Education Goes In App - The Biggest Back to School for Classdojo
The pandemic pushed a lot of otherwise physical school-related activities to the web and mobile, and during covid that w...
Twitter's First Full Month as X is Also Its Highest in Mobile Revenue
August is behind us which means it's time to check in on Twitter's, I mean, X's revenue. August was X's first full mont...
Are Your Downloads Down? You're Not the Only One...
The last few years have been very strange in the App Store, and if you've been reading the newsletter for long enough yo...
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Instacart is Going Public - Is It Still In Demand?
Instacart, the gig economy's shopping app, has filed to go public. If you haven't used the app, Instacart is like askin...
ChatGPT's Mobile Revenue Grew 38% in August
ChatGPT's own mobile app has been out for several months now giving us a glimpse into how important it is to have a mobi...
August Ended Disney+'s Longest Losing Run
Disney's revenue has generally been growing ever since it was introduced back in 2019. This year, however, revenue star...
Is Pinterest Still Growing?
If you've ever been down the rabbit hole of wedding plans, recipe ideas, or DIY projects, you've probably encountered Pi...
Why is Evernote Raising Its Price Again?
If you're an App Store veteran like me, when you hear the name quot;Evernotequot; you think of the most popular note tak...
Gmail's In-App Revenue Grew 179x Since 2021
Raise your hand if you've seen Gmail's paywall. I bet you haven't, but that doesn't mean Gmail isn't making money from i...
Threads Came and Went but Remini Stayed - The Most Downloaded Apps in July
July was a mostly normal month in downloads with one big exception - Threads. I ranked the most downloaded apps in the ...
Summer is For Games - The Most Downloaded Games in July
I crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded mobile games in the world in July. Like my analysis of global game...
How Many iOS Apps Monetize with Subscriptions?
Subscriptions are a great way to make money with your app (or game). Many developers know that by now, but how many apps...
Temu Hits a Big Milestone Ahead of First Birthday
Temu, the shopping sensation that's taken over the App Store, is about to celebrate its first birthday. And it's got a p...
The Top 10 Highest-Earning Games in The World Brought In more than $500M in July
I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning games, as I do every month, but this time I expanded beyond the US...
Was HBO Max's Rebrand Worth It? A Look at Revenue Before and After
A few months ago HBO Max, one of the highest-grossing app in the US, rebranded into Max. But this wasn't a simple name c...
Uber Eats Struggles To Maintain Traction Internationally
Uber Eats, the food delivery service, has seen downloads for its flagship app drop by 50 since 2020. Does everyone have...
Is Saturn a Cooler Version of Blackboard?
It's back-to-school season, and the App Store is a buzz with school-related apps. Remind and ParentSquare, communication...
Is Bumble for Friends a Solution Without a Problem?
Bumble wants you to swipe for friendship. Yes, that's right. It's not even a new thing - BFF was a feature that did exac...
X (FKA Twitter) Has a Big Discovery Problem
Twitter is no more. It's now X. Well, almost! Twitter Lite, an Android app from Twitter that's targeted mainly at India...
Slack Redesigned Its Interface but Is It Too Late?
I recently asked my Twitter followers if they prefer Slack or Discord for a community. I expected Slack to be the overwh...
Streaming, Dating, and Networking? The Highest Earning Apps in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning apps for July, and since many of you have asked, I'm using global ...
July was X's (aka Twitter) Highest Month of Mobile Revenue
Bye bye birdie... Twitter is now X and I can feel the difference. But that won't stop me from continuing the monthly tr...
Nord, the King of VPNs, Soars in 2023
VPNs have risen in popularity in the last few years as wars, government censorship, and lots of ads are helping many cha...
WePlay's Revenue Hits a Record High in July
The App Store's Top App amp; Games chart in the US has seen a lot of activity this summer. This week's main attraction i...
