Mobile Mavens
What's been the impact of the App Store on the games industry and where does it go from here?
The Mobile Mavens have their say
Co-op
App Store and Google Play game revenues hit combined $26.6 billion in first half of 2018
The combined total is a 28 per cent year-on-year increase from last years $26.9 billion
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Pokemon Go and Fortnite rise to the top grossing summit as Candy Crush Saga falls
Rankings from July 2nd to 8th
Big Data Energy
The numbers behind the iOS App Store's 10-year stay
You could say it's been a bit of a success
App Store 10 Years
10 ways the App Store changed the games industry
We look at the impact of the App Store as it celebrates its 10th anniversary
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Pokemon Quest jumps into top 10 download rankings for iPhone and iPad
Rankings from June 25th to July 1st
10 Years
App Store users have spent over $4 billion on Supercell’s Clash of Clans
Supercell is just behind majority owner Tencent in terms of consumer revenue made per company
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Love Island: The Game pips Pokemon Go to be the third highest grossing game
Rankings from June 18th to 24th
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Love Island: The Game debuts at top spot in iPhone free chart and is a top grosser
Rankings from June 11th to 17th
Chart Check
Top 50 US App Store games take 76% of the revenue
Apptopia research finds iOS games peak quickly, with harsh falloff
Teen Titan
16 year-old’s South African game nabs 100k downloads in 24 hours after App of the Day promotion
Torus chosen as Game of the Day in 137 countries, downloaded 100,000 times in 24 hours
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Pokemon Go usurps Candy Crush Saga as top grossing game
Rankings from June 4th to 10th
Linked
Valve removes games purchasing from iOS Steam Link following App Store rejection
Pages now display a buy from PC option instead of a buy now option
Lock Down
Apple closes App Store loophole in a bid to stop developers from sharing data on users' friends
The move cracks down on a practice that has been reportedly going on for years
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Is Super Tapx the next Voodoo?
Rankings from May 28th to June 3rd 2018
Connected
Apple launches App Store Connect for developers as it transitions from iTunes Connect
The apps portal has a website and an app and comes with an analytics suite
Big Numbers
App Store receives 500 million visitors per week
500 million visitors per week
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ludia's Jurassic World Alive opens at fifth in the download rankings
Rankings from May 21st to 27th
Data Klaxon
75% of spending in the iOS App Store came from games over the past 10 years
In terms of downloads games took 31 per cent
Crackdown
Russia gives Apple one month to remove Telegram messenger from App Store
Could the App Store be blocked if Apple refuses to comply?
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp knocked out of the top 10 free download rankings
Rankings from May 14th to 20th
Steam Blocker
Apple cites business conflicts as it rejects Valve’s Steam Link app
Mobile platform holder reverses decision to approve the the app
Beyond App Stores
"In 2050 there will be no app stores"
Will be replaced by chat platforms
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Candy Crush Saga knocks Fortnite off top
Rankings from May 7th to 13th
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery surges up iPad and iPhone top grossing charts
Rankings from April 30th to May 6th
On The App
Annual consumer app store spend to increase to $157 billion by 2022
Mobile app downloads will also increase to 258 billion by 2022, according to App Annie
Not Too Shabby
Featured iOS apps can see up to 800% more downloads
A report by Sensor Tower delves into the download rates of featured iOS games
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Voodoo's Helix Jump usurps Fortnite as top downloaded iPhone game
Rankings for the week of April 9th to 15th
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Fortnite stays on top as PUBG Mobile slips
Rankings for the week of April 2nd to 8th
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Fortnite stays on top ahead of PUBG Mobile
Rankings from March 26th to April 1st 2018
Royal Flush
Social casino developer KamaGames racks up 100 million players
App Store proves more lucrative than Google Play
Shrinking Marketplace
Google Play continues to grow while number of App Store releases shrinks for the first time
There were 755,000 titles released on iOS in 2017, a drop of 29 per cent
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Golf Clash swings back into the top 10 grossing spots
Rankings from February 26th to March 4th 2018
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Alto's Odyssey a top 10 premium grosser on iPhone and iPad
Rankings from February 19th to 25th
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Rules of Survival battles its way into the top 10
Rules of Survival leaps up 11 places in this week's charts
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Interactive story-focused games head into top 10 grossing
Rankings from February 5th to 11th
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds mobile games are killing it on the Chinese App Store
Battle royale games have been downloaded more than 150 million times on mobile
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp's Knife Hit sticks to first place on the iPhone free download charts
Rankings from January 29th to February 4th
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Fireproof's The Room: Old Sins launches straight to the top of the paid iPad charts
Rankings from January 22nd to 28th
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: FIFA shoots into top grossing top 10
Rankings from January 15th to 21st
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Voodoo's Twisty Road! and Rolly Vortex take the top download spots on iPhone and iPad
Rankings from January 1st to 7th
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Voodoo’s Twisty Road claims Christmas number one
Rankings from December 25th to 31st
App Store 2017
Developers on the App Store earned $26.5 billion in 2017
January 1st 2018 sees $300 million in sales alone
For The Cause
Apple offers free Developer Program Membership to non-profit organisations
Get that $99 fee waived if you're an eligible organisation
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp and Voodoo flood top 10 download rankings with eight games
Rankings from December 18th to 24th
Cracking Down
App Store now requires developers to list loot box odds
Apple cracks down on monetisation model following triple-A game furore
Pre-orders And Discounts
Apple adds pre-orders and introductory subscription discounts to the App Store
Drum up support for your app or game earlier
Search Ads Basic
Apple launches stripped-back pay-per-install Search Ads Basic service in the US
Designed for smaller developers with small budgets
Smashing Records
App Store and Google Play downloads hit record 26 billion in Q3
Consumer spend also at all-time high
Cat-ar-gories
Apple adds AR Games and AR Apps categories to new App Store
Helps identify which apps are ARKit-enabled, with some caveats