This Week in Apps - The Ban That Isn't Coming
#156 - Why the US won't ban TikTok, AI chatbots take over mobile, the joy of subscriptions, and more!
This is Why Short Sellers are Targeting Block's Cash App
News broke yesterday that Cash App, which is owned by Block (aka Square), is in trouble thanks to a variety of shady bus...
Prayer App Hallow's Subscription Time is Here. And It's Big.
Last month I looked at the quot;overnightquot; success of prayer app Hallow. Thanks to a massive Apple Search Ads campai...
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LinkedIn is Turning Into the Next Instagram
LinkedIn's mobile revenue app has been on an up-and-to-the-right journey for several years now, growing as much as 5x si...
This Week in Apps - All About the Money!
#155 - 2023 is shaping up to be a big year for revenue in the App Store. Maybe even for Twitter...
Five Months In, CapCut Is a Bigger Threat to Video Editors Than Expected!
I've been following the rise of CapCut, TikTok's video editing app, for quite a while now. CapCut launched as a free...
What Does Temu's Latest Milestone Mean for App Makers?
Temu has been on the App Store since September of last year, but unlike many most other apps that come and go, Temu di...
This Week in Apps - What a Start!
#154 - Twitter Blue launched in Japan, Audible and Google Photos are off to a strong start, a look into App Preview videos, and more!
Google Photos Rakes in Big Bucks - Revenue Soars in 2023!
Google Photos is one app I rarely come across when looking for exciting apps or trends. I'm not entirely sure why, but...
To Video or Not to Video - How Many Apps & Games Have App Preview Videos
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video should be worth at least a thousand pictures, or a million words (depe...
This Week in Apps - Not the Best Time for That...
#153 - Authenticator apps are all the rage right now, news fatigue is real, Apple Search Ads is responsible for the top apps, and more!
Need an Authenticator App? Here are the Most Popular Options
Twitter recently made a security change that forced its non-paying users who use 2-factor authentication to start usin...
ChatGPT Delivered Another (Small) Win for Microsoft
Microsoft has been riding the ChatGPT wave for a few weeks now. Last week I looked at downloads of the official Bing a...
How Did a Prayer App Get to the Top of the App Store?
It's always exciting to see a new icon making it to the top of the App Store. I have nothing against Temu and TikTok b...
This Week in Apps - Lots of Opportunities
#152 - Millions of abandoned apps = big opportunities for developers, plus the ChatGPT, the Super Bowl, tax season, and more!
ChatGPT Pushes Bing's Downloads to All-Time High
A few weeks ago Microsoft and OpenAI announced ChatGPT, which has and is currently all the rage in the tech world, will ...
This Tax Season is the Biggest for TurboTax
Changes to tax filing rules improvements (and lots of ads) have made TurboTax one of the main go-to apps for filing tax...
Opportunity Time - More than 30% of Apps on the App Store & Google Play are Abandoned
There are millions of apps and games on the App Store and Google Play, but just how many are being developed actively? ...
This Week in Apps - Apple's Sweep, Spotify's Explosive year, Mobile Casinos, and More!
#151 - This week we're looking at several trends that could define 2023 + something many app developers are talking about.
Vrbo Soars Past Airbnb with Millions of Downloads
Airbnb isn't used to having competition. For a loooong time it was the only owner-renting-by-app service in use. Not onl...
The Most Popular Non-Native Framework Isn't React Native (or Flutter)
Last week I shared a surprising insight about React Native that generated a lot of feedback. Thanks to everyone who sh...
This Week in Apps - The Top (isn't) Stagnant
#149 - The most downloads and highest-earning apps and games in November, plus where we are and how we got here for non-native frameworks.
This Week in Apps - Lots of Upside Down
#148 - Native vs non-native app development, VR's new record, Gas goes to Discord, Snapchat's new record, and more!
Six Months and $7,000,000 Later, Discord Acquires Gas.
Earlier this week, gamer-chat Discord announced it's acquiring Gas, an app for teens that exploded in popularity a few m...
