Pokémon GO vs Scritchy Scratchy
Pokémon GO
Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 96.5M installs
VS
Scritchy Scratchy
Funday Games ApS
App Store
$31.6K/mo
~$379.2K/yr · 170K installs
Revenue winner
Pokémon GO wins
+31547% vs other
Installs winner
Pokémon GO wins
+56828% vs other
MAU winner
Pokémon GO wins
+26673% vs other
Rating winner
Scritchy Scratchy wins
+22% vs other
Why Pokémon GO is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Pokémon GO earns roughly 316× more per month than Scritchy Scratchy - $10.00M vs $31.6K.
- Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~96.5M lifetime installs vs Scritchy Scratchy's ~170K - 569.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Pokémon GO runs 10 IAP tiers vs 1 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Pokémon GO ranks #44 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
Scritchy Scratchy
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$10.00M
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$31.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$120.00M
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$379.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
96.5M
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170K
Monthly active users (est.)?
9.2M
◀
34K
App Store rating
4.00★
▶
4.87★
Total ratings
643K
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2K
US grossing rank
#44
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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1 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
- USD6.99
- Released
- Mar 18, 2026
- Last updated
- May 19, 2026
- File size
- 405.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.1.19
- Languages
- English
Pokémon GO trajectory
Scritchy Scratchy trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Pokémon GO or Scritchy Scratchy? v
Pokémon GO earns about $10.00M per month, while Scritchy Scratchy earns about $31.6K. That is a 316.5× revenue gap (~$9.97M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: Pokémon GO ≈ $120.00M/year, Scritchy Scratchy ≈ $379.2K/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 Scritchy Scratchy? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 96.5M estimated downloads vs 170K for Scritchy Scratchy - a 569.3× gap. Pokémon GO's App Store downloads are estimated from 643K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Scritchy Scratchy's App Store downloads are estimated from 2K ratings.
Are Pokémon GO and Scritchy Scratchy 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 Scritchy Scratchy offer? v
Pokémon GO: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Scritchy Scratchy: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Pokémon GO runs a "Pokémon GO · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)" monetization model; Scritchy Scratchy runs "Paid app ($6.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Pokémon GO or Scritchy Scratchy? v
Scritchy Scratchy edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.9 stars). Rating volume: Pokémon GO 643K ratings, Scritchy Scratchy 2K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pokémon GO vs Scritchy Scratchy revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $10.00M for Pokémon GO and $31.6K for Scritchy Scratchy 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 Scritchy Scratchy to a different App Store app? v
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