Pokémon GO vs Travel Town - Merge Adventure

Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
$5.38M/mo
~$64.58M/yr · 95.8M installs
VS

Travel Town - Merge Adventure

Moon Active
App Store
$1.93M/mo
~$23.14M/yr · 25.3M installs
Revenue winner Pokémon GO wins +179% vs other
Installs winner Pokémon GO wins +278% vs other
MAU winner Pokémon GO wins +258% vs other
Rating winner Travel Town - Merge Adventure wins +20% vs other

Why Pokémon GO is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Pokémon GO earns roughly 3× more per month than Travel Town - Merge Adventure - $5.38M vs $1.93M.
  2. Bigger install base. Pokémon GO has ~95.8M lifetime installs vs Travel Town - Merge Adventure's ~25.3M - 3.8× the funnel top.
  3. Charts placement. Pokémon GO ranks #43 on the US grossing chart vs Travel Town - Merge Adventure at #91 - 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
Travel Town - Merge Adventure
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$5.38M
$1.93M
Annual revenue (est.)
$64.58M
$23.14M
Lifetime installs (est.)
95.8M
25.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
18.2M
5.1M
App Store rating
4.00★
4.80★
Total ratings
639K
169K
US grossing rank
#43
#91
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$14.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
=
10 tiers

Pokémon GO

Niantic, Inc.
App Store
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
View full Pokémon GO report →

Travel Town - Merge Adventure

Moon Active
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
Feb 12, 2021
Last updated
May 3, 2026
File size
283.4 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
2.12.1550
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
View full Travel Town - Merge Adventure report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Pokémon GO or Travel Town - Merge Adventure? v
Pokémon GO earns about $5.38M per month, while Travel Town - Merge Adventure earns about $1.93M. That is a 2.8× revenue gap (~$3.45M more per month for Pokémon GO). Annual revenue: Pokémon GO ≈ $64.58M/year, Travel Town - Merge Adventure ≈ $23.14M/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 Travel Town - Merge Adventure? v
Pokémon GO leads with about 95.8M estimated downloads vs 25.3M for Travel Town - Merge Adventure - a 3.8× gap. Pokémon GO's App Store downloads are estimated from 639K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Travel Town - Merge Adventure's App Store downloads are estimated from 169K ratings.
Are Pokémon GO and Travel Town - Merge Adventure 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 Travel Town - Merge Adventure offer? v
Pokémon GO: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Travel Town - Merge Adventure: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Pokémon GO runs a "Free + one-time IAP (10 tiers) · calibrated by US grossing rank #43" monetization model; Travel Town - Merge Adventure runs "Subscription (~$14.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #91". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Pokémon GO or Travel Town - Merge Adventure? v
Travel Town - Merge Adventure edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Pokémon GO 639K ratings, Travel Town - Merge Adventure 169K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pokémon GO vs Travel Town - Merge Adventure revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $5.38M for Pokémon GO and $1.93M for Travel Town - Merge Adventure 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 Travel Town - Merge Adventure to a different App Store app? v
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