Webinar Video – A Granular App Level Look at Revenues

On Thursday June 6th, we hosted our Monthly Publication Webinar. The topic of this webinar was ‘A Granular App Level Look at Revenues: Google Play versus Apple App Store’, which followed the major findings of the Monthly Publication of May. We demonstrated some examples from the publication by using our AppIQ. We illustrated how you can [...]

Top Global Apps – May 2013

Following the past months, we present the top performing applications for May 2013 in this blog post. We highlight the leading applications of the three categories: free, paid, and grossing in both major stores, Google Play and the Apple App Store (for iPhone & iPad), based on data covering the full month of May on [...]

A Granular App Level Look at Revenues: Google Play vs. Apple App Store

We proudly present this month’s publication providing a granular app level look at revenues in the Apple App Store and Google Play. In this report, Distimo debunks some of the myths surrounding application level revenue in Google Play and the Apple App Store. One of those myths is that although the (free) download volumes in [...]

Top Global Apps – April 2013

Based on the full month and worldwide data, you can now view the most downloaded free, paid and top grossing global apps on April 2013. Our leaderboards are a great resource for anyone interested in mobile apps globally. These leaderboards list the most popular free, paid and grossing applications daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly per country and per [...]

Top Global Apps – March 2013

Our leaderboards are a great resource for anyone interested in mobile apps globally. These leaderboards list the most popular free, paid and grossing applications daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly per country and per category for the Apple App Store for iPhone, the Apple App Store for iPad and Google Play. Combining the monthly leaderboards across all [...]

Analyzing MessageMe’s uptake by Daily Downloads

The smartphone’s primary function used to be calling and texting, however, over the years communication via apps have increased in popularity instead. Popular communication applications across the globe are WhatsApp, LINE and Facebook Messenger. Earlier in March 2013, a new communication app was released in the Apple App Store and Google Play: MessageMe by MessageMe, Inc. [...]

Webinar Video – How The Most Successful Apps Monetize Their User Base

On Wednesday April 3rd, we hosted our Monthly Publication Webinar. The topic of this webinar was ‘How The Most Successful Apps Monetize Their User Base’, which followed the major findings in the Monthly Publication of March. The webinar includes findings about the revenue per downloaded app and buisiness models. We illustrated how you can make these [...]

Publication: How The Most Successful Apps Monetize Their User Base

This month’s report examines and analyzes the business models and revenues per download in the Apple App Store for the period from January 2012 through March 20, 2013, and looks at the development of the revenue generated by in-app purchases over time, along with the differences in monetization. It also analyzes the average revenue per [...]

Candy Crush is challenging Clash of Clans at the top, what can we learn?

For months Supercell’s Clash of Clans has dominated Apple App Store’s charts of being the most revenue generating application all over the world. However, there is a new kid in town! King.com’s Candy Crush Saga is challenging Clash of Clans’ hegemony on the top. In the United States, Clash of Clans still ranks #1 in [...]

Webinar Video – The New Apps in the Crowd

On Monday March 4th, we hosted our Monthly Publication Webinar. The topic of this webinar was ‘The New Apps in the Crowd’, which followed the major findings in the Monthly Publication of February. Illustrating the findings of the Month Report, we showed some examples of new applications by using our AppIQ. This webinar is available on YouTube and [...]