The Lord of the Rings Beats James Bond!
Amazon's latest original series launched this month, and for the first time in what feels like a long time, you can ac...
iOS 16 Propells Widgets to the Top of the App Store
iOS 16 launched this week and much like two years ago, when iOS 14 rolled out, one type of app is getting a lot of love ...
Only 4% of iOS Apps Use App Tracking Transparency
Last week's insight into which apps use Apple Search Ads resulted in a few questions from readers about the connection b...
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China Mints New Winners - The Most Downloaded Games in August
This week I rounded up the most downloaded games in the world, and let me skip the intro and dive right into the data be...
One of the Highest Earning Games Broke a Record in August
This week I ranked the highest-earning games in August, and while downloads decreased in August, revenue didn't. Well, f...
TikTok Rolls Out a BeReal Clone Because it Must
BeReal is still the most downloaded app in the US App Store, beating not just Instagram but now also video king TikTok. ...
61% of the highest Earning iOS Apps Use Apple Search Ads
Apple Search Ads have become much more popular in the last year, and many big companies have shifted their ad budgets ...
The FTC is Suing One of the Largest Mobile Attribution Networks
I came across a piece of news that barely got any visibility but is incredibly important to our industry. [The Federal...
BeReal Made the List – The Most Downloaded Apps in August
This month I crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded apps in the world in August, and BeReal, the latest s...
HBO Max Breaks Ahead of Disney+ – The Highest Earning Apps in August
This month I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest earning apps in the US, where most of the money is on the App...
Telegram Reaches $1,000,000 MRR After 3 Months
Recently several apps that have been free for a long time started offering paid tiers in order to create a revenue str...
Elon Musk's Tweet Gives Zero a Surge of Downloads
Earlier in the week Twitter kingmaker Elon Musk did something he hasn't done in a while. Elon helped an app get downlo...
Twitter's Recurring Revenue Grew Double Digits in August
Speaking of Elon! August is behind us which means it's time to take a look at Twitter's in-app revenue. I've been doin...
This Location Tracking App is Earning Millions of Dollars!
I love finding apps that hit new all-time highs, especially when those highs have a dollar sign in front of them, and ...
Trump is Driving Downloads Again, But Not to the App You'd Expect
Ex-president Donald Trump has commanded the news lately. I don't want to get into the politics of it, but I expected s...
Demand for Real Bank Apps Outpaces Virtual Bank Apps in 2022
Apps from Bank get downloads. Quite a few downloads. Growth wasn't amazing, but it was certainly stable. And then came...
BeReal is Now Posing a Clear Threat to Instagram's Growth
Instagram is prototyping a new feature that'll ask users to take pictures at a specific time and share them with their...
Peacock's Revenue Continues to Grow, But Not as Fast
Streaming apps are in a weird place right now. The last few years have been very kind to those who tried, but recently...
This Retailer (Finally) Figured Out Mobile, and Downloads Exploded!
Discounts are a great way to get people to take action. I looked at how restaurants do that more than once. Not all do...
Why is Amazon Ending Its Telehealth Service?
Amazon announced it's ending its Telehealth service, Amazon Care, this week. This is a big move for a service that was...
Back to School & Back to Normal
There's an app a lot of schools here in the US use to communicate with students called Remind. Every year around back-...
Diablo Immortal Hits a New Milestone Sooner Than Expected
A few weeks ago, Diablo Immortal, the mobile version of the game that shaped many childhoods, hit a new milestone. I...
Audible's Revenue is Skyrocketing in 2022
Are you an e-reader or a physical book kind of person? I'm the latter. There's something about paper that makes it eas...
It's Renewal time for Snapchat's New Subscription – Will They Renew?
Snapchat's new subscription service Snapchat has hit a critical moment in its short life renewal time. The honeymoo...
