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App Revenue

What apps earn after the store takes its cut — build costs, revenue models, and the disclosed figures behind them.

2026-08-01
Apps That Make Money: What 96 Indexed Apps Actually Earn

Across the 96 consumer mobile apps in our index, 34 disclose a clean monthly revenue figure, and the median of that disclosing set is $60K/mo. The spread…

2026-08-01
Good Apps to Make Money: The Ones With Receipts, Not Rankings

Of the 96 consumer mobile apps in our index, 34 disclose a clean monthly revenue figure, and the median of that disclosing set is $60K/mo. The spread runs…

2026-08-01
How Do Free Mobile Apps Make Money? The Four Real Mechanisms

Free apps make money four ways — subscription paywalls, one-time in-app purchases, advertising, and affiliate or referral fees — and in our data the first…

2026-08-01
How Do Mobile Apps Make Money? Revenue Models With Real Figures

Mobile apps make money four ways, and in our data they are wildly unequal: subscription paywalls first, one-time purchases second, in-app advertising…

2026-08-01
How Much Does App Development Cost? Real Budgets From Real Apps

There is no average worth quoting. Across the 96 consumer mobile apps we index, 34 disclose a clean monthly revenue figure from $29/mo to $2.2M/mo, median…

2026-08-01
How Much Does It Cost to Make an App? Real Build Costs, Not Quotes

There is no average worth quoting — there is a range, and it is set by team size, not by features. Of the 96 consumer mobile apps we index, 59 are…