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This Week in Apps - Cold start
#206 - Claude tries to take on ChatGPT (and it's not going well), meditation apps lost all popularity, Elon abandons Signal, plus the most downloaded and highest earning apps.
Competing with ChatGPT on Mobile is Harder Than Anthropic Thought
I think it's fair to say that ChatGPT is AI for many. Especially those not in tech. How can I say that so nonchalantly?...
Can Signal Survive the Latest Blow from Elon and Telegram?
Telegram decided to pick on Signal this week and Elon Musk took a stab at it too, and that led me to look at how the two...
Demand for Mental Health Apps is at an All-Time Low
Not that long ago, meditation apps (aka mental health apps) were one of the fastest growing segments on the App Store an...
Temu's Up, Threads Down - The Most Downloaded Apps in April
April is behind us, which means it's time to look at the most downloaded apps - I did, and can tell you April was a weir...
Winners be Winning - The Highest Earning Apps in April
I crunched the numbers and rounded up the highest-earning apps in the App Store and Google Play in April, and much like ...
This Week in Apps - Growing Fast
#205 - The widget that could take over the App Store, dating apps become investable again, X revenue stagnates in April, and more!
Music + Widgets = Downloads
You know what I haven't seen in a while on the App Store? A widget making it to the top of the charts. Scrolling throug...
TikTok's Other Other App, Lemon8, Double!
Last week I looked at TikTok's other app - Capcut - as the talk of TikTok getting banned in the US intensify and CapCut ...
Will X Really Charge Every User? Its Revenue Growth May Hold the Answer
Elon Musk almost confirmed that soon, X will require a paid subscription in order to post on the platform. This is somet...
Demand for Airbnb is At an All-Time High in 2024
Airbnb is having a great quarter! The best quarter! I've used Airbnb over the last few years as a proxy to quot;things ...
Dating Apps are Growing Fast - But Not the Ones You Expect
Dating apps Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge are some of the highest earning apps in the US App Store having been in the top 15...
This Week in Apps - A Big Quarter!
#204 - Amazon Prime revives a classic game's revenue, News apps are raking in the cash as are LinkedIn, Brawl Stars, and CapCut.
Fallout's TV/Mobile Crossover Leads to a Massive Revenue Increase
Fallout, a new TV show based on the popular game series with the same name, premiered on Amazon Prime earlier this month...
Top News Apps Had The Best Quarter of Revenue EVER
Newspapers went through a critical transformation over the last decade that saw physical newspapers go the way of the do...
LinkedIn Figured It Out and Revenue is at an All-Time High Beating X and Snapchat
I've been looking at X's and Snapchat's revenue for months as they are the early adopters of charging in social media, b...
TikTok's Video Editor is Eating Up the Market as YoY Revenue Rises 412%
TikTok might get banned in the US, which could lead to other countries banning it, and in a way, the beginning of the en...
Brawl Stars Has Been Fighting To Prove Itself Since Soft-Launch — and It's Working
Supercell has a new champion! Brawl Stars is now Supercell's biggest earner - Here's how we got here.
This Week in Apps - Did You See It?
#203 - Short drama apps are the latest trend in streaming, Disney+ is in trouble, the most downloaded and highest earning games, and more!
WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal Are Out! China Bans Messaging Apps as Demand for VPNs Skyrockets
China is waging war on messaging apps. Not all, but the most popular ones. Late Thursday night, China asked Apple to re...
Why is Paramount+ Shutting Down the Showtime Streaming App?
Success for a streaming app isn't a matter of luck but rather content (and looooots of marketing). That's why Max (HBO's...
Brawl Stars Takes March - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
March is behind us which means it's time to crunch the numbers and rank the most downloaded mobile games in the world fo...
How High Will Monopoly Go? The Highest Earning Games in the World
March was a mega month for game revenue! I crunched the numbers and ranked the biggest winners. Unlike with downloads...
Short Drama Apps Turn Quibi’s Failure into a $146M Success in Q1, With Revenue Surging 56% Last Month Alone
Short dramas are the latest trend on the App Store and Google Play, commanding millions in consumer spending in Q1.
This Week in Apps - No Vision...
#202 - The Vision App Store has stalled, Facebook's milestone, ChatGPT and X end big months, and more.
