Mobile Games University
Complete guide to App Store Optimisation
Everything you need to know to get your game noticed
Mobile Games University
Four steps to writing a killer app store description
Make your game's first introduction count
Data
Crime City and Castle Clash are the most asymmetric top grossing games
How the other half prospers
Interview
SimilarWeb on moving from comparative UA and app store data to providing app engagement analysis
Gali Arnon lifts the curtain on the app ecosystem
Opinion
Apple's best games of 2014 over-indexes paid content once again
Following critical not commercial acclaim
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Monument Valley on the rise
November 10 - November 16
Apple waves goodbye to 'free' gaming by rewording download buttons
The end of an era
Nokia Store will shut in mid-2015, users redirected to Opera Mobile Store
Microsoft twists the knife
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Candy Crush continues its sweet success
November 3 - November 9
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Construction Simulator builds its success
October 20 - October 26
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Angry Birds transforms its fortunes
October 13 - October 19
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Angry Birds makes its return
October 6 - October 12
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: No faulting FIFA as it gives the competition a kicking
September 29 - October 5
Interview
Drugs don't work: Why Underworld: Drug Lords is hoping but not expecting an iOS comeback
A “bit more transparency” wouldn't hurt
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: FIFA flies to the top of the free charts
September 22 - September 28
Mobile Mavens
Advantage App Store? The industry reacts to App Bundles on iOS 8
Can Apple shake up app discovery?
Virtual Reality
Oculus Rift launching with free app store, paid to follow
There'll be more content when devs can monetise
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Worms on the rise as Football Manager holds top spot
September 8 - September 14
Pangea Software quick off the mark with three App Store game bundles
Bundles priced from $6.99 to $12.99
Chart Of The Week
Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm
Under the skin
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Football Manager and Minecraft top the league
September 1 - September 7
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Disney's Castle of Illusion seizes control
August 24 - August 31, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Heads Up! beats Minecraft as Ketchapp dominates the free charts
August 18 - August 24, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Minecraft takes back its crown as Godus becomes a freemium deity
August 11 - August 17, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Micromon and Crazy Taxi keep their crowns
August 4 - August 10, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Micromon dethrones Minecraft as Crazy Taxi hits new highs
July 27 - August 03, 2014
The App Store industry: App 'revolution' has added 500,000 jobs to European economy, says Apple
30% of all app payouts have gone to European devs
Apple analytics: 66.3 percent of all App Store software is freemium
Average price of a game is $0.74
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Minecraft tightens its grip and Kim Kardashian gets re-elected
July 21 - July 27, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Minecraft continues mobile dominance as Fit the Fat is squashed out
July 14 - July 20, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Fit the Fat dominates the free charts as RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 loses out
July 07 - July 13, 2014
Opinion
How to make the most of the opportunity provided by alternative app stores
Stefan Bielau thinks outside of the box
King of the castle: Google Play downloads dwarf App Store's by 60 percent
East versus west?
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 stays on track
Atari's mobile reboot retains top of iPhone paid charts
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: RollerCoaster Tycoon takes Sega for a ride and King fights Kim Kardashian
23 June - 29 June, 2014
Apple brands slavery education game "slanderous, insulting", blocks Path to Freedom from App Store
Likely to cause "complaints from a large group of people"
Apple: $1 billion spent on App Store in 'record' December, 3 billion apps downloaded
Marketplace still towers over Google Play
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: TwoDots knocks Angry Birds Epic off its perch
Angry Birds Epic is an ex-chart topper on iPhone
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Rovio flies high as Stickman Soccer scores a wonder goal
9 June - 15 June, 2014
Interview
Search no more: How Player1 is looking to revolutionise mobile game discovery
A cure without curation
Pg Connects
BlackBerry: App stores are great for distribution, but terrible for discovery
Don Turner on how to get spotted
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Bubble Witch Saga 2 burst onto the scene
2 June - 8 June, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Blek regains first place, Battleheart fights its way onto the scene
26 May - 1 June, 2014
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Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Minecraft and LEGO lay the foundations for iPad dominance
19 May - 25 May, 2014
Grand Cru: An App Store promo spot can do more harm than good
Beware marketing you can't control
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Table Tennis and Toilet Time surge, but Blek and 100 Balls hold onto top spots
12 May – 18 May, 2014
Opinion
Apple's IAP giveaways will reboot the entire app discovery system... and here's how
Real Racing 3 just the first fruit
Apple allows developers to give away in-app purchases via promo codes
EA's Real Racing 3 the first to benefit
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Blek and Minecraft fly high
5 May - 11 May, 2014
Interview
SkyMobi CEO on why he's looking to succeed in China by publishing western casual games
Quality drives the opportunity