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Mastering Apple Ads - 11 Ways to Unlock More Downloads with Apple Ads Intelligence
A step by step guide and 7 strategies for getting more downloads and saving money with Apple Search Ads
This Week in Apps - Chicken Jockey
#245 - The Minecraft movie nearly doubles revenue on mobile, Chinese shopping apps are undercutting the brands they work with due to tariffs, the most downloaded and highest-earning games in the world, and more!
The Minecraft Movie Jolts Mobile Revenue, but It's Just Not Enough
Minecraft is and has been the top-paid game in the US on both the App Store and Google Play for several years now. This ...
Powered by TikTok Videos, China's Answer to Tariffs is Cutting the Middleman
Earlier this week, two shopping apps I haven't seen before jumped to the top of the charts and have kept their top spots...
(Almost) Everyone's a Winner! The Highest-Earning Mobile Games in March
March is officially behind us and that means it's time to crunch the numbers and rank the highest-earning mobile games. ...
Blasted! The Most Downloaded Mobile Games in March
Block Blast continued to be the most downloaded game in the App Store in March, but it didn't stop there. Block Blast wa...
X's Mobile Revenue Rises for the Third Month in a Row
March was a good month for X's mobile revenue. Not just good but great. Actually, the best ever. X ended 2024 with a ba...
This Week in Apps - Catching Up?
#244 - Manus AI comes to mobile, the most downloaded and highest-earning apps in the world, Remini tried to surf the wave, and a look at the impact of financial markets on app downloads.
Manus AI Joins the AI App Race, But Can It Really Compete?
A few months ago yet another AI app came on the scene and stole the news cycle for a bit. That was Manus AI, an autonomo...
Instagram And TikTok Have Been Dethroned! The Most Downloaded Apps in the World in March
March was a very interesting month in app downloads. I crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded apps in the w...
March Was a Mega Month for App Revenue - Here are the Highest Earning Apps in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning mobile apps in the world in March. I have good news and bad news. ...
Remini Rides the AI Cartoon Wave and the Downloads Double, But Something's Missing
Last week I looked at how ChatGPT's new image generation sparked demand for cartoon generators and how downloads explode...
Market Volatility Sends Everyone to the App Store (and Google Play)
Financial markets in the US have had quite a stormy week. The kind that breaks records and makes those who knew what to ...
This Week in Apps - Cartoon Money?
#243 - Who's riding the latest AI wave, how to win the browser wars, the numbers behind Supercell's latest experimental game, the market Apple Invites didn't sherlock, and more!
The New AI Cartoon Trend Caused a Big Spike in Downloads for These Apps
The internet was buzzing with cartooned photos this week after OpenAI released an update to ChatGPT's image generation c...
Chrome is the Most Downloaded 3rd Party Browser on iOS. Are Apple Search Ads Behind the Downloads?
I've been seeing a lot of ads on the App Store for Google Chrome. The downloads show Chrome is the most downloaded not-S...
Supercell Tries Something New with mo.co - Is It a Success By the Numbers?
Supercell has a new game out and it's doing a few things differently. We've been following every Supercell release and I...
We Thought Apple Invites Would Sherlock the Market But It Didn't. This Happened Instead.
When Apple rolled out Apple invites, seemingly out of nowhere, a few months ago, everyone on the internet was ready for ...
Signal Proves No Publicity is Bad Publicity as Downloads Double
Signal, the secure messaging app, was in the news last week after a journalist disclosed he was accidentally in a group ...
This Week in Apps - Replacing Humans?
#242 - Demand for Uber and Lyft is declining rapidly in the US while Waymo is growing, the numbers behind T-Life's App Store success, Audible's amagin growth and more!
Uber and Lyft May Have Outgrown the US, But Not Waymo!
I recently visited San Francisco (for GDC), and it was hard not to see the swarm of Waymos driving around, picking up an...
How T-Mobile Leaped TikTok, ChatGPT, and Other Popular Apps to Reach the Top of the App Store!
I actively watch the top charts, and for months, I've been seeing the pink icon of T-Mobile somewhere up top in the US. ...
Color Block Jam Crosses $25M, Aims to Join the Successful Hybrid Casual Club
I spent all of last week at GDC so games are fresh on my mind and one of the trends I've been watching most closely is t...
Claude's Long Awaited Update is Here - Did it Move the Needle?
We're barely three months into 2025 and have already seen a barrage of AI innovations. From DeepSeek, Grok 3, and update...
The Audiobooks Market Recovered and Rallied Led by Audible
I've been fascinated by the audiobook market on mobile for a few years now having followed the rise of Audible as the le...
This Week in Apps - Coming Soon
#241 - Analyzing the nearly 1,000 are about to launch to the App Store, ChatGPT hits a BIG milestone but competition from xAI is strong, the most downloaded and highest-earning games in the world, and more.
