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This Week in Apps - Summer Games
#214 - June was a great month for game downloads and revenue, consumers can't stop spending on short drama apps, Chick-fil-A gets gaming, and Zenless Zone Zero's first few weeks aren't great.
ChatGPT Scores Its Biggest Month of Revenue Ever
ChatGPT just ended its best month of revenue on mobile. Ever! You've probably heard me say that before, and that's beca...
X Recovers After Months of Revenue Decline
X's mobile revenue has been declining for several months now after peaking back in March leading to the obvious question...
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Daily Consumer Spending in Top 3 Short Drama Streaming Apps Crosses $3M!
DramaBox, the highest-earning short drama streaming app, has seen revenue grow so much this year it's now close to earni...
Chick-fil-A Gets Into Gaming and Sees Most Daily Downloads Ever
Food for downloads isn't a new trend, so when I saw Chi-fil-A's app at the top of the charts earlier this week I wasn't ...
Zenless Zone Zero Got Off to a Slow Start, But Here’s Why That Might Be About to Change
Ever since Genshin Impact made such a massive impact on the gaming world (and not just on mobile) in the fall of 2020, e...
China's Dominance Shatters in June - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked all mobile games by their downloads and unlike previous months, June was full of movem...
Top Games Revenue Rose 47% in the Last Year - The Highest Earning Games in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked all mobile games by their net revenue - what the publishers get to keep after Apple an...
This Week in Apps - Let's Talk Trends
#213 - The most important trend the app industry needs to be aware of, X's mobile revenue is not looking good, the most downloaded and highest-earning apps in the world, and more!
X's Mobile Revenue Continues to Drop for 3rd Consecutive Month - Longest Ever Decline
X's mobile revenue has been on a very weird trend in the last few months. And by weird I really mean negative. It's weir...
This is The Most Important Trend Every App Developer Must Know About
A few weeks ago I gave the opening talk at the App Promotion Summit in NYC and being the keynote I wanted to summarize w...
Subscription Apps Share of Revenue Hit an All-Time High This Year
Browsing the App Store and Google Play top charts, it's very clear more and more apps are making money through subscript...
App Downloads Dropped Again... The Most Downloaded Apps in the World in June
I crunched the numbers and rounded up the most downloaded apps in the world in June. Unlike May, which was incredibly st...
App Revenue Remains Strong in June - The Highest Earning Apps in the World
App revenue has been on the rise in the last year, and looking back at our highest-earning apps charts, it's clear the l...
Which Types of Apps Get the Most Downloads and Make the Most Money?
Which types of apps get the most downloads? And which make the most money? I analyzed the top 100 apps and games in the...
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 ...
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...
