Plague Inc. vs Spin the Bottle

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS

Spin the Bottle

Vanilla b.v.
App Store
$668/mo
~$8.0K/yr · 167K installs
Revenue winner Plague Inc. wins +96384% vs other
Installs winner Plague Inc. wins +14515% vs other
MAU winner Plague Inc. wins +11103% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +7% vs other

Why Plague Inc. is winning

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

  1. Plague Inc. earns roughly 965× more per month than Spin the Bottle - $644.5K vs $668.
  2. Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs Spin the Bottle's ~167K - 146.2× the funnel top.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 1 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
  4. Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 4.49★ - 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
Spin the Bottle
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
$668
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
$8.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
167K
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
33K
App Store rating
4.81★
4.49★
Total ratings
163K
2K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$2.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
1 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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Spin the Bottle

Vanilla b.v.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 1, 2020
Last updated
Apr 8, 2026
File size
86.5 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
3.0.5
Languages
Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +14 more
View full Spin the Bottle report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Spin the Bottle? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while Spin the Bottle earns about $668. That is a 964.8× revenue gap (~$643.8K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Spin the Bottle ≈ $8.0K/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 Spin the Bottle? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 167K for Spin the Bottle - a 146.2× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Spin the Bottle's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Spin the Bottle 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 Spin the Bottle offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Spin the Bottle: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Spin the Bottle runs "Free casual game · ad-supported (~$0.04/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 Spin the Bottle? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Spin the Bottle 2K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Spin the Bottle revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $668 for Spin the Bottle 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 Spin the Bottle to a different App Store app? v
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