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

This week we are celebrating the success of our fellow indie developers within the App Masters community. You will hear how they've been able to achieve success despite a crazy 2020. Topics Covered: 02:30 - How Geometry Solver 92X revenue 24:11 - How Peaceful Parent Messenger landed press coverage on launch 41:58 - Google Play ASO tricks and tips from Free Music Player app You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/wDe5AkIwypg 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 double your downloads using ASO? Check out App Masters Academy dot com to discover our EXACT ASO strategies to grow your downloads. That's Appmastersacademy.com B7DEV.com is the one-stop shop for all your app development needs. They can help you with design, development and even marketing. Plus, they are offering an exclusive discount just for the App Masters community. Check them out at B7Dev.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

14 Jan 202158min

What is App Store Optimization or ASO? Do we really need another acronym? In this video, I take you back to the basics of ASO -- what it is and why you need it. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training *************** Get your app audited: http://www.appmasters.com/audit *************** SPONSORS For just one low monthly price, you will discover our greatest growth hacks to driving massive downloads. Learn more on Appmastersacademy.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

13 Jan 20216min

If you want to drive more app revenue through Facebook you will want to listen to this episode. Today's guest will share the step-by-step guide on how to start Facebook advertising and how to retarget users to get them to subscribe to your app. Plus, how to build an audience on Instagram and transition them into app users, the TWO clever ways he's getting more App Store reviews, and the email marketing strategies that are crushing it for his app. Michael Durst is the Co Founder of OOMPH Show Mentions - Fav app: Photoshop Express: (iTunes | Google Play) *************** SPONSORS For just one low monthly price, you will discover our greatest growth hacks to driving massive downloads. Learn more on Appmastersacademy.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

12 Jan 202141min

Today's guest is an Apple Design Award-winning designer and developer. He shares how he's able to turn a passion project into a successful game with 7 million downloads and without any paid marketing. You will also discover how moving the purchase options earlier in the game flow helped increase revenue and how he used timed puzzles to get people back into the game. Ryan McLeod: https://twitter.com/warpling Blackbox: https://www.blackboxpuzzles.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 For just one low monthly price, you will discover our greatest growth hacks to driving massive downloads. Learn more on Appmastersacademy.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

11 Jan 202112min

You're going to discover a whole new set of ways to build a business from just one app. Today's guest Dan Purcell, Co-founder of Get Your Marriage On!, shares how he build a media business from the success of his first app. You will discover how to launch your app using influencer marketing, the free way to track downloads from these influencers, and how podcasting has actually help him grow his audience. Dan Purcell is the Co-founder of Get Your Marriage On! *************** SPONSORS For just one low monthly price, you will discover our greatest growth hacks to driving massive downloads. Learn more on Appmastersacademy.com *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

5 Jan 202136min

Coming up is an interview from our first virtual summit from July 2018 with then VP of Growth at FreshPlanet, Shamanth Rao. You will discover what your targeting should be on your first Facebook ad campaign, what your app needs before running a Facebook campaign, and the ad creatives that are performing the best. Shamanth Rao is the Founder at RocketShip HQ and host of the Mobile User Acquisition podcast. When we did the interview he was the VP of Growth at FreshPlanet. *************** SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement creative spy and analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ads creative and marketing strategy for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta focuses on Ad Intelligence, Cost Intelligence, and Ad Creatives. SocialPeta has more than 200 enterprise clients including Google, Supercell, Fun Plus, Bigo Live and 37games. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

29 Dec 202030min

This week's guest is Tom Hammond, CEO and Co-Founder at UserWise. You will discover how to use liveops to bring users back into your game and eventually monetize them. Liveops is critical for game success and the future of gaming and it’s what keeps your players coming back again and again. Those little updates and personalized experiences are what keeps them clicking and allows you to earn money through ads or in-app purchases. Topics Covered: 01:37 Why is it so critical for game developers to start thinking about liveops 05:17 Liveops essential events 13:09 How to rank app on Play Store 17:58 What is your opinion on lying about social proof 19:34 Gains App Audit 25:00 Liveops for non-gaming apps 32:39 insatiable io snake App Audit 44:00 Numerology App Audit 51:52 Developing a social media app 54:38 Modern Drone 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 SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement creative spy and analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ads creative and marketing strategy for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta focuses on Ad Intelligence, Cost Intelligence, and Ad Creatives. SocialPeta has more than 200 enterprise clients including Google, Supercell, Fun Plus, Bigo Live and 37games. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters

24 Dec 20201h

Coming up is an interview from our first virtual summit from July 2018 with then Co-Founder at Megacool, Aurora Berg. You will discover how to use referrals to grow app downloads (make sure you know Apple's new rules of incentivizing downloads), the prerequisite for growth, and how Fun Run (her previous company) used Twitter to engage users and grow downloads. Aurora Berg is the COO at Medal.tv. Megacool.co was acquired by Medal.tv in September 2019 to offer game studios cross-platform gameplay recording and deep lining solutions. *************** SPONSORS SocialPeta is the world’s leading advertisement creative spy and analysis platform, dedicated to offering top ads creative and marketing strategy for both advertisers and publishers. Serving as an essential ad and marketing intelligence platform, SocialPeta focuses on Ad Intelligence, Cost Intelligence, and Ad Creatives. SocialPeta has more than 200 enterprise clients including Google, Supercell, Fun Plus, Bigo Live and 37games. Checkaso is an analytical ASO platform that provides you with up-to-date data on keywords, competitors, ratings, and reviews. It also rates your ASO level and gives you custom tips on how to improve it. This way, you can increase your app page visibility, organic traffic, and installs with every update. Try it now for 7 days for free at checkaso.io. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

22 Dec 202028min