Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools
Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. — According to a new analysis from market intelligence …
Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools
Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. — According to a new analysis from market intelligence …
Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 “to increase opportunity in search results”; Apple's website says 800M+ users visit the App Store weekly
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple Ads website today …
The App Store's most popular iOS app on Christmas was Oculus, a promising sign for Meta, which does not disclose how many VR headsets it sells
the US—but by Dec. 26 became a top five app in 14 different countries. https://qz.com/... Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Meta, Facebook's parent company, had the most popular app in Apple's App Store...
The Epic v. Apple ruling shows gaming apps account for ~70% of App Store revenue; in Q3 2017, <0.5% of Apple accounts made up 53.7% of all App Store billings
Eric Benjamin Seufert / Mobile Dev Memo :
Analysis: TikTok had 112M+ downloads on App Store and Google Play globally in Feb., a record month with India leading growth; TikTok has ~1.9B installs to date
Craig Chapple / Sensor Tower Blog :
There were 29.6B app downloads from 792K publishers globally in Q3 across App Store and Google Play; 1% of top publishers accounted for 80% of all downloads
Katie Williams / Sensor Tower Blog :
Apple accepts WeChat Pay in China's App Store, Apple Music after accepting Alipay; Apple Pay hovers at 1% share; paid subs to Music, iCloud up 12% last 90 days
Pan Yue / China Money Network :
Nintendo says Super Mario Run was downloaded 40M+ times in its first 4 days of availability, breaking iOS App Store records
Nintendo has confirmed what we all knew was likely - Super Mario Run got a lot of downloads at launch. The company says that the app was downloaded …
Indie developer maps App Store revenue from paid to ads, says advertising in his apps made up around 10% of sales in 2012 whereas now it accounts for nearly 80%
David Smith :