Pokémon GO vs Red's First Flight
Pokémon GO
Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 96.5M installs
VS
Red's First Flight
Rovio Entertainment Oyj
App Store
$221.7K/mo
~$2.66M/yr · 8.4M installs
Revenue winner
Pokémon GO wins
+4411% vs other
Installs winner
Pokémon GO wins
+1049% vs other
MAU winner
Pokémon GO wins
+733% vs other
Rating winner
Red's First Flight wins
+19% vs other
Why Pokémon GO is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pokémon GO earns roughly 45× more per month than Red's First Flight - $10.00M vs $221.7K.
- Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~96.5M lifetime installs vs Red's First Flight's ~8.4M - 11.5× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Pokémon GO runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Pokémon GO ranks #46 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Pokémon GO
vs
Red's First Flight
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$10.00M
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$221.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$120.00M
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$2.66M
Lifetime installs (est.)
96.5M
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8.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
9.2M
◀
1.1M
App Store rating
4.00★
▶
4.78★
Total ratings
643K
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76K
US grossing rank
#46
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 403.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 0.417.1
- Languages
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- Mar 31, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 19, 2023
- File size
- 229.0 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian +8 more
Pokémon GO trajectory
Red's First Flight trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Pokémon GO or Red's First Flight? v
Pokémon GO earns about $10.00M per month, while Red's First Flight earns about $221.7K. That is a 45.1× revenue gap (~$9.78M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: Pokémon GO ≈ $120.00M/year, Red's First Flight ≈ $2.66M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Pokémon GO or Red's First Flight? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 96.5M estimated downloads vs 8.4M for Red's First Flight - a 11.5× gap. Pokémon GO's App Store downloads are estimated from 643K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Red's First Flight's App Store downloads are estimated from 76K ratings.
Are Pokémon GO and Red's First Flight 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 Pokémon GO and Red's First Flight offer? v
Pokémon GO: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Red's First Flight: no IAP detected on the public listing. Pokémon GO runs a "Pokémon GO · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)" monetization model; Red's First Flight runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Pokémon GO or Red's First Flight? v
Red's First Flight edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Pokémon GO 643K ratings, Red's First Flight 76K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pokémon GO vs Red's First Flight revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $10.00M for Pokémon GO and $221.7K for Red's First Flight 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 Pokémon GO or Red's First Flight to a different App Store app? v
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