business2community.com
One of the basic measurements of an app’s health is the number of times it is launched, or opened, in any given period. Seeing the number of launches trend up and to the right over time is a good signal of an app’s usefulness because it means users are engaging with the app often.
According to our data, that upward trend is happening.
In our recently published App Launches Index, we found the average number of app launches is now at all all-time high of 11 launches per month, up almost five percent over last quarter’s average.
And, the good news doesn’t end there.
The first quarter of 2015 also saw dramatic improvement in the stickiness of apps, as seen in our App Stickiness Index. The Localytics App Stickiness Index measures how well apps are engaging users and avoiding churn, in aggregate. The improvement in Q1 was driven by growth in both User Engagement and Retention, which grew 13 percent and 41 percent respectively.
In other words, people are actively using apps and returning to them often, making apps more “sticky” and a part of our daily lives. That’s incredible news for app owners, as the more engaged users are, the easier it is to convert them into loyal and highly profitable customers.
Despite these improvements, there is more work to be done. While user retention saw a dramatic improvement from 12 percent in Q4 to 17 percent in Q1, it is still lower than the three previous years on average.
Look at it this way: over one-third of users visit an app 10 or more times a month, but only 17 percent of them are returning three months later.
No comments:
Post a Comment