This Week in Apps - Seasonal Surprises
#195 - From the VR showdown between Meta Quest and Apple's Vision Pro to the unexpected rise of digital picture frames, Alexa's decline, Duolingo's success, and the streaming wars – uncover the top tech trends of 2023.
Is the Meta Quest Still in Demand Now that Apple's Vision Pro is Right Around the Corner?
2023 was an interesting year for virtual reality headsets. Meta's Quest was the popular option coming into the year but ...
Forget Selfies, Digital Picture Frames are This Year's Surprise Holiday Hit
Selfie apps have been a dominant trend in apps for a couple of years now, and this holiday season I found a similar tren...
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Amazon Alexa's Worst Holiday Season So Far
AI dominated much of 2023 thanks to ChatGPT, but if we look back to previous years, talking of AI usually meant quot;sma...
Duolingo is Speaking the Language of Success - Here are the Numbers
It seems like everyone was trying to learn a language in 2023, and there's one app at the center of that - Duolingo! Du...
Peacock's Revenue Nearly Doubled in 2023 - How Does it Compare to the Rest?
The streaming race, which I foolishly called over back in 2022, is far from finished. 2023 was a busy year for the top ...
This Week in Apps - Beep Beep
#194 - Beeper is challenging Apple, GTA is delivering big time for Netflix, Pokémon Sleep is crushing it, TikTok hit a new all-time high, and more.
This New Sleep Tracker is Outpacing Every Other Competitor
Sleep tracking is a sleeper industry that's grown 28 to more than 22M downloads in 2023. Jokes aside, demand for sleep-t...
GTA Delivers for Netflix's Growing Game Portfolio
Netflix has been quietly assembling a massive portfolio of games and this week, one of its newest titles made it to the ...
TikTok's Biggest Haul - The Highest Earning Apps in November
November is long gone, which means it's time to rank the highest-earning apps in the world for the month, and while the ...
Monopoly Go is Back at It - The Highest Earning Mobile Games in November
Monopoly Go is back as the highest-earning mobile game in the world in November, reclaiming the lead from China's King o...
Does Anyone Want Beeper Mini, the App That's Tussling with Apple Right Now?
We live in a world where green and blue bubbles can spark heated debates. That's a problem Beeper Mini is trying to solv...
This Week in Apps - Delisted!
#193 - Scooter rentals are going bye bye, ChatGPT is back big time, China continues to grow, and more.
Bird is Getting Delisted - What Went Wrong for the Micro Mobility Star?
The rise of micro-mobility, or scooter rentals as most know them, has been a very interesting trend to observe over the ...
ChatGPT Finally Made It - The Most Downloaded Apps in November
We're well into December, which means it's time to rank the most downloaded apps in the world in November. Downloads ar...
China's Shifting Trends - The Most Downloaded Games in November
An app from China dominated downloads in the App Store in November as hyper casuals are making a comeback. I crunched t...
Demand for Mental Health Apps is Almost Gone
Although demand for mental health apps Calm and Headspace has been on the decline since 2020, revenue wasn't - quite the...
ChatGPT Unpaused Paid SUbscriptions and Revenue Is at an All-Time High
ChatGPT has been growing like wildfire. So fast that last month, its parent OpenAI had to pause taking new paid subscrib...
This Week in Apps - Nothing but Growth!
#192 - November was a strong month across the board leading Twitter/X, Snapchat, Shop, and Gmail to new all-time highs. Plus an unknown game that took the App Store by storm.
'Tis the Season and Small Businesses Are Winning
Shopify had a massive Black Friday this year, with purchases peaking at 4.2M per minute. Yes, minute. That's insane! So...
X's Mobile Revenue Grew 261% in 2023
2023 has been nothing less than chaos for Twitter, which goes by X now but all the old-timers like me just can't not cal...
Snapchat's Mobile Revenue Crossed a Big Milestone
When Snapchat's paid subscription went live I said no one would pay to be a beta tester. More than a year later, Snapcha...
I Can't Believe How Much This Paid Game Is Making
I keep a close watch on the top app lists, and when a newcomer shows up, I immediately try to figure out what's going on...
Gmail's iOS Revenue Is at an All-Time High!
Something most people don't know is that Gmail, the inbox everyone is using, offers in-app purchases on the App Store. ...
This Week in Apps - OpenAI's Real Problem
#191 - ChatGPT is losing millions, Amazon didn't win Black Friday, why ID by amo didn't take off, and more!
ChatGPT Has a Serious Problem and It's Not Its Executive Team...
A lot has happened to everyone's favorite AI over the last couple of weeks. The big executive/board battle is what most ...
