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
Oregon Pocket Maps by Alex Gugel	Travel	$850	1K	76	4.5	92 MB	Mar 2018
Phone Call Translator - IP by NordicWise Limited	Business	$850	1K	17	2.7	65 MB	Jul 2018
Ultimate Predator Calls by Silver Mustang Studios LLC	Sports	$850	1K	209	4.2	89 MB	Jul 2018
Swim Coach - Workout App by Thomas Kaul	Sports	$850	1K	154	4.7	32 MB	Jan 2018
Yummy Food Recipe Healthy Menu by Maxim Radchenko	Food & Drink	$850	1K	-	-	45 MB	Nov 2018
Lily Story by SeyeonSoft Co., Ltd.	Games	$850	1K	2,343	4.5	288 MB	Nov 2018
Local Haze by HumanLogic	Weather	$850	1K	30	4.6	37 MB	Jan 2018
Math Ace 2nd Grade by Class Ace LLC	Education	$850	1K	71	4.6	101 MB	May 2018
Dating and Chat - Sweet Meet by FlintCast	Social Networking	$850	5K	2,570	4.4	251 MB	Aug 2018
Find my Friends、Family、iPhone by Wuhan Switch Tech. Co., Ltd.	Navigation	$850	1K	694	4.4	28 MB	Aug 2018
CDE® Exam Prep & Review by Springer Publishing Company	Medical	$850	1K	55	4.7	85 MB	Sep 2018
Count Ur Days by Foundation Corp. Limited	Travel	$850	1K	6	4.3	50 MB	Aug 2018
Crossword Puzzle - Words Game by Supercode Games	Games	$850	1K	53	4.0	65 MB	Sep 2018
Chichen Itza Tour Guide Cancun by Cancun Day Trips, LLC	Travel	$850	1K	78	4.8	109 MB	Nov 2018
Crypto Top Charts and Ratings by Mobile Interactive LLC	Finance	$850	1K	649	4.5	49 MB	Jan 2018
Coinoscope: visual coin search by Miccron	Reference	$850	20K	119	3.3	13 MB	Jan 2018
Content Creator: Post Maker by Appreel Inc	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	478	4.8	92 MB	Jan 2018
Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries by Oxford University Press	Reference	$850	1K	4	5.0	94 MB	Feb 2018
C++ Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	4	5.0	2 MB	Oct 2018
Magic Number Drawing by Volker Elzner	Games	$850	1K	7	4.4	78 MB	Apr 2018
Kindergarten Math: Kids Games by Visual Math Interactive Sdn. Bhd.	Education	$850	1K	73	4.6	291 MB	May 2018
Online Hangman Word Game by Emozo Mimarlik ve Yazilim Hizmetleri	Games	$850	1K	329	4.0	103 MB	Jun 2018
Word Swipe - Link up letters by 志斌杨	Games	$850	1K	130	4.6	86 MB	Jul 2018
Moon Phase Calendar & Compass by Witold Goralski	Weather	$850	1K	82	4.7	74 MB	Oct 2018
Discover Pompeii - Pompei Tour by Fabio Sanna	Travel	$850	1K	57	4.4	143 MB	Jul 2018
Drink Extreme (Drinking Games) by Marc Villegas	Games	$850	10K	24	4.8	96 MB	Aug 2018
EPIC - Surf Report & Forecast by Nuno Fernandes	Weather	$850	1K	659	4.6	24 MB	Feb 2018
SKIDOS Viking Math Adventure by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	353	4.5	134 MB	Dec 2018
Inspection Maintenance - HVI by JRS Innovation	Productivity	$850	1K	94	4.7	157 MB	Aug 2018
Earnings Calls by Hadi Yousef	Finance	$850	1K	96	4.6	35 MB	Jul 2018
Einee - top 10 games for 2023 by Fat Rabbit Ltd	Education	$850	1K	2,701	4.9	34 MB	Feb 2018
KETO FOOD - Low Carb KetoDiet by Simon Benfeldt Jorgensen	Food & Drink	$850	1K	149	4.2	41 MB	Sep 2018
Pinkfong My Body by The Pinkfong Company, Inc.	Education	$850	1K	147	3.1	1116 MB	Oct 2018
mediQuo - chat consulta médica by Medipremium	Medical	$850	1K	49	4.8	43 MB	Aug 2018
Muso.AI by Muso.AI, Inc	Music	$850	1K	622	4.9	87 MB	Aug 2018
Photo Translator: Camera OCR by Son Hoang	Reference	$850	1K	88	4.6	74 MB	Aug 2018
Surgical Recall by Skyscape Medpresso Inc	Medical	$850	1K	12	4.3	34 MB	Feb 2018
Mideo: Record Video With Music by Topanga Technologies, LLC	Photo & Video	$850	1K	5,794	4.7	2 MB	Mar 2018
Exchange Rates Converter by Alexander Rylskov	Travel	$850	1K	780	4.8	28 MB	Jun 2018
ICEE Maker by Achieved Games LLC	Games	$850	1K	1,273	4.2	196 MB	Jun 2018
polytone - Rhythm Game by Haonan Li	Games	$850	1K	37	4.8	1058 MB	Jan 2018
GoodWhale App by GoodWhale Pte. Ltd.	Finance	$850	1K	6	3.2	75 MB	Apr 2018
Finish The Lyrics by Daniel Baczkowski	Games	$850	1K	780	4.3	82 MB	Feb 2018
Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas by Skyscape Medpresso Inc	Medical	$850	1K	29	4.7	37 MB	Jul 2018
Frontend Masters by MJG International, LLC	Education	$850	1K	269	4.7	40 MB	Sep 2018
Heathen by Dave DeLong	Food & Drink	$850	1K	40	4.7	15 MB	Nov 2018
Rainy Days Rain Radar by Hugo Visser	Weather	$850	1K	16	4.3	28 MB	Mar 2018
Pastel Girl by SeyeonSoft Co., Ltd.	Games	$850	1K	6,659	4.6	260 MB	Mar 2018
InSimu - The Patient Simulator by InSimu	Medical	$850	1K	66	3.9	71 MB	Jan 2018
Levade - Equestrian Training by Levade	Sports	$850	1K	1	2.0	136 MB	Sep 2018
Merge World: 3D Idle Game by Virede	Games	$850	1K	465	4.6	83 MB	Sep 2018
Poisoning & Drug Overdose Info by Skyscape Medpresso Inc	Medical	$850	1K	7	4.6	44 MB	Apr 2018
Turnscape by Bit Free Games	Games	$850	1K	241	4.2	107 MB	Dec 2018
Flash Order Digital Ordering by Mana Pass	Food & Drink	$850	1K	16	4.3	187 MB	Sep 2018
Learn recorder: Flute Master by Insignio Labs	Education	$850	1K	54	4.6	634 MB	Apr 2018
foodbymaria Delicious Recipes by CookBook Co. Pty Ltd	Food & Drink	$850	1K	92	5.0	77 MB	May 2018
Funl Analyst Ideas by Tipigo	Finance	$850	1K	16	3.4	27 MB	Aug 2018
SKIDOS Fun Math: 1st-4th Grade by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	1,406	4.5	216 MB	Dec 2018
Tankee Gaming Videos & More by Tankee Inc	Entertainment	$850	1K	3,620	4.7	11 MB	Aug 2018
Bakely Wedding Cake Decorating by Mathias Persson	Food & Drink	$850	1K	1,541	4.5	321 MB	Oct 2018
Gift Card Balance (GCB) by Aifen Sun	Shopping	$850	1K	135	2.2	132 MB	Oct 2018
Girls Night: Group Party Game by Social Sloths Games	Games	$850	1K	50	3.2	24 MB	Jan 2018
Glitch Dash by David Marquardt	Games	$850	1K	4,551	4.5	184 MB	Feb 2018
GPS Car Tracker: Find My Car by Joy Sarkar	Navigation	$850	1K	415	4.3	46 MB	May 2018
Gradients Maker Design Tool HD by Edouard Barbier	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	135	4.0	56 MB	Nov 2018
IQsha - kids learning game by Mediartis LTD	Education	$850	1K	12	4.7	333 MB	Sep 2018
Java Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	46	4.7	2 MB	Feb 2018
Rhythm Skydiving 401 by Rhythm Skydiving	Sports	$850	1K	136	4.9	78 MB	Sep 2018
Rocket Soccer Derby by Rabbit Mountain	Games	$850	1K	5,179	4.3	205 MB	Feb 2018
Pokies: Starry Casino Slots by NewSpark Game LLC.	Games	$850	1K	283	4.2	275 MB	Dec 2018
Grid Draw- Logo & Icon Creator by Bret Lester	Developer Tools	$850	1K	172	4.4	7 MB	Sep 2018
Grocery List ◎ by Find Appiness LLC	Shopping	$850	1K	3,648	4.5	46 MB	Mar 2018
Guess the Movie - Emoji Games by Anastasiia Lavrenteva	Games	$850	1K	7	3.3	95 MB	Dec 2018
Harrison’s Manual Medicine App by Skyscape Medpresso Inc	Medical	$850	1K	171	4.7	70 MB	Aug 2018
How Old Do I Look by Tripti Kumari	Entertainment	$850	1K	10,536	4.1	42 MB	Dec 2018
i-Hunting : GPS Maps App by Bist LLC	Navigation	$850	1K	1,455	4.4	43 MB	Jun 2018
Monkey Math: Kids math games by Early Start Co. Ltd	Education	$850	1K	286	4.6	152 MB	Nov 2018
Jesus Bible Trivia Games Quiz by RD Games	Games	$850	1K	1,866	4.9	89 MB	Sep 2018
Offline Maps Europe by Play Around Code App and Map	Travel	$850	1K	1	1.0	75 MB	Aug 2018
Photo Vault∞ Private Pic Safe by Camera LLC(TX)	Shopping	$850	1K	195	4.4	32 MB	Jan 2018
Stact - Live Scores & Stats by BoardScore, Inc.	Sports	$850	1K	34	4.7	371 MB	Jan 2018
Walkster: Lose Weight Walking by Bickster LLC	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	11,323	4.6	46 MB	Jan 2018
KetoDietApp by Amichai Palgi	Food & Drink	$850	1K	6,435	4.5	34 MB	Feb 2018
Keto-Recipes by Drama Labs GmbH	Food & Drink	$850	1K	184	4.5	6 MB	Aug 2018
New In Chess Books by New In Chess	Books	$850	1K	121	4.3	23 MB	Feb 2018
Our Bible by Crystal Cheatham Professional Writing LLC.	Books	$850	1K	195	3.9	51 MB	Jan 2018
Sim Racing Telemetry by Daniele Benegiamo	Games	$850	1K	33	4.4	44 MB	Apr 2018
Prodigies by Young Music LLC	Education	$850	1K	201	4.8	68 MB	Aug 2018
Drift Clash Online Racing by AKPublish pty. ltd.	Games	$850	1K	5,197	4.7	482 MB	Jan 2018
The Crypto App: News & Alerts by Trustswap Inc.	Finance	$850	1K	2,379	4.7	233 MB	Feb 2018
JavaScript Recipes by Fedor Obraztsov	Developer Tools	$850	1K	97	4.7	2 MB	Jul 2018
Keap by Infusionsoft	Business	$850	1K	1,719	4.5	87 MB	Sep 2018
FFC Fantasy Football by Fantasy Football Calculator	Sports	$850	1K	1,776	4.7	29 MB	Aug 2018
Kids Games: My Math Fun Train by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	237	4.4	405 MB	Oct 2018
Rabbit Games: SKIDOS by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	1,180	4.3	204 MB	Nov 2018
Kids Painting, Draw & Coloring by Hue Hoang Thi	Entertainment	$850	1K	775	4.3	328 MB	Jul 2018
Kids Word Search Puzzles by BHADRIK MEHTA	Games	$850	1K	10	2.3	38 MB	Aug 2018
Kodex by Bruno Philipe Resende Silva	Developer Tools	$850	10K	207	4.2	14 MB	Mar 2018
LakeMonster - Fishing App by Live it Tech	Sports	$850	1K	653	4.7	90 MB	Aug 2018
RhythmStar: Music Adventure by ANBSoft	Games	$850	1K	218	4.8	178 MB	May 2018
Physicians Cancer Chemotherapy by Atmosphere Apps, Inc.	Medical	$850	1K	200	4.8	79 MB	Jun 2018
SKIDOS Run Math Games for Kids by Skidos Learning	Games	$850	1K	455	4.3	191 MB	Feb 2018
Superstar Judo by Fighting Films	Sports	$850	1K	53	5.0	48 MB	Aug 2018
XRP Alerts by Danny Law	Finance	$850	1K	1,356	4.7	29 MB	Jan 2018
CodeSnack IDE by Mobibean, LLC	Developer Tools	$850	1K	1,544	4.4	66 MB	Jul 2018
Learn Icelandic Language by PLANB LABS OU	Education	$850	1K	1,438	4.8	136 MB	Mar 2018
Catch Driver: Horse Racing by The Farm Ventures	Games	$850	1K	178	3.8	212 MB	Aug 2018
NETCOMICS - Webtoon & Manga by NETCOMICS, Inc.	Books	$850	1K	33	3.0	45 MB	Jul 2018
Little Green Spoon by India Power	Food & Drink	$850	1K	2	5.0	56 MB	Sep 2018
Littmann™ Learning by CSD Labs	Medical	$850	1K	724	4.9	16 MB	Jan 2018
LogRide - Theme Park Tracker by PARKWIDE LLC	Travel	$850	1K	134	4.6	38 MB	Nov 2018
Lowriders Comeback 2 : Russia by Anton Lebed	Games	$850	1K	498	3.9	537 MB	Mar 2018
LuckGrib by Craig McPheeters	Weather	$850	1K	273	4.9	172 MB	Mar 2018
MasterBiga by Masterbiga Srl Semplificata	Food & Drink	$850	1K	8	5.0	88 MB	Aug 2018
Math Ace 3rd Grade by Class Ace LLC	Education	$850	1K	153	4.6	104 MB	Jun 2018
SKIDOS Monster Math for Kids by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	1,016	4.4	296 MB	Sep 2018
MealTastic: Cooking Recipes by Yadahome.com, LLC	Food & Drink	$850	1K	171	4.4	65 MB	Jul 2018
Melange Maestro Cocktails by Kostiantyn Zuiev	Food & Drink	$850	1K	88	4.7	17 MB	Dec 2018
Merge Plus by KIDBEAR	Games	$850	1K	10,295	4.6	125 MB	Dec 2018
MGH Nephrology Guide by Unbound Medicine, Inc.	Medical	$850	1K	18	4.8	15 MB	Mar 2018
Mindful Menu by Mindful Menu LLC	Food & Drink	$850	1K	39	4.7	18 MB	Jun 2018
Mini Crossword Daily by Danger Apps Inc.	Games	$850	1K	2,995	4.8	59 MB	Nov 2018
Mio - Learning Games for Kids by Mioris LTD	Education	$850	1K	3,377	4.6	293 MB	Oct 2018
Mishnah by Moshe Cohen	Books	$850	1K	175	4.9	145 MB	Nov 2018
My Car - Vehicle Manager by KineApps Oy	Finance	$850	1K	881	4.7	81 MB	Mar 2018
PiaTune by HAKKI BAYKA	Music	$850	1K	8	4.4	47 MB	Nov 2018
Learn music: Rhythmic Village by Insignio Labs	Education	$850	1K	19	4.3	633 MB	Apr 2018
Washington Manual Bundle App by Skyscape Medpresso Inc	Medical	$850	1K	33	4.6	57 MB	Aug 2018
Waymarked Trails by Waymarked Trails LTD	Travel	$850	1K	21	4.5	53 MB	Mar 2018
mncraft.beer by The Jed Mahonis Group	Food & Drink	$850	1K	1,121	4.7	8 MB	Jan 2018
Mobile Traffic by Mobile Traffic LLC	Navigation	$850	1K	21	4.9	38 MB	Jun 2018
Moon Calendar Plus by Rivolu LLC	Weather	$850	1K	971	4.8	40 MB	Feb 2018
My Cake Calculator by Gateaux sur Mesure Paris	Food & Drink	$850	1K	6	4.2	20 MB	Nov 2018
My Fridge: food recipes by Extruder App Inc.	Food & Drink	$850	1K	410	3.2	39 MB	May 2018
MySQL Mobile Client by Filippo Maguolo	Developer Tools	$850	1K	178	4.4	86 MB	Aug 2018
My Wine Cellar by Stewart Lynch	Food & Drink	$850	1K	187	4.5	50 MB	Jul 2018
NaadSadhana by Sandeep Ranade	Music	$850	1K	186	4.7	446 MB	Mar 2018
NEON GIF+TEXT Video Effects by Platfarm Inc.	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	137	4.0	115 MB	Aug 2018
Neurology Exam Review Q&A by Springer Publishing Company	Medical	$850	1K	70	4.7	170 MB	Mar 2018
Nourishly for Clinicians by Recovery Record	Medical	$850	1K	32	5.0	118 MB	Jun 2018
Offroad Simulator Online by Vitaliy Titov	Games	$850	1K	368	4.0	1320 MB	Jul 2018
OSHA Safety Regulations Guide by Svitlana Kyrylova	Reference	$850	1K	1,269	4.7	126 MB	Aug 2018
SQL Server Mobile Client by Filippo Maguolo	Developer Tools	$850	1K	50	4.1	73 MB	Aug 2018
PANO Carousel Collage Panorama by Appreel Inc	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	1,136	4.6	210 MB	Sep 2018
Parts for your car Infinit... by Andrey Ivanchenko	Shopping	$850	1K	1	1.0	71 MB	Apr 2018
Pass 360 by GrubPass LLC	Shopping	$850	1K	33	4.1	26 MB	Mar 2018
Nanny Paycheck Calculator by Michelle Grady	Finance	$850	1K	43	4.4	49 MB	Feb 2018
Bible Memory Bible by Millennial Apps, LLC	Reference	$850	1K	595	4.8	39 MB	Jan 2018
Toddler Drawing & Coloring by Apic Ways	Education	$850	1K	253	4.3	258 MB	Dec 2018
Super Kids Racing by YASH FUTURE TECH SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.	Games	$850	1K	5	3.8	616 MB	Feb 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