Plague Inc. vs PUBG MOBILE

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS

PUBG MOBILE

Tencent Mobile International Limited
App Store
$2.00M/mo
~$23.98M/yr · 267.8M installs
Revenue winner PUBG MOBILE wins +210% vs other
Installs winner PUBG MOBILE wins +997% vs other
MAU winner PUBG MOBILE wins +125% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +11% vs other

Why PUBG MOBILE is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. PUBG MOBILE earns roughly 3× more per month than Plague Inc. - $2.00M vs $644.5K.
  2. Subscription model. PUBG MOBILE runs a $0.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. Bigger install base. PUBG MOBILE has ~267.8M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 11.0× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Plague Inc.
vs
PUBG MOBILE
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
$2.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
$23.98M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
267.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
8.3M
App Store rating
4.81★
4.32★
Total ratings
163K
1.6M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$0.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
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
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PUBG MOBILE

Tencent Mobile International Limited
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Mar 19, 2018
Last updated
Mar 12, 2026
File size
3.62 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
4.3.0
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +7 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or PUBG MOBILE? v
PUBG MOBILE earns about $2.00M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 3.1× revenue gap (~$1.35M more per month for PUBG MOBILE). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, PUBG MOBILE ≈ $23.98M/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 PUBG MOBILE? v
PUBG MOBILE leads with about 267.8M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 11.0× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PUBG MOBILE's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.6M ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and PUBG MOBILE 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 PUBG MOBILE offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. PUBG MOBILE: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; PUBG MOBILE runs "Free game · IAP-driven (8 packs + 2 sub, ~$0.30/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or PUBG MOBILE? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.3 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, PUBG MOBILE 1.6M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs PUBG MOBILE revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $2.00M for PUBG MOBILE 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 PUBG MOBILE to a different App Store app? v
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