Top 5 App Monetization Trends You Can’t Ignore for 2026

Ken Vermeille is the founder and CEO of Vermillion Sky. Ken has 15 years of experience in product design and development. Topics Covered: 01:35 How to figure out the one thing that your app should do really well 04:43 Why 99% apps fail 09:36 What makes a great onboarding process? 11:49 Video Chat App Audit 34:33 Bass Parlour 47:02 Do screenshot file names help ASO? 50:43 Troll Master Depth Calculator App Audit Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS 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 B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

29 Apr 20211h 12min

Jake Ellenburg is the Chief Marketing Officer at X-Mode. He is responsible for growing multiple brands across various industries with a specialty in creative user acquisition. In just under 4 years, he helped pivot a college safety app (Drunk Mode) to one of North America's largest providers of geolocation data. You will discover: - How a college ambassador program led to tremendous growth for Drunk Mode - How they are crushing it with Reddit ads and using memes - The importance of A/B testing - How to guide your team instead of micro-managing Jake Ellenburg is Chief Marketing Officer at X-Mode. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS 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 B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

28 Apr 202133min

In this video, we teardown a Starbucks secret menu app that is generating over $20,000 a month! Download app: https://apps.apple.com/app/secret-menu-for-starbucks-vip/id1452407811 You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/lTApBMs0J4s Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. 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 B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

27 Apr 202111min

UX design is essential to having a successful app. Chaim Sajnovsky is the CEO and Founder of B7Dev, a full-service development agency, businesses trust us with their app development, big data, machine learning, and server side needs. We share the best tips for UX design and critical mistakes that app developers make. Topics Covered: 01:51 - What is the difference between UI/UX 03:14 - Don't make users think 09:57 - What do you need to launch outside of US (eg. UK and Australia)? 13:14 - Office Document 22:41 - How to rank in top 5 for a keyword when you've ben #15 for awhile 27:35 - Galavant App Audit 44:57 - DWP App Audit You can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2w7-nKTT3s Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

22 Apr 20211h

Today's guest, Jordan Blackman, has worked on multiple 10 figure products for companies like EA Sports, Ubisoft, Zynga, The Pokemon Company, AMC Networks, Ellen Degeneres, and many more. You will discover a few easy ways to increase your game's monetization. Jordan Blackman is the Owner of Bright Black Associates. You can watch this video: http://youtu.be/ncq1Wfe3W7c Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

21 Apr 202112min

Today's guest is Gabe Kwakyi, CEO & Co-Founder at Incipia. You will discover how to get started with Apple Search ads, the factors that influence keyword and top chart rankings, managing A/B tests, and so much more. This interview was recorded as part of our App Masters Virtual Summit back in November 2011. Gabe Kwakyi is the CEO & Co-Founder at Incipia. SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

20 Apr 202126min

In this video, I'll show you why you should do user testing and what questions to ask. I'm going to react live to a user testing video and you'll get to hear the questions I asked along with my reactions -- brutally honest and critical ones included. You can watch this video: http://youtu.be/_ufc1byTKb4 Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

19 Apr 202122min

Today's guest is an indie iOS developer success story and creator of Countdown for Disney Vacatio‪n. You will discover how he increased his revenue by increasing his in-app purchase price and the #1 source of all his sales. Nick Bonatsakis is an accomplished software consultant with over a decade of experience working on everything from scalable full-stack web applications to award-winning mobile apps. Countdown for Disney Vacatio‪n: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/countdown-for-disney-vacation/id1532628272 Topics Covered: 02:51 - How Nick 5X his revenues 05:01 - Where he converts over 50% of his users 06:57 - How adding the word "free" to his pricing page increased conversions 08:48 - The sharing feature that gets the most downloads 12:03 - How he's getting 50 email subscribers a week 14:23 - How to leverage Apps Gone Free campaign with rewarded videos 21:48 - Spontaneous App Audit 33:06 - Division Calculator App Audit 41:00 - Should you give credit to contributors of the app? And where? 43:42 - Aspire App Audit Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS Want to scale your growth faster? GamesBoost42 gives you early access to your App Store revenues allowing you to multiply your growth without losing equity. See how they can help by visiting GamesBoost42.com. B7DEV.com is the app development firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs go from app idea to success because they understand startups and don’t charge you huge fees just to get your app off the ground. Learn more at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

15 Apr 202157min