Plague Inc. vs Royal Kingdom
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Royal Kingdom
Dream Games
App Store
$9.63M/mo
~$115.61M/yr · 145.2M installs
Revenue winner
Royal Kingdom wins
+1395% vs other
Installs winner
Royal Kingdom wins
+495% vs other
MAU winner
Royal Kingdom wins
+121% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2% vs other
Why Royal Kingdom is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Royal Kingdom earns roughly 15× more per month than Plague Inc. - $9.63M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Royal Kingdom runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Royal Kingdom has ~145.2M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 5.9× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Royal Kingdom ranks #20 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.)?
$644.5K
▶
$9.63M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
▶
$115.61M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
▶
145.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
▶
8.1M
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.71★
Total ratings
163K
▶
968K
US grossing rank
-
▶
#20
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$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
- Nov 21, 2024
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 309.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 29827
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +22 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Royal Kingdom trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Royal Kingdom? v
Royal Kingdom earns about $9.63M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 14.9× revenue gap (~$8.99M more per month for Royal Kingdom). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Royal Kingdom ≈ $115.61M/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 145.2M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 5.9× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Royal Kingdom's App Store downloads are estimated from 968K 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: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Royal Kingdom runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #20". 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. 163K ratings, Royal Kingdom 968K 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 $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $9.63M 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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