Super Mario Run vs Word Chums!
Super Mario Run
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
App Store
$68.5K/mo
~$822.1K/yr · 8.6M installs
VS
Word Chums!
PeopleFun, Inc.
App Store
$9/mo
~$110/yr · 1K installs
Revenue winner
Super Mario Run wins
+761089% vs other
Installs winner
Super Mario Run wins
+744543% vs other
MAU winner
Super Mario Run wins
+728866% vs other
Rating winner
Super Mario Run wins
+376% vs other
Why Super Mario Run is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Super Mario Run earns roughly 7612× more per month than Word Chums! - $68.5K vs $9.
- Aggressive pricing. Super Mario Run undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $21.68/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Super Mario Run has ~8.6M lifetime installs vs Word Chums!'s ~1K - 7446.4× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Super Mario Run sits at 3.76★ vs 0.00★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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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.)?
$68.5K
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$9
Annual revenue (est.)
$822.1K
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$110
Lifetime installs (est.)
8.6M
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1K
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.6M
◀
218.5
App Store rating
3.76★
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Total ratings
78K
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23
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
▶
$21.68
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 439.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.4.2
- 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 $68.5K per month, while Word Chums! earns about $9. That is a 7611.9× revenue gap (~$68.5K more per month for Super Mario Run). Annual revenue: Super Mario Run ≈ $822.1K/year, Word Chums! ≈ $110/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 8.6M estimated downloads vs 1K for Word Chums! - a 7446.4× gap. Super Mario Run's App Store downloads are estimated from 78K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Word Chums!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 23 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
Super Mario Run edges ahead with a higher overall score (gap of 3.8 stars). Rating volume: Super Mario Run 78K ratings, Word Chums! 23 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 $68.5K for Super Mario Run and $9 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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