Plague Inc. vs Royal Kingdom

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
VS

Royal Kingdom

Dream Games
App Store
$9.37M/mo
~$112.47M/yr · 177.9M installs
Revenue winner Royal Kingdom wins +1332% vs other
Installs winner Royal Kingdom wins +618% vs other
MAU winner Royal Kingdom wins +166% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +2% vs other

Why Royal Kingdom is winning

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

  1. Royal Kingdom earns roughly 14× more per month than Plague Inc. - $9.37M vs $654.3K.
  2. Bigger install base. Royal Kingdom has ~177.9M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 7.2× the funnel top.
  3. Charts placement. Royal Kingdom ranks #21 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Plague Inc.
vs
Royal Kingdom
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$654.3K
$9.37M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
$112.47M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
177.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
10.0M
App Store rating
4.81★
4.71★
Total ratings
165K
1.0M
US grossing rank
-
#21
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
0 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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Royal Kingdom

Dream Games
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Nov 21, 2024
Last updated
Jun 29, 2026
File size
312.9 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
31286
Languages
Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +22 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Royal Kingdom? v
Royal Kingdom earns about $9.37M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 14.3× revenue gap (~$8.72M more per month for Royal Kingdom). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, Royal Kingdom ≈ $112.47M/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 Royal Kingdom? v
Royal Kingdom leads with about 177.9M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 7.2× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Royal Kingdom's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.0M ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Royal Kingdom 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 Royal Kingdom offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Royal Kingdom: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Royal Kingdom runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #21". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or Royal Kingdom? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, Royal Kingdom 1.0M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Royal Kingdom revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $9.37M for Royal Kingdom 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 Royal Kingdom to a different App Store app? v
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