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Rival app stores coming to Apple devices

Apple has announced that it will allow other app stores to be used on its devices in the EU from March. Currently, anyone with an iPhone/iPad can only download apps from the firm’s own App Store. Apple has been accused of creating a monopoly, giving customers and developers no other option but to go through […]

January 26, 2024

Sandbox launches senior gaming service

Sandbox Group, the London-based group operating a network of learning businesses, is expanding its adult gaming portfolio with a new subscription app, branded Focus, aiming to sharpen the cognitive skills of senior users. Focus is a gaming subscription app aimed at the 40+ segment that aims to enable lifelong wellbeing through a curated collection of […]

September 21, 2023

BBC, Budge launch Bluey mobile game

BBC Studios have partnered with Budge Studios to launch the first-ever Bluey mobile app game, Bluey: Let’s Play which is available now from the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore, Bluey: Let’s Play is based on the Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning global TV show that follows Bluey, a loveable, inexhaustible, Blue Heeler dog, […]

August 16, 2023

Sandbox partners with Alpha Group on Super Wings app

Sandbox Group, the London-based group operating a network of learning businesses, has partnered with Alpha Group, one of the largest animation, toy and entertainment groups in Asia, on a new Super Wings educational app for kids ages 3 and up. The deal was brokered by bRAND-WARD, the licensing agency and consultancy. The children’s app will […]

March 6, 2023

Research: 12% mobile apps have no privacy policy

Pixalate, the fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, has released the Q3 2022 Missing Privacy Policy Report: Mobile Apps for apps available for download across the Apple App Store and Google Play Stores. Pixalate examined 5.2 million+ downloadable apps across the Apple and Google mobile app stores and […]

November 8, 2022

Report: In-app revenue increases significantly

Mobile marketing analytics platform Adjust has released its E-commerce App Report 2021: Top Trends in Mobile Shopping With Insights From Sensor Tower. The global report finds that in-app revenue has increased significantly in 2021, with May being the biggest month so far. Based on Adjust’s e-commerce app revenue trends from 2020 — when October, November, […]

November 18, 2021

FOX Weather tops App Store chart

FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s new ad-supported streaming weather service, is the number one most-downloaded free app in the US, according to the Apple App Store. The platform, which launched on October 25th, is a streaming weather service offering users a comprehensive suite of forecasting products along with a 24/7 live streaming network, all free […]

October 26, 2021

Al Jazeera launches Unified Mobile app

Al Jazeera Media Network has launched a new application utilising the Unified Mobile Platform (uMP) for the Network’s website content. The app is available on the App store and Google Play, and is compatible with smartphones and tablets. The app takes advantage of the new unified Content Management System (uCMS) architecture using GraphQL to simultaneously […]

October 25, 2021

Marmelapp launches Snax app

Paris-based startup Marmelapp has released Snax, an app that combines movies with interactive gameplay to give the player control over how the story progresses. Players become movie makers by making choices with bitesize content and solving fun puzzles. Snax combines movies with interactive gameplay to give the viewer control over how the story progresses. Choose […]

October 25, 2021

Report: App economy growing worldwide

Mobile marketing analytics platform Adjust has published the results of a global interactive Partner Benchmarks report that shows the app economy is expanding worldwide, even as growth drivers vary by geography. The global study analysed over 270 advertising networks with 6 billion paid installs from more than 5,000 apps, across nearly 250 countries and 12 […]

September 30, 2021