Plague Inc. vs Popscene (Music Industry Sim)
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Popscene (Music Industry Sim)
MDickie Limited
App Store
$4.3K/mo
~$51.6K/yr · 85K installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+14885% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+28501% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+47806% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+32% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 150× more per month than Popscene (Music Industry Sim) - $644.5K vs $4.3K.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs Popscene (Music Industry Sim)'s ~85K - 286.0× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 1 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 3.64★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Plague Inc.
vs
Popscene (Music Industry Sim)
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
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$4.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
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$51.6K
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
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85K
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
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10K
App Store rating
4.81★
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3.64★
Total ratings
163K
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1K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$12.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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1 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
- Feb 7, 2014
- Last updated
- Mar 29, 2017
- File size
- 42.8 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.13
- Languages
- Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +10 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Popscene (Music Industry Sim) trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Popscene (Music Industry Sim)? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while Popscene (Music Industry Sim) earns about $4.3K. That is a 149.9× revenue gap (~$640.2K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Popscene (Music Industry Sim) ≈ $51.6K/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 Popscene (Music Industry Sim)? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 85K for Popscene (Music Industry Sim) - a 286.0× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Popscene (Music Industry Sim)'s App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Popscene (Music Industry Sim) 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 Popscene (Music Industry Sim) offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Popscene (Music Industry Sim): IAP range 1 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Popscene (Music Industry Sim) runs "Subscription (~$12.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or Popscene (Music Industry Sim)? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 3.6 (gap of 1.2 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Popscene (Music Industry Sim) 1K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Popscene (Music Industry Sim) revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $4.3K for Popscene (Music Industry Sim) 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 Popscene (Music Industry Sim) to a different App Store app? v
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