A VPN Won't Help You Get on TikTok, But That's Not Stopping the Downloads!
TikTok's ban went into effect a few hours ago which means it was completely removed from the App Store and Google Play, ...
Duolingo's Subscription Revenue Rose 567% in Four Years
Is your New Year's resolution to learn a new language? If so, you're not alone. That's where Duolingo, the now defacto g...
Is 3D Printing (Finally) Going Mainstream?
I got into 3D printing maaaaany years ago, and if you've done that too, you know how much tinkering is required. As much...
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Who Will Gain from Google Selling Chrome?
Regulators in the US are forcing Google to sell Chrome, its web browser, to prevent being labeled a monopoly. It's one p...
This Is What Happens When an App Doubls Its Price
Robokiller is the highest earning app of its kind. Our estimates show users spent 3.8M in-app in October - the most reve...
Does Anyone Need an AI Browser? Arc Goes into the Ice Box...
A few days ago The Browser Company announced it's putting Arc, the AI browser they released just a few months ago, into ...
Where's the Money? Comparing Revenue on the App Store and Google Play
One of the questions I get asked most often is quot;should I build for the App Store and Google Play?quot;. And while th...
The App That Helped Nearly 500K People During a Hurricane
Even before hurricane Milton hit Florida, it managed to cause chaos. With so many people evacuating gas stations ran out...
Subscription App Revenue Is at an All-Time High
I recently gave a keynote at the App Promotion Summit about the state of mobile apps. My overall theme was to highlight ...
YouTube Creator MKBHD is Trying to Take on a Sleeper Industry
If you're on the internet, you've probably heard about MKBHD's wallpaper app - Panels. If you haven't, the gist is that ...
Audible's First Billion
Amazon's audiobook platform, Audible, is one of those apps that keep on growing without much fanfare. This summer, Audib...
AllTrails Revenue Hits All-Time High Ahead of Being Sherlocked by Apple
iOS 18 is about to roll out to the public, and with it, an update to Apple Maps that brings topographic maps and trail n...
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...
Demand for Mental Health Apps is at an All-Time Low
Not that long ago, meditation apps (aka mental health apps) were one of the fastest growing segments on the App Store an...
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...
Demand for Airbnb is At an All-Time High in 2024
Airbnb is having a great quarter! The best quarter! I've used Airbnb over the last few years as a proxy to quot;things ...
Apple's Sherlocking Again - Can These Apps Survive?
Apple released a dedicated app for sports scores in February and I've been watching it closely because it sherlocks a sm...
How Are App Developers Making Money on the Vision Pro?
The Apple Vision Pro is out, and it's clear this is the beginning of something big. For developers, the Apple Vision Pr...
Reddit Wants to IPO - But Is Reddit Still Relevant?
News emerged last week that forum platform Reddit is seeking a public offering. If you've been following the news about...
Remember Medium? Well, You Won't Believe How Much Its App Is Making
Remember Medium? If you've been around long enough, you might remember it as the platform that changed the writing exper...
Is Evernote Past Its Prime?
Last week I looked at the sale of a portfolio of apps for 100M by Bending Spoons, an Italian app publisher that took ove...
This is Why Mosaic Dumped its Portfolio for $100M
Last week, Bending Spoons, the Italian app publisher that recently acquired Evernote, acquired a portfolio of apps for j...
Duolingo is Speaking the Language of Success - Here are the Numbers
It seems like everyone was trying to learn a language in 2023, and there's one app at the center of that - Duolingo! Du...
This New Sleep Tracker is Outpacing Every Other Competitor
Sleep tracking is a sleeper industry that's grown 28 to more than 22M downloads in 2023. Jokes aside, demand for sleep-t...
