This Week in Apps - Trend Busting
#212 - A simple app that makes a million bucks a month, ChatGPT's biggest month, Strava's quiet but massive growth, and more.
GPT-4o Reversed the Trend for OpenAI and Delivered Its Biggest Month of Revenue
May was the biggest month ever for ChatGPT's mobile app. It reversed the decline in downloads and netted the app its big...
iPhone owners are paying millions for QR code readers
People ask me if there are still opportunities to make money with apps and they're somehow surprised when I say yes. I ...
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Netflix's Game Portfolio is Dominated by a Single Game
Netflix has been not-so-quietly building out its mobile games portfolio for quite a while now. As of June, the collectio...
The Fitness App That's Beating All the Trends and Making All the Money
Over the last few years, it's become common to see apps get fewer downloads but make more money. Especially apps that ha...
Apple Takes on Blackmagic with Final Cut Camera
Last week, Apple released a new standalone camera app called Final Cut Camera. Perfect timing considering we'll be able ...
📺 WWDC 2024 Recap - The Business Edition with Joe Cieplinski
Ariel and Joe are back to review Apple's World Wide Developer Conference and highlight new tools to generate more downloads and revenue.
This Week in Apps - Sherlocked!
#211 - iOS 18 sherlocks $400M by making these apps unnecessary, BeReal's exit, the new walkie-talkie sensation, and the most popular games in the world in May.
Investigating the Apps (That Could Be) Made Redundant by iOS 18
It's become sort of a guessing game come every WWDC which app (or type of apps) will Apple sherlock in the latest versi...
The Future of Social Platforms is... Small?
I noticed a new name inching its way up the top charts last week - ten ten. The app calls itself a walkie-talkie for yo...
BeReal Finally Got its Exit - But Why?
While most of us were busy checking out iOS 18, popular hyper casual game developer Voodoo Games announced it had acquir...
The King is Back on Top - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked the most popular mobile games on the App Store and Google by downloads. I'm happy to ...
Game Revenue is Still Growing, But Slower - The Highest Earning Games in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning games across the App Store and Google Play by net revenue - what t...
This Week in Apps - It's Game Time
#210 - Supercell's latest release is growing faster than its sibling and competitors, X's mobile revenue is on the decline, the most downloaded and highest-earning apps, and more.
Supercell's Squad Busters Just Bested Brawl Stars' First Week Haul
The past several days have been some of the biggest for mobile gaming in recent memory. Not only did we get the global r...
Temu's at It Again - The Most Downloaded Apps in the World
Apps have been busy getting downloads in May. I crunched the numbers and ranked the ones that got the most. There was a ...
Anime is Going Mainstream - The Highest-Earning Apps in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning mobile apps in the world in May, and let me tell you, May continue...
The Game That Got Big While No One Was Looking
There are currently six games in the top-grossing list of apps and games in the US App Store. Just six - 30. Monopoly Go...
X's Mobile Revenue Declines for Second Month in a Row
Twitter, I mean X, is going through a strange period these days. Downloads are recovering after the abrupt name change l...
📺 How to Make More Money with Your Subscription App w/ Dan from Subscription Index
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How to Make More Money with Your Subscription App w/ Dan from Subscription Index
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The Ultimate App Store Optimization Checklist (with Examples)
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This Week in Apps - Gotta Google
#209 - An analysis of apps and games getting more than 1M downloads, a look at the VPNs that took over the App Store, Monopoly Go's trend, and more.
How Many Apps and Games Get More Than 1,000,000 Downloads Every Month?
A million is a nice number, right? I was curious, how many mobile apps and games get a million or more downloads every m...
Four Unknown VPN Apps Have Taken Over the US App Store
I noticed a few VPNs on the Most Downloaded Apps list on the App Store today. It's not abnormal to see one somewhere in ...
Is Crypto Heating Up Again? Phantom Wallet's Downloads Shoot Up
If you've been following the newsletter for a while you know that crypto isn't something I talk about often. Not because...
