⚖️ Apples to apples, same store, same week-one window. Sora hit 96% of ChatGPT’s estimated U.S. iOS downloads. Gemini, Copilot, Grok? Not even close.

🤯 Invite-only and still outpacing ChatGPT’s launch. Sora pulled 627K iOS downloads in 7 days. That’s +21K over ChatGPT’s 2023 debut. Hype alone can move App Store charts.

Nintendo's Fire Emblem Shadows launch is trailing its predecessor's with an estimated 518K installs and $107K spent, or $0.21/download, in its 1st 10 days. 2017's Fire Emblem Heroes saw 2.3M (4.4x) est. installs and $5.3M (49x) spent in its 1st 10 days, for $2.31/download (11x).

Clash Royale released 9.5 years ago and Supercell's classic has made a huge turnaround. Largely due to its new-ish Merge Tactics mode, it has grossed $498M to date in 2025 — that's 190% or 2.2x its total at this point in 2024. Installs are also way up to 34M (+80% or 1.8x YoY).

It's 20 days since Destiny: Rising's mobile launch, so how's it doing? 1) It's been downloaded ⬇️ 2M times and made $6M net 💰 so far. 💸 2) Its last 7 days 💰 per install was $6.80, 136x its 1st week's $0.05. 🚀 3) Its total 💰 in last 7 days vs. 1st week = ⬆️ 56x. 🔥

Google Gemini is the #1 iPhone app in 106 countries, beating ChatGPT thanks to its impressive "nano banana" image model. Revenue is another story: ChatGPT wins there with $10/download (net) in the past 30 days on iOS, while Gemini's made just $0.15/download in the same timeframe.

Appfigures Intelligence data in the latest from @SarahPerezTC at @TechCrunch on Google Gemini's mobile app getting a huge boost from a nano 🍌 techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/...

What does the base storage bump from 128 GB to 256 GB on iPhone 17 mean for app hoarders? Factoring in iOS 26's footprint, the base iPhone 17 will store about 3.39K average sized (67.8 MB) non-game apps, or close to 1.73K more than the base iPhone 16's 1.67K, a 104% increase.

𝕏 broke into the top 10 most downloaded apps in the last 24 hours. It's #6 now in the US App Store across all apps and games

A crossover event between Brawl Stars and Subway Surfers is underway as both games seek to reverse negative growth in 2025. Subway Surfers revenue and downloads are -16.4% and -17.9% YoY, respectively. Brawl Stars is -55.7% and -33.3%, respectively. We'll be monitoring closely.

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The first Destiny: Rising numbers are in. App Store and Google Play using Guardians have downloaded the franchise's first mobile entry 636K times (41% U.S.) and spent an estimated $383K in-game (68% U.S.). It's a top 25 earning game in 6 markets incl. the U.S. and top 50 in 25.

Destiny has finally landed on mobile and is rising up the charts. It's the #1 free iOS game in the U.S. and #2 among all apps. Revenue-wise it's #65 in adventure and #72 in action. Globally, it's a top 10 free game in 71 countries, top 50 grossing in 11, and top 100 earning in 8.

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In late July, Unity launched Unity Rewards: Play & Earn, a rewarded UA app, on Google Play. The app helps users discover games based on their tastes, then pays them to play via coins that can be redeemed for real rewards such as gift cards. It's been downloaded 3.6K times so far.

It's been 90 days since Fortnite returned to the U.S. App Store. Since then, it's been installed 4.8M times and players have spent $6.1M via Apple's platform, or $1.27/download. In the 90 days before it was removed in 2020, it saw 2.5M installs and $51M spent, or $20.40/download.

TikTok's video editor CapCut ✂️ just reached $1.5B in worldwide consumer spending. 💰 That's only a fraction of what TikTok itself generates, but still a major feat nonetheless. CapCut has grossed $786M so far in 2025, +186% YoY from $275M by this point in 2024. 📈

Players spent 70% more in Valorant Mobile during its second day on China's App Store, our estimates show. The Riot Games and Tencent title generated $1.7M in spending on 8/20 vs. $1M on 8/19. Meanwhile, total downloads doubled to about 300K, putting revenue per download at $9.

ChatGPT lost its 👑 as the hottest U.S. iPhone app for the 1st time in weeks to... a focus timer? ⏳ Riding a major TikTok 🌊, Focus Friend has crossed 500K installs (including Google Play) and users clearly like it — just check out that 99% positive rating sentiment.

Valorant Mobile has arrived in China. It's the #1 downloaded iOS app overall, and in just a few hours has become the #7 earning game and #14 grossing app. The title's PC/console popularity is clearly carrying over to mobile and it's seen as worth investing in monetarily as well.

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July 1 marked the wide release of Mo.co and now we know how Supercell's new co-op action RPG ⚔️ has fared since. It saw 1.35M installs 💾 and $596K in net 💰, making it the company's #5 most wanted game for July, just ahead of its prior launch, Squad Busters. 🎮

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VPN apps have been 🔥 in the UK since the Online Safety Act took effect there. Desire to skirt ID-based age checks on many websites sent installs to a record high of 70K/day (from 14K!) and revenue got a big (5x) boost. It topped out at $268K/day net, up from around $54K/day. 💰

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Pokémon GO's best months for 2025 revenue so far have been since Scopely caught it in a $3.5B deal in May. Global net 💰 grew 82% MoM in June to $62M, its 3rd best result in the past 3 years. July was 📉 to $45M, but still enough to be its 2nd largest month to date in 2025.

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Men can spill the tea too, apparently. 😂 71.5K downloads since the app launched 7 days ago. User's don't seem to love it though. 💔 Let's hope they have better security. 😅

As shared by CEO Jay Graber, Bluesky just surpassed 38 million users across mobile and web. Appfigures Intelligence shows estimated downloads of its mobile app between Feb. and Jul. 2025—the app dropped its invite requirement in Feb. 2024—at 4.2M, up 189% YoY.

Clash Royale from @supercell just had its best month for revenue since all the way back in 2016. The game was overhauled earlier this year leading to players spending $82.8M worldwide in July, $63M more than January (+312%) and $60M more YoY (+256%) from July 2024.

This hit game from Japan is growing like 🔥 in the U.S.! Since its global release in June, Umamusume: Pretty Derby has netted @Cygames_EN $22M globally w/ 66% from outside Japan, incl. $10M in the U.S.—$2.5M more than Japan's total!

We ranked the most downloaded mobile games in the world in June and... 🥁 🥇 Block Blast (18M downloads) 🥈 Roblox (17M downloads) 🥉 Subway Surfers (15M downloads) FYI - These were also the top 3 in may

We ranked the highest-earning mobile games in the world in June and... 🥁 🥇 Honor of Kings ($137M after store fees) 🥈 Whiteout Survival ($136M after store fees) 🥉 Last War ($109M after store fees) FYI - Those were also the top 3 in May

Think it's just @netflix w/ free mobile games for its subscribers? @Crunchyroll has a slate of close to 70 w/ 7.7M downloads. 32 released just this year—nearly as many as in all of 2024. Many greats like #MetalSlugTactics and #RiverCityGirls2 too.

🦑 🎲 👑 Squid Games: Unleashed is now @netflix's most successful mobile game based on one of its own properties, with 19.7M all-time downloads. But the biggest game in its lineup? GTA: San Andreas with 39.2M, exactly TWICE as many. (And still almost 2M/month!) 🌆 🌴💰🚨

🚨 PSA: Make sure you're actively optimizing your pricing and paywalls! 🐝 Bumble's mobile revenue is at an all-time high even though downloads have been dropping for 5 months straight.

New stat: 83 of the top 100 highest earning apps use custom product pages. Are you? appfigures.com/resources/i...

Just insane: Mobile apps to send fax earned $3.4M in the last 30 days - and that's after store fees! One app was responsible for more than half of the revenue 👇

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Catch that Pokémoney: Out now, #PokemonFriends joins a franchise that grossed $162M (~$113M net) on mobile worldwide in June 2025 — an amount 3x more than in June 2024. ⚡🐭💰

🗞️ This Week in Apps: 1️⃣ The App Store's secret weapon 2️⃣ Peacock beats Disney+ 3️⃣ A check-in on X's revenue (and Grok's impact) 4️⃣ June's highest earning games 5️⃣ June's most downloaded games 👉 appfigures.com/resources/t...

Fun fact: Yahoo Mail earns more than 99% of mobile apps 🤷🏻‍♂️

Love Island S7 just had its biggest App Store launch ever—367K downloads in its first week, 30x more than S6! Voting features boosted engagement. Peacock app downloads soared to 70K/day. Who needs ads when you have content this hot? fg.rs/dqv

Gamers aren’t just playing—they’re on YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Duolingo, even Tinder! 🎮📱 Marketers: your next audience might be outside games. Crossover = opportunity. Get the full list: fg.rs/5rw

The top-grossing mobile games in 2024 have a monetization blueprint: Consumables/currency + limited-time offers are must-haves. Premium currency in 90%, bundles in 80%, battle passes in 50%. Mix it up for max LTV! fg.rs/otc

🥈 Mid-Core games are dominating mobile revenue! RPGs alone make up 34% of the top 1,000 earners. Casual isn’t dead, but depth + monetization = long-term wins. Build for commitment, not just quick hits. Dive in: fg.rs/mnk

Puzzle games are the only Casual genre holding their ground. 16.3% of top games according to our latest mobile games report (link below 👇 )

Puzzle games are the only Casual genre holding their ground. 16.3% of top games according to our latest mobile games report (link below 👇 )