Plague Inc. vs Wordle!

Plague Inc.

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

Wordle!

Lion Studios Plus
App Store
$549.3K/mo
~$6.59M/yr · 123.9M installs
Revenue winner Plague Inc. wins +17% vs other
Installs winner Wordle! wins +407% vs other
MAU winner Wordle! wins +85% vs other
Rating winner Plague Inc. wins +5% vs other

Why Plague Inc. is winning

Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 9 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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Plague Inc.
vs
Wordle!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
$549.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
$6.59M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
123.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
6.8M
App Store rating
4.81★
4.58★
Total ratings
163K
826K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
9 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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Wordle!

Lion Studios Plus
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Apr 24, 2016
Last updated
May 2, 2026
File size
251.9 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
3.0.1
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +2 more
View full Wordle! report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Wordle!? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while Wordle! earns about $549.3K. That is a 1.2× revenue gap (~$95.2K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Wordle! ≈ $6.59M/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 Wordle!? v
Wordle! leads with about 123.9M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 5.1× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Wordle!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 826K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Wordle! 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 Wordle! offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Wordle!: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Wordle! 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 Wordle!? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Wordle! 826K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Wordle! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $549.3K for Wordle! 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 Wordle! to a different App Store app? v
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