Plague Inc. vs Royal Match
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Royal Match
Dream Games
App Store
$39.95M/mo
~$479.39M/yr · 618.6M installs
Revenue winner
Royal Match wins
+6098% vs other
Installs winner
Royal Match wins
+2434% vs other
MAU winner
Royal Match wins
+168% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+3% vs other
Why Royal Match is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Royal Match earns roughly 62× more per month than Plague Inc. - $39.95M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Royal Match runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Royal Match has ~618.6M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 25.3× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Royal Match ranks #6 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 Match
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
▶
$39.95M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
▶
$479.39M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
▶
618.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
▶
9.9M
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.69★
Total ratings
163K
▶
3.6M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#6
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
- Feb 25, 2021
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- 301.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 35908
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +5 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Royal Match trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Royal Match? v
Royal Match earns about $39.95M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 62.0× revenue gap (~$39.31M more per month for Royal Match). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Royal Match ≈ $479.39M/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 Match? v
Royal Match leads with about 618.6M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 25.3× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Royal Match's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.6M ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Royal Match 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 Match offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Royal Match: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Royal Match runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #6". 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 Match? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Royal Match 3.6M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Royal Match revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $39.95M for Royal Match 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 Match to a different App Store app? v
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