Plague Inc. vs Puzzles & Survival
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Puzzles & Survival
BUILDING-BLOCKS NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO.,LIMITED
App Store
$404.3K/mo
~$4.85M/yr · 6.4M installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+59% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+282% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+292% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+8% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 2× more per month than Puzzles & Survival - $644.5K vs $404.3K.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs Puzzles & Survival's ~6.4M - 3.8× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 4.45★ - 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
Puzzles & Survival
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
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$404.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
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$4.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
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6.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
◀
1.3M
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.45★
Total ratings
163K
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58K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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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
- Aug 21, 2020
- Last updated
- May 2, 2026
- File size
- 2.23 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 4.0.222
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese +7 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Puzzles & Survival trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Puzzles & Survival? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while Puzzles & Survival earns about $404.3K. That is a 1.6× revenue gap (~$240.2K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Puzzles & Survival ≈ $4.85M/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 Puzzles & Survival? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 6.4M for Puzzles & Survival - a 3.8× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Puzzles & Survival's App Store downloads are estimated from 58K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Puzzles & Survival 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 Puzzles & Survival offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Puzzles & Survival: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Puzzles & Survival runs "Subscription (~$9.99/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 Puzzles & Survival? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.4 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Puzzles & Survival 58K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Puzzles & Survival revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $404.3K for Puzzles & Survival 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.
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