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.
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Apple's Latest Android App
Apple Music Classical went live on Google Play in late May, two months after the iPhone version launched on the App Stor...
Casino Game Revenue is On the Rise in the App Store
Casino games are a big deal on the App Store. People love to bet and casino games make the entire experience very easy. ...
Monetizing the News is (Finally) Working - App Store Revenue Up 370%
The newspaper business has been in financial trouble for a long time now thanks to the internet and social media. On mo...
Downloads Are Going into Summer Mode - The Mobile Download Index
Downloads change drastically during the summer. Kids are on vacation which means more games see more downloads, and more...
How Much Did HBO Lose When Moving Subscriptions to Max?
It's been a month since HBO Max joined forces with discovery and rebranded as Max. The rebranding wasn't a simple name c...
#103 - The Trick to Branded Keyword and App Store Optimization
How do branded keywords behave on the App Store and how to optimize for them.
This Week in Apps - Not Over Yet
#168 - Turo's downloads double, Zoom hits a new milestone, ChatGPT didn't crush 3rd parties, and more!
Zoom's Mobile Revenue Hits a Big Milestone
Zoom is one app that needs no introduction. During the pandemic, Zoom's downloads grew faster than any other app, and on...
ChatGPT Lags Behind 3rd Party Apps
I've been getting a lot of questions about whether ChatGPT's release will end all 3rd party apps. Now that the official ...
Turo is the Most Downloaded Car Rental App Right Now
Summertime means travel time. And wouldn't it be nicer to travel in class? Turo, the Airbnb of car rentals, offers exac...
Telegram Hits $14M Since Starting to Moentize
Telegram has been monetizing its app for a year now, following moves from other social platforms like Twitter and Snapch...
Life360's Revenue Grew 35% in May
I keep a close watch on the Top Grossing charts in the App Store and Google Play, always looking for risers. The list do...
This Week in Apps - Reddit's Regrettable Blunder
#167 - Reddit is pulling a Twitter, movie theaters are getting busy again, Twitter's revenue took a hit, and the most downloaded apps and games.
App Downloads Grow 10% in May - The Most Downloaded Apps
Happy June, which means, it's time to crunch the numbers and rank the most downloaded mobile apps in the world. The whol...
Monopoly Go! Took Over the App Store in May - The Most Downloaded Games
Monopoly Go! has been sitting pretty at the top of the App Store's most downloaded chart ever since it was released back...
Twitter's Mobile Revenue Dropped by 15% in May
Last week I looked at Snapchat's revenue and this way I'm continuing my monthly tradition and looking at the revenue for...
AMC Theaters Just Had Its Best Week in Downloads
Last week I looked at how demand for streaming content seems to be shifting from movies to TV and how that's helping TV-...
Apollo, the Biggest 3rd Party App for Reddit is Shutting Down
I don't normally do opinions in this newsletter and prefer to let the data speak for itself, but I find what's going on ...
How To Get Your First 1,000 Users
Your app or game is live. Now what? Here are ways you can kickstart your app's growth.
This Week in Apps - May's Revenue Rejuvenation
#166 - Snapchat's biggest haul so far, Peacock and Paramount+ hit big too, CapCut is brewing up a storm, and more!
May Was Snapchat's Biggest Month of Revenue Growth (and Revenue)
With May behind us, it's time to look at Snapchat's revenue and see if the quot;paid beta testingquot; feature continues...
CapCut's Revenue Growth is Outpacing Every Other Competitor!
Lights, camera, CapCut! The video editor from TikTok that's now monetizing is doing so in a way that should put all of ...
Paramount+ Continues to Chase Peacock - Both Hit All-Time Revenue Highs
Streaming platforms have been active this year, and as we head into the summer season, I expect nothing less than the ra...
