Pokémon GO vs Road to Empress I
Pokémon GO
Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$5.38M/mo
~$64.59M/yr · 95.8M installs
VS
Road to Empress I
Sixjoy Hong Kong Limited
App Store
$1.1K/mo
~$13.3K/yr · 42K installs
Revenue winner
Pokémon GO wins
+485720% vs other
Installs winner
Pokémon GO wins
+228276% vs other
MAU winner
Pokémon GO wins
+215777% vs other
Rating winner
Road to Empress I wins
+21% vs other
Why Pokémon GO is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pokémon GO earns roughly 4858× more per month than Road to Empress I - $5.38M vs $1.1K.
- Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~95.8M lifetime installs vs Road to Empress I's ~42K - 2283.8× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Pokémon GO ranks #43 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
Road to Empress I
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.38M
◀
$1.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$64.59M
◀
$13.3K
Lifetime installs (est.)
95.8M
◀
42K
Monthly active users (est.)?
18.2M
◀
8K
App Store rating
4.00★
▶
4.82★
Total ratings
639K
◀
763
US grossing rank
#43
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- File size
- 386.3 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 0.409.0
- Languages
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- Sep 9, 2025
- Last updated
- Mar 18, 2026
- File size
- 640.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.0.8
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Chinese
Pokémon GO trajectory
Road to Empress I trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Pokémon GO or Road to Empress I? v
Pokémon GO earns about $5.38M per month, while Road to Empress I earns about $1.1K. That is a 4858.2× revenue gap (~$5.38M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: Pokémon GO ≈ $64.59M/year, Road to Empress I ≈ $13.3K/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 Road to Empress I? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 95.8M estimated downloads vs 42K for Road to Empress I - a 2283.8× gap. Pokémon GO's App Store downloads are estimated from 639K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Road to Empress I's App Store downloads are estimated from 763 ratings.
Are Pokémon GO and Road to Empress I 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 Road to Empress I offer? v
Pokémon GO: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Road to Empress I: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Pokémon GO runs a "Free + one-time IAP (10 tiers) · calibrated by US grossing rank #43" monetization model; Road to Empress I 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 Road to Empress I? v
Road to Empress I edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Pokémon GO 639K ratings, Road to Empress I 763 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pokémon GO vs Road to Empress I revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.38M for Pokémon GO and $1.1K for Road to Empress I 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 Road to Empress I to a different App Store app? v
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