Plague Inc. vs Sea of Stars

Plague Inc.

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

Sea of Stars

Playdigious
App Store
$4.2K/mo
~$50.0K/yr · 16K installs
Revenue winner Plague Inc. wins +15607% vs other
Installs winner Plague Inc. wins +158376% vs other
MAU winner Plague Inc. wins +122618% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +11% vs other

Why Plague Inc. is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Plague Inc. earns roughly 157× more per month than Sea of Stars - $654.3K vs $4.2K.
  2. Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.8M lifetime installs vs Sea of Stars's ~16K - 1584.8× the funnel top.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
  4. Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 4.35★ - 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
Sea of Stars
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$654.3K
$4.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
$50.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
16K
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
3K
App Store rating
4.81★
4.35★
Total ratings
165K
184
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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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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Sea of Stars

Playdigious
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD9.99
Released
Apr 7, 2026
Last updated
Jun 24, 2026
File size
2.77 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
3.0.60158
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese +3 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Sea of Stars? v
Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K per month, while Sea of Stars earns about $4.2K. That is a 157.1× revenue gap (~$650.2K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, Sea of Stars ≈ $50.0K/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 Sea of Stars? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.8M estimated downloads vs 16K for Sea of Stars - a 1584.8× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sea of Stars's App Store downloads are estimated from 184 ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Sea of Stars 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 Sea of Stars offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Sea of Stars: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Sea of Stars runs "Paid app ($9.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or Sea of Stars? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, Sea of Stars 184 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Sea of Stars revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $4.2K for Sea of Stars 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 Sea of Stars to a different App Store app? v
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