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 [...]

Distimo Goes Global With 4 New Offices

New York office Nikole Kiralis VP Business Development – Financial Services nikole@distimo.com Nikole is responsible for leading Distimo’s global business development efforts within the financial services sector. She has nearly 15 years experience working in the financial services and analytics sector, and gained the bulk of her experience at Datamonitor, Celent and Forrester Research. San [...]

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. [...]

Distimo Partners With EEDAR To Extend Game Data Offering

We introduced our API a few weeks ago, which allows full access to app performance data in other services aside from our own App Analytics. Our first API integration partner was Adobe, now delivering Distimo app data to the enterprise through Adobe Analytics. Today, we are excited to announce a second major step to provide unparalleled [...]

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 [...]

Publication: The Impact of Price Changes

We’re please to share our first monthly publication of 2013. This month’s publication focuses on the effect of price changes on download volumes and revenue in the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad. Many developers discount their apps from time to time, with some of them being very successful. We take a look at our data to learn [...]