Plague Inc. vs Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice
Scopely, Inc.
App Store
$2.44M/mo
~$29.25M/yr · 38.3M installs
Revenue winner
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice wins
+278% vs other
Installs winner
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice wins
+57% vs other
MAU winner
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice wins
+54% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+7% vs other
Why Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice earns roughly 4× more per month than Plague Inc. - $2.44M vs $644.5K.
- Subscription model. Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice has ~38.3M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.4M - 1.6× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
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Plague Inc.
vs
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
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$2.44M
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
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$29.25M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
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38.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
▶
7.5M
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.52★
Total ratings
163K
▶
255K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 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
- Nov 1, 2017
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- File size
- 298.4 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 9.3.15
- Languages
- SQ, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +29 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice? v
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice earns about $2.44M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K. That is a 3.8× revenue gap (~$1.79M more per month for Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice ≈ $29.25M/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 Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice? v
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice leads with about 38.3M estimated downloads vs 24.4M for Plague Inc. - a 1.6× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice's App Store downloads are estimated from 255K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice 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 Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice runs "Subscription (~$9.99/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 Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice 255K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $2.44M for Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice 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 Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice to a different App Store app? v
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