Russia’s App Store payment block: how it impacts your MRR and what to do next
- Growth
Why your Russian subscriptions are about to churn
RevenueCat author David Barnard - page 2
Author’s posts
“Money will come” – How Super Unlimited built the #1 VPN by not optimizing for revenue
- Growth
On the podcast: the product-driven growth loop behind the #1 VPN app in the world, why they intentionally leave money on the table, and how the prettiest design often loses in their A/B tests.
How Coconote hit $1M ARR in 4 months with no paid ads
- Growth
On the podcast: about hitting $1M ARR in four months with no paid ads, why trial extensions beat discounts for saving cancellations, and why you should be hiring content creators, not influencers.
Building a hardware-enabled subscription business
- Growth
On the podcast, I talk with Michael and Mark about the boom in hardware-enabled subscriptions, why nothing worked until they stopped optimizing and started building a better product, and how they doubled their price to $79 even though the data said they could charge more.
How ElevenLabs builds and grows consumer AI apps without losing speed or clarity
- Growth
On the podcast: how earned media can drive paid performance, building features that make for good tweets, and why stripping out your onboarding quiz might beat optimizing it.
How Cem Kansu helped Duolingo scale monetization without breaking freemium
- Growth
On the podcast, I talk with Cem about the premium trap many apps fall into, why free trials work even for freemium products, and how ‘try for $0.00’ actually outperforms ‘try for free’.
How Jeff Morris drives growth and monetization in mobile
- Growth
On the podcast, I talk with Jeff about Tinder's $50 million paywall win. Why now is such a great time to build apps, and how hard paywalls can mislead you about product-market fit.
How Alper Taner navigates the evolving world of mobile growth
- Growth
On the podcast I talk with Alper about the competitive advantage of ignoring (some) best practices, the risk of drawing false conclusions when researching competitor ads, and why poor metrics are just facts until proven problematic.
How Greg Cohn turned a failed app into a privacy powerhouse
- Growth
On this episode of Sub Club, Greg shares the journey of how a failed product pivoted into Burner, a mobile privacy tool that has changed the way people manage multiple phone numbers.
When pricing becomes product strategy
- Growth
On the podcast we talk with Ravi about subscriptions as a force multiplier for consumables, why narratives matter more than metrics in goal-setting, and why you might want to try a longer onboarding, or a shorter one.
The future of subscription apps: advice from an app-focused investment banker
- Growth
GP Bullhound's Eric Crowley talks about the future of consumer subscriptions, how AI is reshaping growth, and why the best apps are built for love, not acquisition.
Lessons from Condé Nast’s data-driven approach to retention and reactivation
- Growth
Condé Nast's Michael Ribero unpacks how media brands use bundling, post-purchase upsells, and smart pricing to maximize LTV.