The App Growth Strategy Behind LightX’s 50M+ Installs

The App Growth Strategy Behind LightX’s 50M+ Installs

In this episode, we’re joined by Sharad Shankar, Founder of AndOr Communications Pvt Ltd, the team behind the viral AI photo editing app LightX, which has surpassed 50M installs on Android and 8M+ on iOS.

Originally launched as a paid app, LightX transitioned to a subscription model in 2019 and has since evolved into a powerful, AI-driven platform for image generation and editing.

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Sharad’s career spans roles in mobile engineering and building high-impact, user-focused products. In this conversation, Sharad shares his full growth playbook — from ASO, paid ads, and SEO to Web2App conversion strategies and cracking the Google Play featured placement.

He also reveals how he led a team of 60+ to turn LightX into a breakout success. This episode is a must-watch for anyone building or scaling a mobile app in 2025 and beyond.

You will discover:

✅ How LightX went from a paid app to top-grossing AI subscription

✅ Mobile growth playbook: ASO, ads, SEO, Web2App & more

✅ The secret to getting featured on Google Play

✅ Building user-first products with a strong USP

✅ Managing & scaling a 60+ member team

Learn More:

Explore LightX:

Web Product: https://www.lightxeditor.com/

iOS App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightx-photo-editor-retouch/id1400740705

Android App Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lightx&hl=en_IN

Connect with Sharad:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharad-shankar-796b773/

https://andor.in/

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User Acquisition Playbook for Million Dollar Apps

User Acquisition Playbook for Million Dollar Apps

Today's guest is Taylor Gobar, Head of Growth at Bloom. You will discover her playbook for effectively managing user acquisition channels for Bloom. You will also discover Facebook advertising tricks in a post IDFA world and the positive impact mobile apps are making on mental health. Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

30 Touko 202236min

Increasing Mobile Game Users & Revenue

Increasing Mobile Game Users & Revenue

In this webinar, we partnered with SocialPeta and Fyber to bring you the strategies that are working to acquire and convert mobile game users. You will discover: - What’s going on with advertising post iOS 14.5+ era? - How popular mobile games win the market - Measuring the success and efficiency of your monetization - and best practices on optimizing your monetization stack - Overview of the statistics of mobile game market Q1 2022 SocialPeta - #1 advertising intelligence platform. Sign up for a free trial and explore tons of creatives and data: https://www.socialpeta.com Fyber - A digital turbine company: https://www.fyber.com Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Do you want to increase your Ad Revenue? AppBroda has provided its clients with 40-150% increase in Ad revenue by giving them access to premium advertisers on Google Ad exchange. Click here to book a free consultation with Appbroda. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

26 Touko 20221h 10min

How to Increase AdMob eCPM for New Apps (Part 1/3)

How to Increase AdMob eCPM for New Apps (Part 1/3)

Discover the best practices to incorporate AdMob as a brand new app: - The two ad strategies that you should be testing - The two things you must avoid - The 4 ad formats that you should have when launching your app Earn more from AdMob with AppBroda: https://www.appbroda.com/ Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Do you want to increase your Ad Revenue? AppBroda has provided its clients with 40-150% increase in Ad revenue by giving them access to premium advertisers on Google Ad exchange. Click here to book a free consultation with Appbroda. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

25 Touko 202212min

The Biggest Factor for Keyword Rankings

The Biggest Factor for Keyword Rankings

In part 2 of our live stream with Natalie Drozd, UA Lead at Fabulous, you will discover the biggest factor(s) the algorithm uses for keyword rankings. Also, we talk about in-app events and their impact on ASO and screenshot optimization. App Audits: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1505310570 www.flatify-app.com Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Do you want to increase your Ad Revenue? AppBroda has provided its clients with 40-150% increase in Ad revenue by giving them access to premium advertisers on Google Ad exchange. Click here to book a free consultation with Appbroda. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

24 Touko 202248min

Black Hat ASO 2022

Black Hat ASO 2022

Discover the black hat ASO strategies that are working in 2022. Are they worth the risk? What's the best approach to ""hide"" that you are running these strategies? Also, you'll discover the tricks to effectively run Google App Campaigns and how to use web traffic to convert app subscribers. Today's guest is Natalie Drozd, User Acquisition Lead, at Fabulous. Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Do you want to increase your Ad Revenue? AppBroda has provided its clients with 40-150% increase in Ad revenue by giving them access to premium advertisers on Google Ad exchange. Click here to book a free consultation with Appbroda. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

23 Touko 202245min

Which Onboarding Increased Sales by 102% (UI / UX Case Study)

Which Onboarding Increased Sales by 102% (UI / UX Case Study)

Discover how a simple UI / UX change to the onboarding (welcome flow) increased sales by 102%. Can you guess which test won? Download the app: https://apps.apple.com/app/id985365789 http://spiritualme.com/ Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Do you want to increase your Ad Revenue? AppBroda has provided its clients with 40-150% increase in Ad revenue by giving them access to premium advertisers on Google Ad exchange. Click here to book a free consultation with Appbroda. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

18 Touko 20226min

Marketing Budget Allocation for Mobile Apps

Marketing Budget Allocation for Mobile Apps

In part 2, you will discover the proper marketing budget allocation and channels to grow your mobile apps. You will also discover: - A reasonable minimum marketing spend - The smart way to respond to app store reviews - How to engage and market users through push notifications Today's guest is Christian Eckhardt, the CEO & Co-Founder of Customlytics, the leading full-stack mobile technology and marketing consultancy in Europe. Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Do you want to increase your Ad Revenue? AppBroda has provided its clients with 40-150% increase in Ad revenue by giving them access to premium advertisers on Google Ad exchange. Click here to book a free consultation with Appbroda. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

17 Touko 20221h

How User-Generated Content Ads Increase Installs by 30%

How User-Generated Content Ads Increase Installs by 30%

Discover why user-generated content ads are outperforming your overpriced agency-produced creatives. We will break down a case study where user-generated ads saw a CTR (click-through rate) uplift of 25% compared to the previous campaign, a CVR (conversion rate) uplift of 282% (impression to install), and a 30% increase in installs. Today's guest is Christian Eckhardt, the CEO & Co-Founder of Customlytics, the leading full-stack mobile technology and marketing consultancy in Europe. Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ad creatives and marketing strategies for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta covers advertising data from 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions. Now they have more than 300 enterprise clients including Google, Tencent Games, NetEase Games, Garena, Gismart, Mobvista and etc. Learn more by visiting SocialPeta.com. Do you want to increase your Ad Revenue? AppBroda has provided its clients with 40-150% increase in Ad revenue by giving them access to premium advertisers on Google Ad exchange. Click here to book a free consultation with Appbroda. Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

16 Touko 202218min

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