The critical role that mobile carriers play in the app economy is one that is sometimes overlooked. While much attention is given to the ways in which developers and OEMs are shaping this thriving and perpetually evolving ecosystem, little attention is given to the vital position of carriers. Despite this, carriers have been pivotal in driving users towards apps, particularly following the development and increasing ubiquitousness of user acquisition channels like on-device discovery. On-device advertising allows developers to reach users at critical decision-making points in their mobile lifecycle – from unboxing a new device, throughout a user’s daily smartphone journey,…

Once again Appnext has achieved an excellent showing in the biannual AppsFlyer Performance Index and is recognized as the leading non-SRN platform on Android devices in the non-gaming AppsFlyer Performance Index category in the Retention and IAP Index. One interesting finding in this recent index shows that when comparing H2 2020 and H2 2021 data, 25% of total budgets shifted from iOS to Android a direct impact resulting from the iOS privacy shift. Finding The Right Users At The Right Time Retention, which measures how engaged mobile users are over time, is undoubtedly the most critical of mobile metrics. Appnext…