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📺 How to Make More Money with Your Subscription App w/ Dan from Subscription Index
Ariel talks to subscription revenue optimization expert Dan Layfield about making more money with your app
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...
The Ultimate App Store Optimization Checklist (with Examples)
In 2024, App Store Optimization is ESSENTIAL for growing your app's downloads. Use this ASO checklist to make sure your app is ready for the App Store and Google Play.
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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...
Monopoly Go's Downloads Dropped 70% Since its Peak - Revenue Didn't
Monopoly Go is a game you can't miss. Not necessarily because of its features but rather because it's everywhere. Since...
3D Scanning is a Real Business - Polycam Reaches Revenue Milestone
If you know me you know I like making things. Real things. 3D printing in particular is one of my favorites. The proble...
This Week in Apps - Faaaaast
#208 - Sports find success in streaming, Peloton's future is looking... interesting while eBay's is looking grim + the trend that's now over.
F1's Mobile App Posts Best Quarter of Revenue Ever
One of the biggest trends to come out of lockdowns is sports moving to stream via app, and almost every sport has been a...
Peloton's Mobile Revenue is (Finally) Growing Again
For Peloton, the last few years have been a mega rollercoaster ride. Demand for their workout bikes exploded when lockdo...
Demand for Marketplace Apps Like eBay and OfferUp is Down Double-Digits
I'm old enough to remember the early days of eBay. Everyone was bidding on everything, and it was all very exciting. I ...
The Short Dramas Trend Might Be Over Already
Short drama streaming apps, which do exactly what it sounds like, became the hottest trend in the App Store and on Googl...
The WNBA App is at an All-Time High - Revenue, Too!
The WNBA is currently seeing an all-time high of downloads and revenue on the App Store and Google Play - at levels it's...
This Week in Apps - Game. Set. Match!
#207 - CHatGPT's revenue doubles overnight, game emulators are setting a not-so-good trend, the most downloaded and highest-earning games, and the end of learning (as we know it).
GPT-4o Leads ChatGPT to Biggest Spike in App Revenue Ever!
Earlier this week, OpenAI introduced GPT-4o, its latest update to roll out of the lab. Many have called GPT-4o magical w...
Game Emulators Took Over the App Store Briefly - Will The Trend Continue?
Last month, Apple allowed game emulators into the App Store for the first time ever. That created a lot of excitement fr...
It Finally Happened! The Most Downloaded Games in April
April is behind us which means it's time to crunch the numbers and rank the most downloaded mobile games in the world, a...
This Club is Very Exclusive! The Highest Earning Mobile Games in April
I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning mobile games in the world in April hoping to see some change from ...
AI Brings the End of Homework As We Know It
Most kids don't like homework. I say that from experience, and AI has been one of the biggest headaches for teachers ove...
📺 Fixing Your App Store Optimization - A Live App Teardown! (Deep Dish Swift Extras)
Watch Ariel analyze apps in real time highlighting the good, bad, and ugly to help them get more downloads with App Store Optimization.
This Week in Apps - Cold start
#206 - Claude tries to take on ChatGPT (and it's not going well), meditation apps lost all popularity, Elon abandons Signal, plus the most downloaded and highest earning apps.
Competing with ChatGPT on Mobile is Harder Than Anthropic Thought
I think it's fair to say that ChatGPT is AI for many. Especially those not in tech. How can I say that so nonchalantly?...
Can Signal Survive the Latest Blow from Elon and Telegram?
Telegram decided to pick on Signal this week and Elon Musk took a stab at it too, and that led me to look at how the two...
