Category: Databits
SEGA Sets Its Flagship Title Free (With Ads) And Users Love It
Just before the weekend hit, SEGA added the original Sonic (Sonic The Hedgehog) to the new SEGA Forever Collection, dropping its price from $2.99 USD to free with ads. Based on the app’s ranks, the move was a big success …Read
App Store Cleanup Continues – 50,000 Apps at Risk
Apple is getting serious about cleaning up the App Store. The first wave came in the fall of last year and resulted in thousands of “abandoned” apps being removed from the App Store. Apple is at it again, this time …Read
Lyft Dethrones Uber For First Time
It’s official, transportation tycoon Uber has been surpassed by its competitor Lyft. In response to this weekend’s events, Lyft has shot up into the Top 5 free apps in the US for the first time ever, currently ranked at #4, …Read
App Stores Start to Mature – 2016 Year In Review
2016 has been a busy year both in and out of app stores — new devices, improvements to the buying experience, support for the subscriptions model, and a new App Store for iMessage apps kept developers busy. In fact, app …Read
What Went Wrong With Super Mario Run — Analysis of 120,000+ Reviews
Nintendo released its first mobile game last week, and with unprecedented levels of support from Apple, Super Mario Run was poised to become the most successful mobile game the App store has seen so far. However, eager players were less …Read
Super Mario Run Is App Store’s #1 App In 138 Countries
Just about 48 hours ago Nintendo’s first mobile game, and one of my personal all-time favorites, hit the App Store and quickly showed that the iconic plumber is pretty much everyone’s favorite. The title has been released in 150 countries …Read
Did Super Mario Run Live Up To the Hype?
Last update: Dec. 23rd 8:00pm EST It feels like 1985 again. As Nintendo hopes to satisfy nostalgic generations (and pull in a whole new set of players) by releasing their first mobile game, Super Mario Run, gamers have been eagerly …Read
The Top 8 Mobile SDKs — An Analysis of 500,000+ Android Games
Earlier this year we started analyzing iOS and Android apps, digging into the SDKs they have installed. Since rolling this out into Explorer we’ve analyzed millions of apps and have seen several interesting trends. For our first report about SDKs …Read
Dissecting the Most Profitable iMessage Apps
Lately Apple has been on a roll with opening up new App Stores. It started with the Apple Watch in April of 2015, then the Apple TV App Store a few month later. Most recently, our attention has been focused …Read
Apple Threatens More Than 750,000 Apps
Update: Apple seems to be moving very quickly with this cleanup. Thousands of apps have already been removed. We’ll be releasing a report in the next few days with details. Yesterday Apple launched a slew of goodies to get excited …Read