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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.
Analyzing the Nearly 1,000 Apps and Games that are "Coming Soon"
You may not know this, but there's a way to see which apps have been approved for release by Apple but have not been rel...
ChatGPT Crosses a Major Milestone in the Face of Competition
ChatGPT has been on an astounding growth journey that hasn't slowed down even though local and international rivals stol...
The King of Game Revenue Lost Its Crown (Again) - The Highest Earning Games in the World
It's not all that often that we see this much movement at the pinnacle of the top earning mobile games, so let's get int...
A New Shakeup at the Top - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
Between the top downloaded and highest earning charts, it's the former that typically sees the most turnover as games th...
Canva is Rumored to be Going Public Soon - Do the Numbers Support It?
Over the last few years, several apps have managed to grow their revenue quietly, in a way that's worth of praise. Linke...
This Week in Apps - Non-Native Development is on the Rise
#240 - More mpm-native apps and games were shipped in 2024 than in previous years, X recovers after a harsh January thanks to AI, Apple wants a bigger chink of streaming revenue, and the most downloaded and highest-earning apps in February.
Non-Native Development Hit a New Peak!
The native vs non-native development debate has been raging for years now. On the one side, we have non-native framewor...
Apple (Finally) Got Serious About Streaming and Expanded to Android
Apple is finally taking its streaming service serious and has made it possible to subscribe to Apple TV on Android devic...
Grok Pulls X's Revenue Up After a Slow January
X is unique in that demand for its app and revenue from its app are as guided by basic business rules as by politics. Bu...
TikTok Tumbles but Still On Top - The Highest Earning Apps in February
February was a weird month in apps and now that it's behind us, let's see if TikTok's maintained its top position even t...
Is AI Here to Stay? The Most Downloaded Apps in February
AI was at full blast in February, maintaining its January run. If you didn't notice, AI is red hot right now and these n...
This Week in Apps - Japan Gets Serious
#239 - The impact of Japan's JCT, Microsoft kills the orignal Zoom, Apple Search Ads might just be a necessity in 2025, AI gives rise to the lazy economy, and more!
Get Ready for a Revenue Drop Thanks to Japan’s Consumption Tax Soon
Next month, Apple and Google will begin collecting Japan's Consumption Tax from developer proceeds. You may not think th...
