Consumer spending in mobile apps across both Apple’s App Store and Google Play will grow by 120 percent to reach $156 billion worldwide by 2023, according to a new report out today from app store intelligence firm, Sensor Tower. The forecast estimates that both stores will more than double their revenues during the next five […]
View More Consumer spending in apps to reach $156B across iOS and Google Play by 2023Category: Subscriptions
Digging into Apple’s media transformation
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief, Matthew Panzarino, offered his analysis on the major announcements that came out of Apple’s keynote event this past Monday. Behind a series of new subscription and media products, Apple […]
View More Digging into Apple’s media transformationiOS developers will soon be able to offer discounts to their existing and lapsed subscribers
As subscriptions continue to grow into a sizable revenue stream for mobile app developers, Apple has had to make adjustments to its guidelines, rules, and even its tools for subscription management in recent weeks. It issued stricter guidelines around how subscriptions are to be presented to consumers, and it made the setting for canceling existing […]
View More iOS developers will soon be able to offer discounts to their existing and lapsed subscribersSoundCloud adds a music distribution service to its premium subscriptions
Last year, Spotify took a stake in music distribution service DistroKid. Apple acquired Platoon. And today, SoundCloud announced it’s adding its own music distribution tools to its premium accounts aimed at artists, SoundCloud Pro and SoundCloud Pro Unlimited. With SoundCloud Premier distribution, artists can upload their tracks to all major music services, including Amazon Music, […]
View More SoundCloud adds a music distribution service to its premium subscriptionsApple’s iOS update makes it easier to get to your subscriptions
Apple has made a small but important change to iOS that will allow users an easier way to manage their app subscriptions. In the latest release of the mobile operating system (iOS 12.1.4 and 12.2 beta), the company has relocated the “Manage Subscriptions” setting so it’s only one click away when you tap on your […]
View More Apple’s iOS update makes it easier to get to your subscriptionsUS iPhone users spent $79 last year, up 36% from 2017
Apple’s push to get developers to build subscription-based apps is now having a notable impact on App Store revenues. According to a new report from Sensor Tower due out later this week, revenue generated per U.S. iPhone grew 36 percent, from $58 in 2017 to $79 last year. As is typical, much of that increase […]
View More US iPhone users spent $79 last year, up 36% from 2017Apple’s new developer guidelines signal that scammy subscription apps’ time is up
Apple is sending out a message to app developers: stop tricking users into subscriptions. The company updated its guidelines for mobile developers to more clearly spell out what is and what is not allowed, according to 9to5Mac, which spotted the recent changes. The improved documentation comes at a time when subscriptions are becoming something of a […]
View More Apple’s new developer guidelines signal that scammy subscription apps’ time is upRoku’s à la carte premium subscriptions arrive today, but without HBO
Earlier this month, Roku announced it would soon begin selling subscriptions to premium video services directly from its own TV and movies hub, The Roku Channel. Today, those subscriptions are going live, allowing Roku users to sign up for channels like EPIX, Showtime, STARZ, and others, then stream them without needing to install the channel’s […]
View More Roku’s à la carte premium subscriptions arrive today, but without HBOTop 10 U.S. subscription video apps pulled in $1.3B last year, a 62% increase from 2017
Subscriptions are booming on the app stores, and particularly subscription video apps thanks to the growing number of cord cutters who are choosing to stream their TV shows and movies, instead of paying for cable or satellite. In the U.S., the top 10 subscription video apps by revenue pulled in $1.27 billion in 2018 across […]
View More Top 10 U.S. subscription video apps pulled in $1.3B last year, a 62% increase from 2017App Store Review guidelines hint that users will soon be able to gift in-app purchases, not just apps
Apple will allow iOS users to gift in-app purchases, not just paid apps, according to a change to the company’s App Store Review Guidelines spotted this week. This means developers may soon have the tools to allow users to purchase virtual goods or even subscriptions through their app, which can then be gifted to others. […]
View More App Store Review guidelines hint that users will soon be able to gift in-app purchases, not just appsConsumers spent $329M on the top 10 subscription video apps last quarter
Last year, the top subscription video apps like Netflix and Hulu raked in a combined $781 million, and that trend is showing no sign of slowing down in 2018. In the third quarter of 2018, U.S. consumers spent an estimated $329 million in the top 10 subscription video-on-demand apps across the App Store and Google […]
View More Consumers spent $329M on the top 10 subscription video apps last quarterWhat’s next for podcasting?
The podcast market will discover the answer to a foundational question about its future in the next few years. Will it continue along the path of music streaming, where all podcasts are available everywhere on free, ad-supported tiers? Or, will it follow the path of streaming TV into paid subscription services with exclusive content? Today, effectively […]
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