Plague Inc. vs Royal Match
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
VS
Royal Match
Dream Games
App Store
$3.63M/mo
~$43.51M/yr · 630.8M installs
Revenue winner
Royal Match wins
+454% vs other
Installs winner
Royal Match wins
+2445% vs other
MAU winner
Royal Match wins
+170% 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 6× more per month than Plague Inc. - $3.63M vs $654.3K.
- 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 ~630.8M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 25.5× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Royal Match ranks #8 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.)?
$654.3K
▶
$3.63M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
▶
$43.51M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
▶
630.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
▶
10.1M
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.69★
Total ratings
165K
▶
3.7M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#8
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
- Jun 9, 2026
- File size
- 308.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 36574
- 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 $3.63M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 5.5× revenue gap (~$2.97M more per month for Royal Match). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, Royal Match ≈ $43.51M/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 630.8M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 25.5× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Royal Match's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.7M 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 game · whale-driven IAP economy (~$0.45/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 Royal Match? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, Royal Match 3.7M 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 $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $3.63M 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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