Plague Inc. vs ▻Sudoku
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
VS
▻Sudoku
PeopleFun CG, LLC
App Store
$787.2K/mo
~$9.45M/yr · 98.4M installs
Revenue winner
▻Sudoku wins
+20% vs other
Installs winner
▻Sudoku wins
+297% vs other
MAU winner
▻Sudoku wins
+163% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+1% vs other
Why ▻Sudoku is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Subscription model. ▻Sudoku runs a $12.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. ▻Sudoku has ~98.4M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 4.0× 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
▻Sudoku
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$654.3K
▶
$787.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
▶
$9.45M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
▶
98.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
▶
9.8M
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.77★
Total ratings
165K
▶
656K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
1 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
- May 7, 2010
- Last updated
- May 22, 2026
- File size
- 217.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 8.2.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +2 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
▻Sudoku trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or ▻Sudoku? v
▻Sudoku earns about $787.2K per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 1.2× revenue gap (~$132.9K more per month for ▻Sudoku). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, ▻Sudoku ≈ $9.45M/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 ▻Sudoku? v
▻Sudoku leads with about 98.4M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 4.0× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. ▻Sudoku's App Store downloads are estimated from 656K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and ▻Sudoku 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 ▻Sudoku offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. ▻Sudoku: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; ▻Sudoku 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 ▻Sudoku? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, ▻Sudoku 656K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs ▻Sudoku revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $787.2K for ▻Sudoku 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 ▻Sudoku to a different App Store app? v
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