App revenue: 2011 launches

Revenue and download estimates for the 406 App Store apps in the database that launched in 2011, with revenue shown after Apple takes its cut. 35 of them (9%) keep $100K or more a month; the median app keeps $850. Top earners: Snapchat ($68M/mo), Strava: Run, Bike, Walk ($12.8M/mo) and Meitu AI Photo & Video Editor ($11.1M/mo).

Net of Apple's 15% commission
Gross estimates: paywallscreens.com (Superwall)
10,798 apps · 25 categories · Pulled 19 Oct 2026

Apps launched in 2011

406 apps, total $118.0M/mo, median $850/mo, 35 over $100K, cohort hit rate 9%

App	Category	Net revenue/mo	Downloads/mo	Ratings	Rating	Size	Launched
Flag Football Playmaker HD by TRUE	Sports	$850	1K	136	4.1	39 MB	Dec 2011
Pocket Schedule Planner by Nova Mobile, Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	8,120	4.5	70 MB	Feb 2011
Kitchen Dial \| Food Converter by Infinite Prospects, LLC	Utilities	$850	1K	260	4.4	46 MB	Jul 2011
Korean by Nemo by Nemo Apps LLC	Travel	$850	1K	2,028	4.7	49 MB	Dec 2011
Korean Dictionary - Dict Box by Xung Le	Reference	$850	1K	5,245	4.7	162 MB	Mar 2011
LawyersAgent ONE by PalmAgent Software	Finance	$850	1K	34	4.3	442 MB	May 2011
Learn French -Travel in France by APPOXIS PTE. LTD.	Travel	$850	1K	466	4.6	135 MB	Oct 2011
Learn Italian - Phrasebook by APPOXIS PTE. LTD.	Travel	$850	1K	497	4.7	165 MB	Jul 2011
Learn Japanese - Phrasebook by APPOXIS PTE. LTD.	Travel	$850	1K	1,522	4.7	92 MB	Jul 2011
onTime Metra, CTA by Mobileware Inc.	Navigation	$850	1K	852	4.1	128 MB	May 2011
Doc Scan - PDF Scanner by IFUNPLAY CO., LTD.	Business	$850	1K	13,988	4.8	273 MB	Aug 2011
Magic Guide for Disneyland by VersaEdge Software, LLC	Travel	$850	1K	1,064	4.6	31 MB	Jun 2011
Man Editor: Slim & Skinny Body by Fitness Labs	Reference	$850	1K	851	4.3	102 MB	Mar 2011
Math Games for 1st Grade + 123 by IDZ Digital Private Limited	Education	$850	1K	1,684	4.3	631 MB	Mar 2011
MathEdge Division for Kids by Peekaboo Studios LLC	Education	$850	1K	6,145	4.6	28 MB	Jun 2011
MathEdge Multiplication Kids by Peekaboo Studios LLC	Education	$850	1K	9,925	4.6	43 MB	Jan 2011
Observer-Dispatch - Utica, NY by Gannett	News	$850	1K	227	4.5	205 MB	Mar 2011
SafeDosePro by eBroselow LLC	Books	$850	1K	76	4.6	51 MB	Jun 2011
MetroWest Daily News, MA by Gannett	News	$850	1K	157	4.3	205 MB	May 2011
PacificCoastAgent ONE by PalmAgent Software	Finance	$850	1K	4	5.0	442 MB	May 2011
National Weather by Mende App Inc.	Weather	$850	1K	4,916	4.4	143 MB	May 2011
Outdoor Navigation ape@map by Onyx Technologie OG	Navigation	$850	1K	-	-	96 MB	Aug 2011
Pin Drop - Map, Track & Share by Salucia Ltd	Travel	$850	1K	569	4.7	77 MB	Mar 2011
Pastry Chef. by Chrystian Enriquez	Food & Drink	$850	1K	-	-	137 MB	Apr 2011
PocketBible Bible Study App by Laridian	Reference	$850	1K	314	4.4	20 MB	Oct 2011
PocketGuide Audio Travel Guide by PocketGuide Inc.	Travel	$850	1K	22	3.6	36 MB	Jun 2011
Russian by Nemo by Nemo Apps LLC	Travel	$850	1K	1,627	4.7	49 MB	Dec 2011
Times Reporter, OH by Gannett	News	$850	1K	198	4.4	205 MB	Apr 2011
Baby Shark Best Kids Songs by The Pinkfong Company, Inc.	Education	$850	1K	2,258	3.8	70 MB	Nov 2011
Map Plus by Miocool Inc.	Navigation	$850	1K	567	4.6	39 MB	May 2011
IntelliList - Shopping List by Mario Zullo	Shopping	$850	1K	565	4.5	72 MB	May 2011
Truth & Life App by FutureSoft, Inc.	Reference	$850	1K	1,207	4.9	136 MB	Mar 2011
Psychics Live Horoscopes Tarot by Visional Media Limited	Lifestyle	$850	1K	190	4.4	48 MB	Feb 2011
Spanish Dictionary - Dict Box by Xung Le	Reference	$850	1K	7,254	4.7	299 MB	Mar 2011
Spartacus Int. Gay Guide by Bruno Gmuender GmbH	Travel	$850	1K	61	3.8	4 MB	Dec 2011
StockTraderPro: Trade & Invest by RubiCap d.o.o.	Finance	$850	1K	152	4.5	43 MB	Nov 2011
Swedish by Nemo by Nemo Apps LLC	Travel	$850	1K	1,173	4.8	49 MB	Dec 2011
Symple Symptom Tracker by Symple Health, Inc.	Medical	$850	1K	471	4.5	9 MB	Nov 2011
Thai by Nemo by Nemo Apps LLC	Travel	$850	1K	3,186	4.7	49 MB	Dec 2011
The Augusta Chronicle Mobile by Gannett	News	$850	1K	200	4.0	205 MB	Jul 2011
The Bulletin - Norwich, CT by Gannett	News	$850	1K	42	4.5	205 MB	May 2011
The Coupons App by The Coupons App, LLC	Shopping	$850	1K	1,768	4.3	160 MB	Sep 2011
The Gainesville Sun by Gannett	News	$850	1K	312	4.2	205 MB	Apr 2011
The Ledger - Lakeland, Florida by Gannett	News	$850	1K	249	4.2	205 MB	Feb 2011
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal by Gannett	News	$850	1K	247	4.2	205 MB	Jun 2011
TicorAgent ONE by PalmAgent Software	Finance	$850	1K	24	4.8	442 MB	May 2011
Tides USA:Tide Predictions by Wingism	Weather	$850	1K	177	4.7	50 MB	Sep 2011
Transit Stop: CTA Tracker. by Kramer Concepts, LLC	Navigation	$850	8K	31,955	4.6	39 MB	Jan 2011
Zoho CRM - Sales & Marketing by Zoho Corporation	Business	$850	1K	2,452	4.5	297 MB	Jul 2011
DialMyCalls Mass Notification by OnTimeTelecom, Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	185	4.7	53 MB	Aug 2011
USMLE Psychiatry Q&A by LANGE by Higher Learning Technologies	Medical	$850	1K	113	4.5	127 MB	Dec 2011
Variety by PMC	News	$850	1K	1,718	4.5	51 MB	Feb 2011
Vietnamese Dictionary Dict Box by Xung Le	Reference	$850	1K	15,914	4.7	108 MB	Jan 2011
SityTrail by Geolives Belgium S.P.R.L.	Travel	$850	1K	4	1.3	51 MB	Mar 2011
Winebook Pro by Chrystian Enriquez	Food & Drink	$850	1K	1	5.0	164 MB	Oct 2011
WX Charts Europe by S M Sidat	Weather	$850	1K	-	-	14 MB	Mar 2011
Chess Viewer by Everyman Chess	Books	$850	1K	365	4.4	69 MB	Feb 2011
Go Button by Figure 53	Music	$850	1K	144	4.6	15 MB	Dec 2011
Anytune by Anytune Inc.	Music	$850	1K	7,517	4.8	52 MB	Mar 2011
Boat International by Boat International Media	Books	$850	1K	118	4.7	17 MB	Jan 2011
Equibase by Equibase Company LLC	Sports	$850	1K	131	3.2	34 MB	Aug 2011
Retro Gamer Official Magazine by Future plc	Books	$850	1K	242	4.6	24 MB	Oct 2011
Go Books by Smart Go, Inc.	Books	$850	1K	33	4.9	19 MB	Apr 2011
LogMeIn by GoTo Group, Inc.	Business	$850	1K	11,033	4.7	26 MB	Dec 2011
Motor Sport – magazine & news by Motor Sport Magazine Limited	Sports	$850	1K	692	4.8	22 MB	Dec 2011
Kids Puzzle-Toddler ABC Games by Jia Ningrui	Education	$850	1K	6,947	4.3	640 MB	Nov 2011
Best Stocks Now by pwstreet.com	Finance	$850	1K	44	2.8	41 MB	May 2011
Daily Sales Record - POS, CRM by iComet	Business	$850	1K	877	4.7	28 MB	Feb 2011
My Book List - Library Manager by BigBalli Consulting llc	Shopping	$850	1K	431	3.9	21 MB	Aug 2011
Fairy Tales & Bedtime Stories by Svetlana Artamoshina	Books	$850	1K	286	4.4	18 MB	Sep 2011
Wild Dream Poker - Deuces Wild by Code Redman Ltd	Games	$850	1K	27	3.7	23 MB	Oct 2011
Progression: Kitesurfing Coach by Progression Sports Ltd	Sports	$850	1K	530	4.8	30 MB	Sep 2011
Bible - The Word of Promise® by FutureSoft, Inc.	Books	$850	1K	2,307	4.9	175 MB	Apr 2011
Bitcoin Ticker by XBT Apps Ltd	Finance	$850	1K	1,944	4.7	25 MB	Jun 2011
BombBomb by BombBomb, Inc.	Business	$850	1K	15,388	4.8	65 MB	Jul 2011
iSpending - Expense Tracker by Hana Mobile	Finance	$850	1K	611	4.4	11 MB	Dec 2011
Kids Puzzles Games Puzzingo by 77Sparx Studio, Inc.	Education	$850	1K	10,854	4.7	78 MB	Jul 2011
lehighvalleylive.com by Advance Internet	News	$850	1K	2,691	4.6	86 MB	Feb 2011
Total 911 by Future plc	Books	$850	1K	180	4.7	23 MB	Oct 2011
fubar by Social Concepts Inc.	Social Networking	$850	1K	824	3.6	104 MB	Sep 2011
Harriet Lane Handbook by Unbound Medicine, Inc.	Medical	$850	1K	497	4.8	15 MB	Sep 2011
Sports Alerts by Luno Software, Inc.	Sports	$850	1K	75,778	4.8	65 MB	May 2011
Alarm Clock HD by Impala Studios	Utilities	$850	1K	98,900	4.6	161 MB	Nov 2011
Beautiful Weather & Alerts by The Beautiful Weather Corporation	Weather	$850	1K	1,871	4.6	148 MB	Apr 2011
Hungama: Movies Music Podcasts by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.	Music	$850	1K	1,746	4.1	93 MB	Jun 2011
JotNot Fax - Send Receive Fax by MobiTech 3000 LLC	Business	$850	1K	9,226	4.8	21 MB	Feb 2011
Lottie Dottie Chicken Official by ZeroUm Digital	Education	$850	1K	1,923	4.5	167 MB	Mar 2011
Good Food Magazine by Immediate Media Company Limited	Food & Drink	$850	1K	76	4.4	55 MB	Jan 2011
Pocket Expense 6 by Nova Mobile, Inc.	Finance	$850	1K	1,880	4.2	193 MB	Mar 2011
Puzzle Man Pro by Ran Games , best puzzles	Games	$850	1K	1,049	4.2	120 MB	Sep 2011
Reverse Phone Lookup by Whitepages.com	Utilities	$850	1K	10,918	4.6	59 MB	Aug 2011
SpareRoom US by Flatshare Ltd	Lifestyle	$850	1K	5,016	4.6	69 MB	Oct 2011
Cheat for Words With Friends by Groom Lake Development, LLC	Entertainment	$850	1K	81,140	4.7	105 MB	Aug 2011
Food Intolerances by Baliza GmbH	Food & Drink	$850	1K	740	4.5	65 MB	May 2011
Horoscope & Astrology - Astro+ by FusionLabs OU	Lifestyle	$850	1K	352	4.4	314 MB	Jul 2011
Learn To Read Bedtime Stories by IDZ Digital Private Limited	Education	$850	1K	14,746	4.5	303 MB	Dec 2011
ODoggy by Online Doggy	Entertainment	$850	1K	464	1.8	10 MB	Apr 2011
Pluralsight: Learn Tech Skills by Pluralsight	Education	$850	1K	20,058	4.8	66 MB	Apr 2011
BabyTV - Kids Videos & Songs by Baby Network Limited	Education	$850	1K	9,641	4.3	68 MB	May 2011
Guitar : Play & Learn Chords by Manomaya SA	Education	$850	1K	7,569	4.6	204 MB	Jan 2011
Talking Ben the Dog by Outfit7 Limited	Entertainment	$850	100K	115,881	4.4	298 MB	Apr 2011
Libon - Calls and Recharge by Libon	Social Networking	$850	7K	4,428	4.6	126 MB	Jan 2011
Shutterstock - Stock Photos by Shutterstock Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	9,144	4.8	38 MB	Nov 2011
Phonto - Text on Photos by youthhr	Photo & Video	$850	70K	114,421	4.8	63 MB	May 2011
Dark Horse Comics by Dark Horse Comics	Books	$850	1K	481	4.6	31 MB	Apr 2011
Learning games for toddlers. by CFC s.r.o.	Education	$850	20K	226,533	4.6	145 MB	Mar 2011

By launch year

Launched	Apps	$100K+	Hit rate	Median/mo	Top earner
2026	92	25	27%	$77K	StoryReel: Exclusive Drama $6.0M
2025	263	83	32%	$85K	Grok AI $24.7M
2024	509	103	20%	$9K	Claude by Anthropic $57.8M
2023	365	94	26%	$26K	ChatGPT $256.7M
2022	714	71	10%	$850	zeta: AI Chat, Story, Play $5.1M
2021	1,269	90	7%	$850	Travel Town - Merge Adventure $8.5M
2020	1,254	86	7%	$850	CapCut: Photo & Video Editor $43.4M
2019	1,074	100	9%	$850	Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF $11.1M
2018	891	72	8%	$850	Total Battle: War Strategy $7.7M
2017	849	69	8%	$850	FaceApp: Perfect Face Editor $10.2M
2016	705	64	9%	$850	Facetune: Photo & Video Editor $8.5M
2015	578	66	11%	$850	YouTube Music $32.3M
2014	470	51	11%	$850	Canva AI Photo & Video Editor $24.7M
2013	440	62	14%	$850	Paramount+ $38.3M
2012	494	55	11%	$850	YouTube $165.8M
2011	406	35	9%	$850	Snapchat $68M
2010	244	35	14%	$4K	Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts $22.1M
2009	164	22	13%	$850	Crunchyroll $32.3M
2008	17	6	35%	$17K	Deezer: Music Player, Podcast $6.8M

Apps launched in 2011 by category

Category	Apps	$100K+	Hit rate	Median/mo	Top earner
Books	12	0	0%	$850	VIZ Manga $68K
Business	13	0	0%	$850	Dext: Expense Tracker App $68K
Education	29	1	3%	$850	Coloring Games for Kids 2-6! $425K
Entertainment	10	2	20%	$850	Viki: Asian Drama, Movies & TV $3.4M
Finance	22	2	9%	$850	Splitwise $425K
Food & Drink	16	1	6%	$850	Vivino: Drink The Right Wine $255K
Games	6	0	0%	$850	DragonVale $85K
Graphics & Design	1	1	100%	$340K	ibis Paint X $340K
Health & Fitness	13	3	23%	$85K	Strava: Run, Bike, Walk $12.8M
Lifestyle	14	2	14%	$5K	iScape: Landscape Design $170K
Magazines & Newspapers	2	0	0%	$9K	Magzter: Magazines, Newspapers $9K
Medical	17	0	0%	$850	Davis Drug Guide For Nurses $43K
Music	17	2	12%	$9K	TuneIn Radio: Music & Sports $850K
Navigation	23	1	4%	$850	Wikiloc - Trails of the World $510K
News	67	1	1%	$5K	The Globe and Mail $170K
Photo & Video	16	8	50%	$170K	Snapchat $68M
Productivity	14	4	29%	$26K	Microsoft OneDrive $2.6M
Reference	21	2	10%	$850	MyHeritage: Family Tree & DNA $255K
Shopping	14	1	7%	$850	CARFAX - New & Used Cars $340K
Social Networking	9	3	33%	$26K	iSharing: GPS Location Tracker $340K
Sports	18	1	6%	$5K	Golf GameBook: Scorecard & GPS $340K
Travel	34	0	0%	$850	GPSmyCity: Walks in 1K+ Cities $34K
Utilities	5	0	0%	$850	Lookout Life - Mobile Security $85K
Weather	13	0	0%	$850	Weather Underground: Local Map $60K

By monthly revenue

$50K+ a month 2,172 apps $100K+ a month 1,189 apps $500K+ a month 417 apps $1M+ a month 155 apps