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+20% vs other
Why Pokémon GO is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pokémon GO earns roughly 8× more per month than Plague Inc. - $5.04M vs $644.5K.
- Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~95.8M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 3.9× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Pokémon GO ranks #45 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
→ Find more apps with this revenue gap · Full Pokémon GO report
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Plague Inc.
vs
Pokémon GO
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
▶
$5.04M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
▶
$60.48M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
▶
95.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
▶
18.2M
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.00★
Total ratings
163K
▶
639K
US grossing rank
-
▶
#45
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 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
- Jul 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- File size
- 386.3 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 0.409.0
- Languages
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Pokémon GO trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Pokémon GO? v
Pokémon GO earns about $5.04M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 7.8× revenue gap (~$4.40M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Pokémon GO ≈ $60.48M/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 GO? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 95.8M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 3.9× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Pokémon GO's App Store downloads are estimated from 639K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Pokémon GO 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 GO offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Pokémon GO: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Pokémon GO runs "Free + one-time IAP (10 tiers) · calibrated by US grossing rank #45". 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 GO? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Pokémon GO 639K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Pokémon GO revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $5.04M for Pokémon GO 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 GO to a different App Store app? v
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