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

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

Struggling to grow your app’s revenue in 2025?

In this episode, we break down the Top 5 App Monetization Trends you can’t afford to ignore this year, backed by real data and growth insights.

We’re joined by Daphne Tideman, Growth Consultant, author, and former Head of Growth at Heights, where she helped 10x their subscriber base in just 18 months. Daphne reveals what'll really drive app growth in 2026, from premium pricing and smarter packaging to hybrid monetization models and beyond.

If you’re stuck or searching for new ways to monetize your app, this is a must-watch episode that shows exactly what’s working right now.

You will discover:

✅ The 5 biggest monetization trends shaping the app industry in 2026

✅ Why premium pricing is the new normal (and users are okay with it)

✅ How smart pricing & packaging boost conversions and ARPU

✅ Why app-to-web checkout is becoming a growth weapon

Learn More:

Connect with Daphne:

https://growthwaves.substack.com/

https://daphnetideman.com/

You can also watch this video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/0WESZA_fj_A

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Games with Entrepreneurs #1 – David Reichelt, Creator of Color Switch

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David Reichelt built his successful Color Switch app into an 8-figure gaming studio in less than a year. What he learned from the enormous success of Color Switch, how he was nearly blown up during his time in the military, and who his celebrity crush is.

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771: How to Finance Growth Through VC Funding and/or Debt

771: How to Finance Growth Through VC Funding and/or Debt

Coming up is a recording from an event that I helped organize with Pollen VC and Silicon Valley Bank. You are about to discover how to finance user acquisition through VC funding and/or debt, what are VCs looking for in investment opportunities, and why you should NOT use VC funding for user growth. All that and so much more.

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770: Expert UA Secrets from DraftKings, N3TWORK & Game of Whales

770: Expert UA Secrets from DraftKings, N3TWORK & Game of Whales

Coming up is user acquisition panel with experts from N3TWORK, DraftKings and Game of Whales to share their top UA secrets. This is from a Pollen VC and SVB event that I helped organize and I want to thank Pollen VC for letting me run the recording on the podcast. You are about to discover a heap of knowledge from creative optimization to coming up with out of the box ideas for creatives and what downstream metrics are the most important.

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769: Keep Users Coming Back & Buying More With The “Handoff” Strategy with Rebecca Nackson

769: Keep Users Coming Back & Buying More With The “Handoff” Strategy with Rebecca Nackson

Today's guest is Rebecca Nackson, Founder at the growth agency, Notable. You will discover her creative "handoff" strategy to engage your users and get them to buy more. Also, you will hear why visualization is so important to actually taking actions on your data, why you should NOT just look at the average of the data and finally how product and marketing teams should cooperate. Rebecca Nackson is the Founder at Notable.

4 Feb 202043min

768: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Growth with Lomit Patel

768: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Growth with Lomit Patel

Today's guest is a speaker, author, advisor and is the VP of Growth at IMVU. You will discover what metrics matter when scaling your company, what is customer acquisition 3.0 and what types of TikTok campaigns are working well for them. Lomit Patel is the Vice President, Growth at IMVU.

28 Jan 202037min

767: Best Strategy to Get Quality Downloads for a Location-Based App

767: Best Strategy to Get Quality Downloads for a Location-Based App

Coming up is a coaching call with a former division 1 college athlete. You will discover the best strategy to get quality downloads for a location based app, how to build out systems for each geography and why building a refined product will help you grow even faster. Mike Orakpo is the Founder at Athlete Connect.

23 Jan 202012min

How to Sell: Time Blocking Tips for Sales Prospecting

How to Sell: Time Blocking Tips for Sales Prospecting

Here is a sales call hack that will help you sell more, get more clients and make you more effective. This is my exact sales strategy that many people have copied and you can too. Watch Video on YouTube and Subscribe to our Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BfzlZG8MuQ

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766: How to Build The Key Features of a Social App with Ian Morris

766: How to Build The Key Features of a Social App with Ian Morris

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