Growth blog posts - page 2

Featured Post

What app buyers really want: insights from 10 leading acquirers

Dealmaker Evelin Herrera interviewed leading app buyers about the acquisition landscape in 2026 — here’s what every founder needs to know before selling

Lorelei Whitman
Evelin Herrera

Lorelei Whitman and Evelin Herrera

December 18, 2025

Follow for updates:
Building apps for an existing audience: why distribution is the new moat
Engineering

Building apps for an existing audience: why distribution is the new moat

The hardest part of building an app used to be… building the app. That's changed

Rik Haandrikman

Rik Haandrikman

January 12, 2026

How Jeff Morris drives growth and monetization in mobile
Growth

How Jeff Morris drives growth and monetization in mobile

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.

David Barnard

David Barnard

January 07, 2026

How Peloton lost me after a price hike and what they could have done differently
Growth

How Peloton lost me after a price hike and what they could have done differently

9 practical retention lessons subscription apps can use during price increases

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

January 05, 2026

Craft, Seasonality, and the Long Game
Growth

Craft, Seasonality, and the Long Game

On the podcast, I talk with Jordan about the power of seasonal business cycles, why refining your ad strategy can unlock growth, and how passion-driven apps can still find market fit without a huge marketing budget.

Charlie Chapman

Charlie Chapman

December 31, 2025

How Alper Taner Navigates the Evolving World of Mobile Growth
Growth

How Alper Taner Navigates the Evolving World of Mobile 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.

David Barnard

David Barnard

December 24, 2025

The Sub Club Podcast

Interviews and deep dives with the experts behind the biggest apps in the world.

Listen now
Growth

The play-once game that sparked an indie dev career

On the podcast I talk with Taiwo about building games that are meant to be deleted, finding success by leaning into low retention instead of fighting it, and how a single unconventional idea led to Apple featuring his work and changing his career.

Charlie Chapman

Charlie Chapman

December 17, 2025

HDYHAU surveys as an attribution source: when they work (and what to do when they don’t)
Growth

HDYHAU surveys as an attribution source: when they work (and what to do when they don’t)

When user recall aligns with social ads, and when it can skew channel performance

David Vargas

David Vargas

December 16, 2025

Web-to-app funnels: the complete 2026 guide
Growth

Web-to-app funnels: the complete 2026 guide

Benefits, pitfalls, and a blueprint to launch your first funnel

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

December 11, 2025

How Greg Cohn turned a failed app into a privacy powerhouse
Growth

How Greg Cohn turned a failed app into a privacy powerhouse

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.

David Barnard

David Barnard

December 10, 2025

Subscribe to our newsletter

Why more ad channels for your subscription app doesn’t always mean less risk
Growth

Why more ad channels for your subscription app doesn’t always mean less risk

How to know when your team (and budget) are ready to diversify ad channels

Lucas Moscon

Lucas Moscon

December 05, 2025

Context wins: the hidden third dimension of paywall targeting
Growth

Context wins: the hidden third dimension of paywall targeting

How paywall timing can reduce friction and drive conversion

Felix Krause

Felix Krause

December 04, 2025

How Shotsy became the go-to app for GLP-1 tracking
Growth

How Shotsy became the go-to app for GLP-1 tracking

Aja Beckett created Shotsy, the go-to mobile app for GLP-1 medication tracking. She turned her personal health journey into a product loved by thousands, focusing on authenticity, user-first design, and a mission to empower people on similar paths.

Charlie Chapman

Charlie Chapman

December 03, 2025

Want to see how RevenueCat can help?

RevenueCat enables us to have one single source of truth for subscriptions and revenue data.

Olivier Lemarié, PhotoroomOlivier Lemarié, Photoroom
Read Case Study