Plague Inc. vs Solitaire
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Solitaire
MobilityWare
App Store
$22.31M/mo
~$267.67M/yr · 345.3M installs
Revenue winner
Solitaire wins
+3361% vs other
Installs winner
Solitaire wins
+1314% vs other
MAU winner
Solitaire wins
+1307% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2% vs other
Why Solitaire is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Solitaire earns roughly 35× more per month than Plague Inc. - $22.31M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Solitaire runs a $1.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Solitaire has ~345.3M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 14.1× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Plague Inc.
vs
Solitaire
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
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$22.31M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
▶
$267.67M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
▶
345.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
▶
69.1M
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.73★
Total ratings
163K
▶
2.0M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$1.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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4 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
- Mar 18, 2010
- Last updated
- Mar 26, 2026
- File size
- 383.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.5.1
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +8 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Solitaire trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Solitaire? v
Solitaire earns about $22.31M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 34.6× revenue gap (~$21.66M more per month for Solitaire). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Solitaire ≈ $267.67M/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 Solitaire? v
Solitaire leads with about 345.3M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 14.1× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Solitaire's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.0M ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Solitaire 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 Solitaire offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Solitaire: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Solitaire runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or Solitaire? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Solitaire 2.0M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Solitaire revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $22.31M for Solitaire 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 Solitaire to a different App Store app? v
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