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. ...
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 ...
Are 3rd Party ChatGPT Apps Still Making Money?
When ChatGPT launched without a mobile app it was clear someone would quot;fixquot; that, and it didn't take long for a ...
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Microsoft is Winning Another Race
If you use 2 Factor Authentication for anything, and I suspect many of you do, you need an authenticator app. The authe...
Checking In - How Disruptive is Pokémon Sleep, Really?
A couple of months ago a new app sporting the Pokmon brand appeared on the App Store and Google Play, and its purpose su...
This Trend Has to Stop - Why Lapse is Doomed to Fail
A new app has managed to claim the 1 spot on the App Store this week. Many apps managed to do that this year, so what's...
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...
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...
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...
This Week in Apps - Growing Fast
#174 - Pokemon Sleep just launched and is already the leader of its category, which country produces more mobile games, Monopoly Go's amazing revenue growth, and more!
Pokemon Sleep Crosses 2,000,000 Downloads
Snorlax is a sleepy Pokemon and also the icon of a new app, not a game, that uses the Pokemon brand to track your sleepi...
Which Countries Publish the Most Mobile Games?
I analyzed all of the mobile games on the App Store and Google Play to answer a simple question - which countries publis...
India Taxes Game Developers - How Much Will They Lose?
Earlier this month, the government of India announced it would soon impose a 28 tax on all betting games. This sent shoc...
This Week in Apps - Out of Gas
#173 - ChatGPT's mobile apps is two months old, where's Reddit without Apollo, India's new gambling tax, and more!
This Latest TikTok Success Story Grew Revenue 5x in a Week
Threads, Instagram's Twitter clone became the 1 app in the App Store on launch and seemed like it would be there for a l...
This Week in Apps - Let's Go Viral
#172 - TikTok's latest viral app made a lot of money, Amazon Prime Day, apps by downloads, and more!
By the Numbers: Analyzing App Downloads in the App Store and Google Play
How many apps get a thousand downloads a month? How about 100, or a million? That's the kind of question I get asked ver...
Scooters Lose Their Hype - Downloads Down Post-Pandemic
Scooter rental apps are one of my favorite topics to look at during the summer. Downloads peak in August, and over the l...
This Week in Apps - Millions and Billions
#170 - TikTok hits a big milestone, the monthly millions club, detecting investor fraud, and more!
Unpacking the App Store's Million-Dollar Monthly Club
How many apps and games do you think make more than a million dollars on the App Store? And for the sake of consistency,...
Here's What Investor Fraud Looks Like IRL
News broke earlier this week that event discovery app IRL (which stands for In Real Life) is shutting down immediately a...
iOS 17 Sherlocks an Entire Category - Erasing Millions in Revenue
With its latest update to iOS, Apple will release its own version of apps currently available from 3rd party developers ...
This Week in Apps - Business Booms
#169 - Apple's classical app underperforms on Android; Casino apps' revenue soars; News apps see revenue surge; HBO Max rebrand mildly impacts earnings.
