Plague Inc. vs Sort Express!
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
VS
Sort Express!
Circle Games
App Store
$3.6K/mo
~$43.7K/yr · 455K installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+17885% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+5350% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+4015% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 180× more per month than Sort Express! - $654.3K vs $3.6K.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.8M lifetime installs vs Sort Express!'s ~455K - 54.5× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 8 - 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
Sort Express!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$654.3K
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$3.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
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$43.7K
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
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455K
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
◀
91K
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.74★
Total ratings
165K
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6K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$1.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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8 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 17, 2025
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 603.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1790
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese +2 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Sort Express! trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Sort Express!? v
Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K per month, while Sort Express! earns about $3.6K. That is a 179.8× revenue gap (~$650.6K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, Sort Express! ≈ $43.7K/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 Sort Express!? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.8M estimated downloads vs 455K for Sort Express! - a 54.5× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Sort Express!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 6K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Sort Express! 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 Sort Express! offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Sort Express!: IAP range 8 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Sort Express! 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 Sort Express!? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, Sort Express! 6K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Sort Express! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $3.6K for Sort Express! 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 Sort Express! to a different App Store app? v
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