Mobile App Development, as we embark on the journey into 2024, not only holds the promise of groundbreaking advancements but also signifies a transformative era for companies aspiring to adopt a genuinely mobile-first approach. The integration of plug-and-play mobile app development tools and the evolving landscape of third-party app stores highlights the industry’s dynamic shift… Read more »
Google Antitrust Settlement: Changes Affecting Users and Developers Revealed in $700 Million Agreement
Google has reached a significant settlement in an antitrust lawsuit filed by 36 US states and the District of Columbia, bringing about changes that will impact both users and developers. As part of the settlement, Google has agreed to pay $700 million, with $630 million allocated to a settlement fund for consumers and an additional… Read more »
Alternative App stores and gambling – match made in heaven?
There is lots of excitement about the revenue generated from Pokemon Go. Sure, $1,6m per day or $200m in revenue in a month is nothing to shrug away, not is an expected $36,9bn in total mobile games revenue expected for 2016. But that is peanuts compared to expected growth in mobile gambling revenues. How big… Read more »
Feel like donating your money to Facebook? Consider this first
Facebook is the undisputed king of mobile app advertising. For the price of $3.40 per install on average, $2.9 billion is spent of marketing apps on Facebook. Few can argue the platforms strong ability to target users. But the price is steep. Does it pay off? It starts with your business model. Appsflyer claims that… Read more »
The ins and outs of Alternative App Stores
David Jones from Streethawk and Paul “The App Guy” Kemp are two very sharp minds in the mobile world. CodeNgo co-founder Chris Jones had a chat with both of them. The focus of course is about Alternative App Stores, and what alternative app stores can do for developers, but covers wide ranging topics from subscription… Read more »
CodeNgo featured in the Mobile App Minute
The Mobile App Minute is one of the premier shows for mobile app developers. The current episode is all about alternative app stores. This is a must see for app developers if you still need convincing about alternative app stores.
Alternative Chinese App Stores: Toppling the Great Wall
As developers look for new markets in which to hopefully turn their app ideas into the next Flappy Birds, the subject of China repeatedly comes up in conversation. The sheer size of the market combined with its relative inaccessibility for most Western developers given Google Play’s irrelevance there, creates a mystique about China that has… Read more »
Top 6 Quality App User Acquisition Channels for 2014
For any app publisher, acquiring new users is consistently an area of focus. For those publishers with larger budgets, trialing many different channels is of paramount importance. Medium and smaller size developers find that they need to be more creative and focused in their efforts but regardless of the size of the publisher, finding high… Read more »
Why Alternative App Stores Matter
Let’s face it, your app is probably a commodity. As noted by Wikipedia, “a commodity has full or partial fungibility; that is, the market treats its instances as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.” In basic English it means that your product can be easily replaced in part or completely by… Read more »
Fortumo touts carrier billing and alternate app stores
Mobile payment provider Fortumo is getting serious about alternative app stores. Through their email blast entitled “Are all your eggs in one basket?”, Fortumo makes a convincing case why developers need to start thinking about other stores than Google Play. They make an important observation: Unfortunately, the average user downloads only 40 apps for their… Read more »
