Plague Inc. vs Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes

Plague Inc.

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

Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes

Electronic Arts
App Store
$1.82M/mo
~$21.89M/yr · 34.2M installs
Revenue winner Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes wins +183% vs other
Installs winner Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes wins +40% vs other
MAU winner Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes wins +38% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +5% vs other

Why Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes is winning

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

  1. Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes earns roughly 3× more per month than Plague Inc. - $1.82M vs $644.5K.
  2. Subscription model. Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Plague Inc.
vs
Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
$1.82M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
$21.89M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
34.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
6.8M
App Store rating
4.81★
4.59★
Total ratings
163K
228K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 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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Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes

Electronic Arts
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Nov 24, 2015
Last updated
Apr 28, 2026
File size
334.5 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
0.40.0
Languages
English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese +8 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes? v
Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes earns about $1.82M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 2.8× revenue gap (~$1.18M more per month for Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes ≈ $21.89M/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 Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes? v
Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes leads with about 34.2M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 1.4× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes's App Store downloads are estimated from 228K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes 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 Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes runs "Subscription (~$8.33/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 Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes 228K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $1.82M for Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes 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 Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes to a different App Store app? v
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