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points by jonathanstrange 2 days ago | 0 comments
I'd rather be interested in what apps actually make money and how much but I suspect there is no public data for that.
[–] p2detar 2 days ago
I bet it's pretty close to a Pareto distribution with 20% of the apps making 80% of the total App store revenue. You can guess which apps those are from Apple's top/editor's choice charts.
[–] kotaKat 2 days ago
Do you even need the top chart when you open the app and every other day it's either a Scopely property or Monopoly Go?

It's wild to know that Freecash is somehow back in the App Store after [1] earlier this year and they're actively running aggressive marketing campaigns on TV again.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/how-the-rewards-app-freeca...

[–] entropy47 2 days ago
Not public, but services like sensor tower make a decent guess based on (I assume) a small set of people who are willing to install what's effectively spyware for $$$.