Plague Inc. vs Sky: Children of the Light

Plague Inc.

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

Sky: Children of the Light

thatgamecompany
App Store
$316.8K/mo
~$3.80M/yr · 39.6M installs
Revenue winner Plague Inc. wins +107% vs other
Installs winner Sky: Children of the Light wins +60% vs other
MAU winner Sky: Children of the Light wins +60% vs other
Rating winner Sky: Children of the Light wins +0% vs other

Why Plague Inc. is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Plague Inc. earns roughly 2× more per month than Sky: Children of the Light - $654.3K vs $316.8K.
  2. More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 7 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Plague Inc.
vs
Sky: Children of the Light
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$654.3K
$316.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
$3.80M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
39.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
6.0M
App Store rating
4.81★
4.82★
Total ratings
165K
264K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
7 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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Sky: Children of the Light

thatgamecompany
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Jul 21, 2019
Last updated
Jul 1, 2026
File size
2.72 GB
Content rating
9+
Version
0.33.8
Languages
English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese +8 more
View full Sky: Children of the Light report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Sky: Children of the Light? v
Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K per month, while Sky: Children of the Light earns about $316.8K. That is a 2.1× revenue gap (~$337.5K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, Sky: Children of the Light ≈ $3.80M/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 Sky: Children of the Light? v
Sky: Children of the Light leads with about 39.6M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 1.6× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sky: Children of the Light's App Store downloads are estimated from 264K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Sky: Children of the Light 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 Sky: Children of the Light offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Sky: Children of the Light: IAP range 7 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Sky: Children of the Light runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/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 Sky: Children of the Light? v
Sky: Children of the Light edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, Sky: Children of the Light 264K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Sky: Children of the Light revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $316.8K for Sky: Children of the Light 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 Sky: Children of the Light to a different App Store app? v
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