Plague Inc. vs tangram!
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$645.3K/mo
~$7.74M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
tangram!
Gergely Borbas
App Store
$25/mo
~$300/yr · 6K installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+2580900% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+390961% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+476111% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+18% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 25810× more per month than tangram! - $645.3K vs $25.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs tangram!'s ~6K - 3910.6× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 4.09★ - 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
tangram!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$645.3K
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$25
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.74M
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$300
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
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6K
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
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775
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.09★
Total ratings
163K
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125
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 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
- Dec 19, 2010
- Last updated
- Feb 19, 2018
- File size
- 13.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.3.43
- Languages
- English
Plague Inc. trajectory
tangram! trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or tangram!? v
Plague Inc. earns about $645.3K per month, while tangram! earns about $25. That is a 25810.0× revenue gap (~$645.2K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.74M/year, tangram! ≈ $300/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 tangram!? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 6K for tangram! - a 3910.6× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. tangram!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 125 ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and tangram! 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 tangram! offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. tangram!: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; tangram! 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 tangram!? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, tangram! 125 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs tangram! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $645.3K for Plague Inc. and $25 for tangram! 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 tangram! to a different App Store app? v
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