Appfigures
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Appfigures
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Analytics, App Intelligence, and #ASO tools for mobile #app makers, marketers, and analysts. Get the #newsletter → https://t.co/3UTVNrH87G
🎙️ $1.1M in February from an AI meeting note taker. Summary AI launched 6 months ago out of Barcelona. 320K downloads. Apple Ads running across over 8,000 keywords in 52 countries, 12M+ TikTok plays from 28 creators. Two gaming veterans decided the biggest opportunity in mobile was taking notes. They were right!
💰️ $130K in February from an app that lets you listen to live air traffic control. ATC launched on the App Store 2 months ago. Real-time transcripts, live airport maps, AI alerts when something interesting happens. 30K downloads, 4.6 stars. Running Apple Ads on nearly 3,000 keywords across 46 countries. Turns out people will pay $90/year to eavesdrop on pilots. Someone built a subscription for a niche that did not know it needed one.
❓ How big of a share do you think iPad Revenue is out of App Store Revenue?
🧒 Lingokids makes $1.5M/month from a kids' learning app. 42 custom App Store pages. Each one is a different product: • Disney Cars fans see a racing-themed learning game • Frozen fans see Elsa teaching ABCs • Spider-Man fans see superhero math adventures • Blippi viewers see their favorite YouTuber • Exhausted parents see "They play. You rest." • New users see "185M families trust us" (and 36 more) Same app. Same subscription. 42 different reasons to download. Every parent thinks they found the perfect app for their kid. Lingokids made sure of it. What if your next partnership isn't a feature — it's a landing page?
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💰️ $280K in February from an app that tells you exactly what to order at any restaurant. MenuFit launched 7 months ago. Built by a nutrition influencer who got rejected by Apple 25 times before finally getting in. 140K downloads, 4.8 stars. 143M+ TikTok plays, 11 Facebook ads, Apple Ads on 200 keywords. People subscribe to a lot of things. "What should I eat at Chipotle tonight" is now one of them.
✋ I feel like someone should say this so I will - creating is becoming easier but making money isn’t. If you’re building an app, by hand or ai, you have to have to have to think about your user acquisition stack. At minimum you have to: 1️⃣ Understand the basics of free discovery on the App Store/Google Play (aka App Store Optimization/ASO) 2️⃣ Experiment with paid discovery on the App Store (aka Apple Ads, or A2 as I started calling it) 3️⃣ Figure out TikTok. It’s not for all apps but it is for most. Do it yourself or pay someone else. There are maaaaany more ways to succeed, but these are fundamental. x.com/arielmichaeli/…
📈 I looked at every app released in the last 8 months (not including games) that's making real money. • 17,100 are generating revenue • 268 are making $50K+/month • 116 are making $100K+/month That's 116 apps most people have never heard of, quietly clearing $1.2M+/year each after store fees. Do you know which ones are in your category? Source: @appfigures
📖 The author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck made an app. It's pulling $95K a month from fewer than 5,000 downloads. Purpose is an AI mentor, 7 months old. Running Apple Ads on over 1,000 keywords across 4 countries. TikTok creators with 5M+ plays. App Store only. Self-help's next format isn't a book. It's a subscription to something that talks back.