Super Mario Run vs Word Chums!
Super Mario Run
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
App Store
$68.0K/mo
~$816.1K/yr · 8.5M installs
VS
Word Chums!
PeopleFun, Inc.
App Store
$20.9K/mo
~$251.2K/yr · 2.6M installs
Revenue winner
Super Mario Run wins
+225% vs other
Installs winner
Super Mario Run wins
+225% vs other
MAU winner
Super Mario Run wins
+201% vs other
Rating winner
Word Chums! wins
+28% vs other
Why Super Mario Run is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Super Mario Run earns roughly 3× more per month than Word Chums! - $68.0K vs $20.9K.
- Bigger install base. Super Mario Run has ~8.5M lifetime installs vs Word Chums!'s ~2.6M - 3.2× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Super Mario Run
vs
Word Chums!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$68.0K
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$20.9K
Annual revenue (est.)
$816.1K
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$251.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
8.5M
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2.6M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.6M
◀
526K
App Store rating
3.75★
▶
4.79★
Total ratings
77K
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24K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$21.68
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$21.68
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Apr 1, 2026
- File size
- 439.7 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.4.0
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +5 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 13, 2012
- Last updated
- Apr 20, 2026
- File size
- 192.9 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 2.18.0
- Languages
- English
Super Mario Run trajectory
Word Chums! trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Super Mario Run or Word Chums!? v
Super Mario Run earns about $68.0K per month, while Word Chums! earns about $20.9K. That is a 3.2× revenue gap (~$47.1K more per month for Super Mario Run). Annual revenue: Super Mario Run ≈ $816.1K/year, Word Chums! ≈ $251.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Super Mario Run or Word Chums!? v
Super Mario Run leads with about 8.5M estimated downloads vs 2.6M for Word Chums! - a 3.2× gap. Super Mario Run's App Store downloads are estimated from 77K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Word Chums!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 24K ratings.
Are Super Mario Run and Word Chums! 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 Super Mario Run and Word Chums! offer? v
Super Mario Run: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Word Chums!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Super Mario Run runs a "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)" monetization model; Word Chums! runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Super Mario Run or Word Chums!? v
Word Chums! edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 3.8 (gap of 1.0 stars). Rating volume: Super Mario Run 77K ratings, Word Chums! 24K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Super Mario Run vs Word Chums! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $68.0K for Super Mario Run and $20.9K for Word Chums! 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 Super Mario Run or Word Chums! to a different App Store app? v
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