A How-To-Guide For Android Developers Developers the world over are looking to cash in on the Google Play gold mine, and with 137 percent revenue growth in the first 7 months of this year (1), we really can’t blame you for getting a bit excited. It’s easy to get starry-eyed when you see Rovio’s Angry [...] Read more

The changes to the iOS6 App Store means big things for app developers. Along with the new front-end visual refresh, the App Store ranking algorithm also appears to have been updated, shaking up the top charts for Free apps. There are many factors that affect app rankings, but the iOS6 update appears to have had [...] Read more

Like ice cream in summer and ski gear in winter, mobile apps are subject to seasonal fluctuations. However, app downloads and revenues are subject to greater forces than the weather. Knowing how these forces can impact your app may be the difference between a good year and a great year. Based on App Annie Intelligence [...] Read more

Our data nerds head back to the Bay to share scientific app store insights! Come discover app store strategy secrets with App Annie at the GigaOM Mobilize conference on September 20-21. App Annie’s CEO, Bertrand Schmitt, will be leading a workshop with Storm8′s Head of Product Management Vatsal Bhardwaj on “How App Store Market Data [...] Read more

Before the Internet and personal computers, people relied on daily newspapers to stay up to date on current events. Seemingly overnight, the rise of the Internet put our paperboys out of work and crowned digital news king. People began using desktop or laptop computers to access news anytime, increasing the velocity of information in the [...] Read more

Didn’t make it to Casual Connect this year? Don’t worry! You can catch Bertrand Schmitt’s App Stores Economy presentation right here on our AppAnnieTV YouTube channel. Or you can view the presentation video below.   Users from mainland China can view the video below.   Read more

App Annie in Paris? I’m there! Presentation on App Stores Economy? Even better. If you missed App Annie at the VentureBeat GamesBeat and Casual Connect Seattle conferences, be sure to catch up with us at La French Mobile’s HTML5 & iPad event on September 10, 2012. Wondering how to best monetize your app in the [...] Read more

Greycroft Partners leads round with participation from e.ventures, Infinity Venture Partners, Kii Capital, Jarl Mohn and IDG Capital Partners SAN FRANCISCO AND BEIJING –August 14, 2012 – App Annie, the industry leader in app store analytics and market intelligence for the global app economy, today announced the company has closed $6 million in Series B [...] Read more

“No one remembers second place” is an old adage that rings particularly true for the mobile gaming market. The attention-grabbing headlines go to Rovio’s “Angry Birds” or Halfbrick’s “Fruit Ninja” but, for mobile game developers and publishers, it can be demotivating to never see your smart, engaging game “in lights”. In order to shed some [...] Read more

Update: August 3, 2012 – 7:10am PST Dear App Annie users Here is an update on progress: - Yesterday, the Analytics for iTunes service was restored for all users who have linked a valid Apple ID and password in the their Account Settings - These users now have an “OK” status in their dashboard, as [...] Read more