App revenue: 2018 launches

Revenue and download estimates for the 891 App Store apps in the database that launched in 2018, with revenue shown after Apple takes its cut. 72 of them (8%) keep $100K or more a month; the median app keeps $850. Top earners: Total Battle: War Strategy ($7.7M/mo), The Zeus Network ($6.0M/mo) and Age of Origins:Tower Defense ($4.3M/mo).

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

Apps launched in 2018

891 apps, total $67.3M/mo, median $850/mo, 72 over $100K, cohort hit rate 8%

App	Category	Net revenue/mo	Downloads/mo	Ratings	Rating	Size	Launched
Logo Maker, Logo Designer by Bhavesh Gabani	Graphics & Design	$7K	1K	581	4.7	314 MB	Jan 2018
Bloxels: Build Your Own Games by Pixel Press Technology	Games	$7K	1K	16,271	4.4	200 MB	Aug 2018
Model Now: Models & Castings by CREATIVE TALENTS EVOLUTION S.L.	Social Networking	$7K	1K	2,852	4.6	47 MB	Jan 2018
PDF Editor: Edit Everything by Desygner Pty Ltd	Business	$7K	1K	142	4.7	143 MB	Apr 2018
Invitation Maker Greeting Card by Hangzhou Lemi Network Technology Co., Ltd	Graphics & Design	$7K	10K	6,193	4.8	70 MB	May 2018
Call Recorder for Me · by Neosus	Business	$7K	1K	5,082	4.5	65 MB	Sep 2018
Kami Home by Kami Vision Incorporated	Lifestyle	$7K	1K	3,210	4.4	270 MB	Sep 2018
No Crop – Video & Pictures Fit by Debotosh Dey	Photo & Video	$7K	1K	81,961	4.6	205 MB	Feb 2018
Pepi Hospital: Learn & Care by Pepi Play	Education	$6K	6K	1,079	4.4	196 MB	Feb 2018
Bills Organizer & Reminder by Dennis Kruta	Finance	$6K	1K	18,544	4.7	66 MB	May 2018
FILCA - Vintage Film Camera by Cheol Kim	Photo & Video	$6K	1K	2,376	3.8	76 MB	Sep 2018
Camera+: Pro Camera & Editor by Heavy Plumb Apps, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA	Photo & Video	$6K	1K	10,416	4.5	241 MB	May 2018
Contraceptive Ring Reminder + by cauim.tech	Medical	$6K	1K	9,807	4.9	25 MB	Apr 2018
GPS Camera 55. Field Survey by Kalimex-Consulting s.r.o. @Blocoware & Stanislav Dvoychenko	Navigation	$6K	6K	2,080	4.7	53 MB	Dec 2018
Tenpin Toolkit: Bowling Tools by Tenpin Toolkit	Sports	$6K	1K	109	4.8	24 MB	Jun 2018
Oxford Eng-Chi Dictionaries by Oxford University Press (China)	Reference	$6K	1K	50	3.2	22 MB	Jul 2018
T-Shirt Design Studio by Son Phi	Shopping	$6K	1K	1,231	4.5	360 MB	Aug 2018
Hero Hunters - 3D Shooter wars by Supercharge Mobile Corp	Games	$6K	1K	53,371	4.8	179 MB	Jan 2018
Cosmic Kids Yoga by Cosmic Kids Trading Limited	Health & Fitness	$6K	1K	298	4.1	144 MB	Jul 2018
HomeCourt: Basketball Training by Nex	Sports	$6K	7K	11,842	4.8	970 MB	Jan 2018
Saunders Comp Review NCLEX RN by Skyscape Medpresso Inc	Medical	$6K	1K	10,464	4.9	36 MB	Feb 2018
Tap Tap Music-Pop Songs by Eyugame Network Technology Co., Ltd	Games	$6K	9K	77,378	4.8	151 MB	Nov 2018
Piano Crush - Keyboard Games by Gismart Limited	Music	$6K	1K	9,581	4.5	349 MB	Oct 2018
UDictionary Translator by Youdao (Hong Kong) Limited	Reference	$6K	5K	9,088	4.6	555 MB	Jan 2018
VPN Vault - Super Proxy App by Appsverse Inc.	Productivity	$6K	1K	29,232	4.6	112 MB	Jun 2018
BetterMe: Mental Health by BetterMe Limited	Health & Fitness	$5K	1K	13,711	4.7	97 MB	Mar 2018
Keto Diet App － Carb Tracker by FJOR NUTRITION, INC.	Health & Fitness	$5K	1K	71,959	4.7	154 MB	Aug 2018
Spicer - Sex Ideas For Couples by Spicer Limited	Lifestyle	$5K	1K	2,046	4.6	39 MB	Jan 2018
Akron Beacon Journal Now by Gannett	News	$5K	1K	467	3.9	205 MB	Sep 2018
Money Manager & Spend Tracker by Timofei Voropaev	Finance	$5K	6K	165	4.7	61 MB	Mar 2018
Pflotsh SuperHD by Garzotto GmbH	Weather	$5K	1K	2	3.0	22 MB	Jul 2018
Music Tiles 2 - Fun Piano Game by Doan Le Quyen	Games	$5K	40K	8,934	4.5	174 MB	Dec 2018
Probuild (App for Contractors) by Probuild Software Inc.	Business	$5K	1K	241	4.9	63 MB	Jun 2018
Efficiency Match Sports by EFFICIENCY MATCH SOCIEDAD LIMITADA	Sports	$5K	1K	37	5.0	168 MB	Jul 2018
Word Hunt · by Word Search Games	Games	$5K	10K	42,206	4.6	148 MB	Mar 2018
QuizzLand. Quiz & Trivia game by MNO GO APPS LTD	Games	$5K	80K	141,110	4.7	244 MB	Feb 2018
HTTP Catcher by MESS LAB LTD	Developer Tools	$5K	6K	136	3.1	38 MB	Dec 2018
Dream Piano by Eyugame Network Technology Co., Ltd	Games	$5K	10K	68,725	4.9	118 MB	Aug 2018
Straightaway Powered by Mapbox by Straightaway LLC	Navigation	$5K	1K	505	4.3	85 MB	Aug 2018
TYT - Home of Progressives by The Young Turks, Inc.	News	$5K	1K	973	4.5	198 MB	Apr 2018
Actions by Moleskine Studio by Moleskine Srl	Productivity	$5K	1K	9,275	4.6	198 MB	Feb 2018
Drawing kids games for toddler by Bini Bambini Academy	Education	$5K	1K	7,330	4.5	489 MB	Jul 2018
Pepi Wonder World: Magic Isles by Pepi Play	Education	$5K	1K	3,908	4.2	264 MB	Oct 2018
Acr call recorder - for iPhone by Arun Nair	Business	$5K	8K	4,052	4.4	69 MB	Apr 2018
FullyRaw by Kristina by FullyRaw Media LLC	Food & Drink	$5K	1K	4,453	4.8	150 MB	Jun 2018
Florida Times-Union by Gannett	News	$4K	1K	407	3.9	205 MB	Feb 2018
WordFinder by YourDictionary by LoveToKnow	Games	$4K	1K	25,028	4.8	134 MB	Nov 2018
Hotspot VPN - Secure Proxy by Hotspot VPN, Inc.	Productivity	$4K	1K	8,819	4.7	62 MB	Feb 2018
Player FM — Podcast App by Maple Media Apps, LLC	News	$4K	1K	4,419	4.7	243 MB	Oct 2018
ShotVision Launch Monitor by JETBLACK MEDIA (PTY) LTD	Sports	$4K	1K	1,245	3.5	100 MB	Mar 2018
uCaptain: Boat Fishing Game 3D by Studio Pareidolia Limited Liability Company	Games	$4K	1K	10,974	4.7	260 MB	Jul 2018
스타 플래닛: SBS M 더 쇼, 더 트롯쇼 투표 by Studio M&C, Inc.	Entertainment	$4K	1K	309	2.7	104 MB	May 2018
Expo & React Native components by Saravanakumar GN	Developer Tools	$850	1K	39	4.2	165 MB	Jan 2018
Cry Analyzer - baby translator by First Ascent	Medical	$850	10K	92	4.0	32 MB	Mar 2018
Praise-Break by Jonathan Hutchinson	Music	$850	1K	624	4.7	33 MB	Aug 2018
With the Band by With the Band LLC	Music	$850	1K	14	5.0	59 MB	Dec 2018
UFO VPN: Ultra Fast Secure VPN by Dreamfii HK Limited	Productivity	$850	1K	15,894	4.7	204 MB	Oct 2018
Prode Master by Picatecla S.A.S.	Sports	$850	1K	32	3.5	60 MB	Jun 2018
Catch Santa AR by Dualverse, Inc.	Photo & Video	$850	1K	5,506	4.6	388 MB	Dec 2018
Word Checker for Scrabble® by Fabien Maurice	Reference	$850	1K	6,815	4.8	34 MB	Aug 2018
Essence Magazine by Essence Communications Inc	Magazines & Newspapers	$850	1K	936	4.5	22 MB	Sep 2018
VPN - Secure Proxy & WIFI by Ever Fun Apps LLC	Productivity	$850	1K	52,868	4.6	115 MB	Jan 2018
VPN One Super Unlimited Proxy by WEHANDS INC OU	Productivity	$850	1K	5,739	4.5	81 MB	Jul 2018
Python3 IDE Fresh Edition by 娜陈	Developer Tools	$850	10K	388	4.5	91 MB	Jul 2018
C++ IDE Fresh Edition by 娜陈	Developer Tools	$850	1K	54	4.5	125 MB	Jul 2018
Music Player ‣ by Companjen Apps B.V.	Music	$850	40K	67,116	4.6	24 MB	Aug 2018
CloudSpotter by Cloud Appreciation Ltd	Reference	$850	1K	24	3.8	43 MB	Feb 2018
Cleveland Marathon by Cleveland Marathon	Sports	$850	1K	27	3.7	116 MB	Apr 2018
MPP - The social predictor by FANTALEAGUE	Sports	$850	10K	943	4.8	92 MB	Jun 2018
IF: Intermittent Fasting 16:8 by 5W APPS GmbH	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	2,626	4.8	149 MB	Dec 2018
Workouts For Men: Gym & Home by BetterMe Trading Limited	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	26,322	4.4	84 MB	Aug 2018
V Shred: Nutrition & Fitness by V Shred LLC	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	100,881	4.7	40 MB	Dec 2018
Sesh: Workouts for Women by Undefined LLC	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	5,397	4.8	313 MB	Jan 2018
Adobe Premiere Rush：Edit Video by Adobe Inc.	Photo & Video	$850	1K	126,921	4.6	463 MB	Oct 2018
Tubidy Fm Offline Music Player by Tubidy Fm Mesia S.R.L.	Entertainment	$850	1K	10,038	4.5	91 MB	Jul 2018
OPixels-Charging Wallpaper by MISSU LIMITED	Lifestyle	$850	1K	9,661	3.9	290 MB	Nov 2018
Horror Games & Chat Stories by Appenvision Ltd	Entertainment	$850	20K	40,637	4.6	188 MB	May 2018
AstroClub: Astrology & Tarot by Luni	Lifestyle	$850	1K	9,643	4.7	164 MB	Sep 2018
Academons Elementary lessons by Cerebriti	Education	$850	1K	32	4.3	80 MB	Dec 2018
GIANT: eSIM Mobile Data Plan by ShareG, Inc	Travel	$850	1K	1,155	4.5	74 MB	Dec 2018
My City : Office by My Town Games LTD	Education	$850	1K	2,034	4.6	385 MB	Dec 2018
Unofficial Map for RDR2 by Oisin O'Neill	Reference	$850	9K	6,267	4.8	60 MB	Nov 2018
MoyStambul - гид по Стамбулу by Ekaterina Erdac	Travel	$850	1K	5	4.0	86 MB	Dec 2018
Hipster Trader - Forex Tools by Pitaya Capital LTD	Finance	$850	1K	45	4.7	87 MB	Sep 2018
Scripts: Learn Chinese writing by PLANB LABS OU	Education	$850	1K	2,227	4.7	124 MB	Nov 2018
CarScope: Car Management & MPG by Dixie Labs	Finance	$850	1K	624	4.5	29 MB	Sep 2018
Future Baby Face Generator! by SHINE SHINE APPS S.L.	Lifestyle	$850	1K	29,448	3.9	86 MB	Sep 2018
My City : Dentist Visit by My Town Games LTD	Education	$850	1K	3,172	4.5	456 MB	Nov 2018
Trading & Forex News by Pitaya Capital LTD	Finance	$850	1K	40	4.3	91 MB	Aug 2018
My City : After School by My Town Games LTD	Education	$850	1K	3,163	4.5	391 MB	Oct 2018
CorePower Yoga On Demand by CorePower Yoga	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	1,180	4.6	82 MB	Jul 2018
Kids Drawing, Doodle Painting by Hue Hoang Thi	Entertainment	$850	1K	19,357	4.3	180 MB	Jul 2018
FunCam Kids: AR Selfie Filters by FaceSwap Apps Limited	Entertainment	$850	1K	11,929	4.5	274 MB	Oct 2018
Decanter Know Your Wine by Feed Your Elephant	Food & Drink	$850	1K	556	4.6	204 MB	Mar 2018
Scoreboard - On The Go by Villegas Ventures LLC	Sports	$850	20K	25,720	4.4	15 MB	Jun 2018
FlashBible - Chat Stories by FlashRead Inc.	Education	$850	1K	5	4.8	45 MB	Oct 2018
Kids Cooking Games! by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	4,519	4.3	495 MB	Aug 2018
How Are Things Made? by Learny Land	Education	$850	1K	15	3.9	404 MB	Nov 2018
Flipr Bill Of Sale by Alex Trejo	Finance	$850	1K	93	4.4	15 MB	Jul 2018
Squarespace: Run your business by Squarespace, Inc.	Productivity	$850	20K	17,639	4.7	390 MB	Dec 2018
Cougar: Dating Mature Women by Match Tech Group Limited	Social Networking	$850	1K	21,767	3.7	101 MB	Aug 2018
Swing Index by Swing AI, Inc.	Sports	$850	1K	456	4.8	147 MB	Jun 2018
XRP Wallet: Trade & Buy Crypto by Caramba App Development	Finance	$850	1K	3,850	4.5	19 MB	Jan 2018
TopTennisTips by Zoltan Varga	Sports	$850	1K	36	4.3	33 MB	Jan 2018
Soccer Games: for Kids by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	3,528	4.4	240 MB	Dec 2018
Color Collect - Palette Studio by WXColor Tech Co., Ltd.	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	737	4.8	28 MB	Nov 2018
Sunny School Stories by SUBARA	Education	$850	1K	5,666	4.3	100 MB	Apr 2018
mScanner - Pro PDF Scan App by Madduck	Business	$850	1K	440	4.3	69 MB	Oct 2018
QuickSell Digital Cataloguing by Apport Software Solutions Private Limited	Business	$850	1K	37	3.6	65 MB	Jan 2018
Dr.Pad: Patient Medical Record by IMEDI Systems, LLC	Medical	$850	1K	27	3.6	103 MB	Apr 2018
Vacation Hotel Stories by SUBARA	Education	$850	1K	9,768	4.3	135 MB	Nov 2018
Swift Miles - Mileage Tracker by Tekton Technologies (P) Ltd.	Finance	$850	1K	147	4.5	72 MB	Jan 2018
Fashion Nova: Trendy Shopping by Fashion Nova Inc.	Shopping	$850	200K	1,304,809	4.8	69 MB	May 2018
Wuge by GLORIOUS MELODIES CONSULTANCY PTE. LTD.	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	5	5.0	176 MB	Jul 2018
Arby’s - Pickup or Delivery by Arby's	Food & Drink	$850	100K	521,390	4.8	123 MB	Mar 2018
Total Wine & More by Retail Services & Systems, Inc.	Food & Drink	$850	50K	120,418	4.8	228 MB	Jan 2018
Crumbl by Crumbl, LLC	Food & Drink	$850	200K	5,683,938	4.9	144 MB	Oct 2018
Marco’s Pizza by MARCO'S FRANCHISING, LLC	Food & Drink	$850	40K	12,072	4.9	203 MB	Dec 2018
Spirit Airlines by Spirit Airlines	Travel	$850	1K	2,071,093	4.8	83 MB	Nov 2018
Dairy Queen® Food & Treats by International Dairy Queen, Inc.	Food & Drink	$850	200K	275,669	4.7	94 MB	May 2018
Commands for Linux Terminal by 雷戴	Developer Tools	$850	1K	194	4.6	32 MB	Mar 2018
H&M by H&M	Shopping	$850	700K	237,709	4.8	226 MB	Jul 2018
Govee Home by Shenzhen Intellirocks Tech Co. Ltd.	Utilities	$850	300K	10,474	4.2	587 MB	Jul 2018
CSCPay Mobile by CSC ServiceWorks Holdings, INC.	Utilities	$850	50K	35,275	4.2	31 MB	Apr 2018
Princess Polly by Princess Polly Online Pty Ltd	Shopping	$850	30K	9,917	4.9	59 MB	Feb 2018
Keto Diet Recipes by App Ktchn Ltd	Food & Drink	$850	1K	2,857	4.6	18 MB	Apr 2018
DJI Mimo by DJI	Photo & Video	$850	2M	22,666	4.6	1967 MB	Dec 2018
Ringtones Maker - the ring app by 苏娟陈	Productivity	$850	600K	411,878	4.7	69 MB	Mar 2018
The Independent: Breaking News by Independent Digital News & Media Limited	News	$850	1K	490	4.6	58 MB	Sep 2018
Scanbooster Ultrasound Sim by Scanbooster	Medical	$850	1K	308	4.3	231 MB	Oct 2018
Summit Reader by FENG YU	Books	$850	7K	1,088	4.8	55 MB	Mar 2018
TestPro US Dressage Federation by LION DOG APPS LIMITED	Sports	$850	1K	375	4.6	60 MB	Nov 2018
Smart View - Cast Device to TV by Extreme Solutions Apps SL	Photo & Video	$850	1K	764	2.4	116 MB	Oct 2018
Phone Call Recorder PRO - ACR by ROCKETAPPS LLC	Utilities	$850	1K	20,609	4.5	127 MB	Aug 2018
TeasEar: ASMR Slime Antistress by Smertrios	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	55,924	4.4	363 MB	Nov 2018
Placeter by UNIVERSOFT	Lifestyle	$850	1K	-	-	70 MB	Dec 2018
V380 Pro by 文浩胡	Photo & Video	$850	400K	2,124	3.1	215 MB	Aug 2018
AthletesGoLive by AthletesGoLive, Inc.	Sports	$850	1K	169	3.2	67 MB	Sep 2018
Farmers Dating Only - FarmersD by Sugar Life Limited	Lifestyle	$850	1K	14,744	4.2	98 MB	Aug 2018
Atmosphere Weather by Concept Elements LLC	Weather	$850	1K	730	4.5	43 MB	Oct 2018
Baby Apps by Irina Fonderkina	Games	$850	1K	6,877	4.3	120 MB	Jul 2018
Baby Checklist - Shopping List by Dariusz Czochara	Shopping	$850	1K	100	4.8	8 MB	Jan 2018
Back Seat Navigator by William King	Navigation	$850	1K	295	4.2	130 MB	Aug 2018
Bartender School by Henrique Bersani	Food & Drink	$850	1K	764	4.8	133 MB	Jun 2018
Crossword Daily: Word Puzzle by 熙亮徐	Games	$850	1K	942	4.6	55 MB	Jan 2018
Travel Buddy: A Social Network by Saurav Chakraborty	Travel	$850	1K	14	3.0	81 MB	May 2018
Bed and Bale by Virginia Smith	Travel	$850	1K	72	2.7	44 MB	Feb 2018
Daily Bible Verse - Biblify by Viktoriya Avdonina	Reference	$850	1K	505	4.8	293 MB	May 2018
eKidz.eu - Languages made easy by eKidz.eu	Education	$850	1K	18	4.5	129 MB	May 2018
Camera Photo Translator HD by Discontia GmbH	Travel	$850	1K	147	4.5	35 MB	Apr 2018

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 2018 by category

Category	Apps	$100K+	Hit rate	Median/mo	Top earner
Books	19	3	16%	$8K	Inkitt Galatea: Audio & eBooks $850K
Business	32	4	13%	$5K	Package Tracker - pkge Mobile $850K
Developer Tools	23	0	0%	$850	Surge 5 $26K
Education	101	6	6%	$850	Pimsleur \| Language Learning $1.7M
Entertainment	37	6	16%	$850	The Zeus Network $6.0M
Finance	28	0	0%	$850	LifeLock Identity $85K
Food & Drink	36	0	0%	$850	America's Test Kitchen $68K
Games	117	8	7%	$850	Total Battle: War Strategy $7.7M
Graphics & Design	23	0	0%	$850	Invitation Maker: Cards & RSVP $68K
Health & Fitness	48	6	13%	$6K	Waking Up: Meditation & Wisdom $595K
Lifestyle	33	2	6%	$850	Anker eufy $595K
Magazines & Newspapers	1	0	0%	$850	Essence Magazine $850
Medical	40	0	0%	$850	Christian Hypnobirthing $26K
Music	38	3	8%	$850	Beat Maker Pro: Music drum Pad $340K
Navigation	32	1	3%	$8K	calimoto motorcycle navigation $425K
News	12	3	25%	$9K	The Economist: News & Analysis $850K
Photo & Video	45	9	20%	$8K	Prequel: Photo & Video Editor $1.7M
Productivity	39	7	18%	$850	VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy $2.6M
Reference	28	3	11%	$850	Translate Now - AI Translator $2.6M
Shopping	13	0	0%	$850	T-Shirt Design Studio $6K
Social Networking	21	2	10%	$9K	ZEPETO: Avatar, Connect & Live $425K
Sports	39	1	3%	$850	F1 TV $1.7M
Travel	30	1	3%	$850	Outdooractive $170K
Utilities	29	7	24%	$850	Norton 360 Security & VPN $2.6M
Weather	27	0	0%	$850	DeerCast-Prep. Predict. Pursue $85K

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