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
Beat snap 2 -music maker remix by MWM	Music	$850	1K	3,476	4.4	169 MB	Oct 2018
BJJ Master App by Grapplearts by Grapplearts Enterprises Inc.	Sports	$850	1K	69	4.8	221 MB	May 2018
Blood pressure app+ by 7logic OU	Medical	$850	1K	2,091	4.5	57 MB	Dec 2018
Boomplay: Music & Live Stream by Transsnet Music Limited	Music	$850	90K	3,271	4.1	107 MB	Dec 2018
Race Car Games: For Kids by Skidos Learning	Education	$850	1K	2,423	4.5	558 MB	Mar 2018
Dr. Panda Town: Pet World by Dr. Panda Ltd	Education	$850	1K	754	3.8	227 MB	Oct 2018
Dr. Panda Town: Vacation by Dr. Panda Ltd	Education	$850	1K	1,493	3.7	245 MB	May 2018
Drum Machine - Music Maker by MWM	Music	$850	1K	5,900	4.3	71 MB	Sep 2018
EASY peasy: English for Kids by wonderkind GmbH	Education	$850	1K	833	4.4	201 MB	Mar 2018
ExpressExpense by ExpressExpense	Business	$850	1K	529	4.2	11 MB	Aug 2018
FAX from iPhone & Send Ad Free by AMPLIFY VENTURES	Business	$850	1K	2,245	4.7	136 MB	Dec 2018
FX Meter by Black Tower Investments Ltd.	Finance	$850	1K	368	4.5	20 MB	Aug 2018
Golf Shot Tracer by Visual Vertigo Software Technologies GmbH	Sports	$850	1K	147	2.2	212 MB	Aug 2018
G-Plans: Customized Nutrition by Goglia Nutrition, LLC	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	6,148	4.7	142 MB	Feb 2018
Graphic Designer - Logo Maker by 技柯	Reference	$850	1K	846	4.7	74 MB	Jul 2018
Habit — Daily Tracker by Reflectly ApS	Productivity	$850	1K	2,334	3.8	38 MB	Dec 2018
Hearing Aid - Sound Amplifier by 晓溪张	Medical	$850	1K	414	3.9	10 MB	Jun 2018
Hell's Cooking: tasty kitchen by Michail Serpukhovitin	Games	$850	1K	1,502	4.5	685 MB	Aug 2018
Hip-Hop Beat Maker: Make Beats by Gismart Limited	Music	$850	1K	1,345	4.4	440 MB	Dec 2018
Make Ringtones for iPhone by PreviewX, Inc.	Music	$850	1K	1,684	4.2	143 MB	Jun 2018
NURSING.com \| NCLEX & Nursing by TazKai, LLC	Medical	$850	1K	874	4.5	39 MB	Jul 2018
Pinkfong Guess the Animal by The Pinkfong Company, Inc.	Education	$850	1K	429	4.3	139 MB	May 2018
Mirror for Roku TV App by AirBeamTV BV	Photo & Video	$850	1K	4,867	3.9	157 MB	May 2018
Saunders Comp Review NCLEX PN by Skyscape Medpresso Inc	Medical	$850	1K	3,452	4.9	41 MB	May 2018
WeParent - Co-Parenting App by FamTerra Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	571	3.7	77 MB	Dec 2018
YLMSportScience by YLMSportScience	Sports	$850	1K	18	4.7	39 MB	Aug 2018
Biker Planet Dating App by First Beat Media Inc.	Social Networking	$850	1K	41	2.7	80 MB	Feb 2018
Fanbase by Fanbase Media LLC	Social Networking	$850	1K	8,541	4.7	241 MB	Dec 2018
Fiete World: Games for kids 4+ by Ahoiii Entertainment	Education	$850	1K	3,127	4.5	301 MB	Dec 2018
GoDaddy: POS & Tap to Pay by GoDaddy Mobile LLC	Business	$850	1K	15,817	4.7	86 MB	Aug 2018
E-Signature & Document Scanner by Loyal Foundry, Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	9,306	4.7	161 MB	Feb 2018
Pinkfong Numbers Zoo by The Pinkfong Company, Inc.	Education	$850	1K	60	3.0	416 MB	Dec 2018
Spin Poker Pro - Casino Games by Jackpot Mobile, LLC	Games	$850	1K	4,938	4.6	353 MB	Mar 2018
App Lock · Secret Photo Vault by TALENT ACQUISITIONS PTY LTD	Photo & Video	$850	10K	853	4.3	191 MB	Nov 2018
Era: Parent with Purpose by Parent Lab Inc	Education	$850	1K	296	4.6	92 MB	Feb 2018
Parla: Learn Spanish & English by OCTAGONLAB	Education	$850	1K	1,417	4.7	179 MB	Feb 2018
Polygon: Paint Color by Number by Severex	Games	$850	1K	7,293	4.8	174 MB	Dec 2018
Quote Maker - Poster Creator by Lazy Fox Apps Studio	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	1,570	4.8	99 MB	Mar 2018
Robo Spam Text & Call Blocker by Murphy Brantley	Utilities	$850	1K	4,650	4.3	74 MB	Oct 2018
Saged: Spiritual Meditation by Smudge Tech, Inc	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	8,666	4.8	62 MB	Nov 2018
SleepScore by SleepScore Labs	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	7,128	4.4	172 MB	Jul 2018
Super VPN - Secure & VPN Proxy by Free Safety Connected Software Co.,Ltd	Productivity	$850	1K	11,130	4.5	28 MB	Feb 2018
Storyteller by MHN by New Luminary Media Pty Ltd	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	1,212	4.9	54 MB	Dec 2018
Trans, Transgender Dating - TS by 晓宇韩	Lifestyle	$850	1K	100	4.5	27 MB	Oct 2018
VolcanoEbook-Novel,Story＆Read by Wang XiaoYi	Books	$850	1K	169	3.3	109 MB	Dec 2018
Walesi by Walesi Limited	Business	$850	1K	24	2.1	43 MB	Jun 2018
World Voicemail by Norwood Systems (Aust) Pty Ltd	Utilities	$850	1K	1,478	4.2	234 MB	Aug 2018
Transgender Dating: Translr by Translr Limited	Social Networking	$850	20K	5,671	4.6	62 MB	Jul 2018
Cashmania Slots: Slot Games by Spark City Co., Limited	Games	$850	1K	32,734	4.6	150 MB	Aug 2018
Daily VPN - Secure VPN Proxy by UPUP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED	Productivity	$850	1K	9,423	4.4	94 MB	Oct 2018
Plaw: Widgets－Icons－Wallpapers by Lumos apps	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	25,842	4.6	344 MB	Jun 2018
SmashUps by American Greetings	Lifestyle	$850	1K	5,605	4.9	73 MB	Dec 2018
Cats the Commander by IGNITION M	Games	$850	1K	1,223	4.6	324 MB	Oct 2018
Chess Online - 2 Player Games by Turbo Labz	Games	$850	1K	1,126	4.4	390 MB	Jun 2018
Cleaner – Clean Duplicate Item by Brain Craft Ltd	Utilities	$850	1K	23,865	4.4	54 MB	Feb 2018
Color by number - for adults by Coloring puzzle games sp. z o.o.	Games	$850	1K	38,655	4.7	64 MB	Mar 2018
Drinker's Helper - Drink Less by Drinker’s Helper, LLC	Lifestyle	$850	1K	7,725	4.6	610 MB	Aug 2018
Dr. Panda Restaurant 3 by Dr. Panda Ltd	Education	$850	1K	1,495	4.0	262 MB	Mar 2018
Every Mother by Sustainable Fitness Inc.	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	1,172	4.7	52 MB	Jul 2018
Fast Lock VPN Apps Manager Key by DoubleVision Labs	Utilities	$850	1K	82	2.9	5 MB	Jul 2018
Fax from iPhone free from Ads by DreamBuilders Simple Solutions, LLC	Business	$850	1K	3,783	4.3	73 MB	Dec 2018
Finder For AirPod & Headphones by Bickster LLC	Utilities	$850	1K	12,027	3.9	39 MB	Mar 2018
FlickType - Watch Keyboard by Kpaw, LLC	Productivity	$850	1K	11,642	4.1	81 MB	Apr 2018
Fluid Simulation by Pavel Dobryakov	Entertainment	$850	1K	73,468	4.9	66 MB	Nov 2018
GZI TV by Global Spheres Center	Lifestyle	$850	1K	618	4.9	50 MB	Dec 2018
Miga Town by XiHe Digital (GuangZhou) Technology Co., Ltd	Education	$850	1K	3,472	2.9	88 MB	May 2018
Miga Town: My Hospital by XiHe Digital (GuangZhou) Technology Co., Ltd	Education	$850	1K	1,859	3.1	99 MB	Sep 2018
Miga Town: My Pets by XiHe Digital (GuangZhou) Technology Co., Ltd	Education	$850	1K	1,541	3.4	94 MB	Dec 2018
OmniFocus 3 by The Omni Group	Productivity	$850	1K	1,059	3.9	160 MB	May 2018
Paint.ly: Color by Number by Picfun, Inc.	Entertainment	$850	8K	140,154	4.7	364 MB	Dec 2018
PDF Scanner App: Scan Document by Smart Tool Studio	Business	$850	1K	5,911	4.5	90 MB	Aug 2018
Real Cricket™ 20 by Nautilus Mobile App Private Limited	Games	$850	10K	15	3.8	949 MB	Apr 2018
Scanner Vault: PDF & OCR Scan by Appsverse Inc.	Business	$850	1K	14,626	4.6	86 MB	Aug 2018
The Moon Calendar by Laura Haworth	Productivity	$850	1K	10,119	4.9	48 MB	Aug 2018
TOR Browser Evil Onion by Aleksey Gerbyn	Utilities	$850	1K	2,843	4.1	47 MB	Feb 2018
VocApp: Spanish German English by VocApp Pte. Ltd.	Education	$850	1K	1,186	4.5	89 MB	Nov 2018
YT Tracker for YouTube Creator by Edouard Barbier	Photo & Video	$850	1K	38,864	4.7	156 MB	Feb 2018
EFEKT Video Effects & Filters by PicsArt, Inc.	Photo & Video	$850	1K	15,997	4.6	137 MB	Apr 2018
Chineasy: Learn Chinese easily by Chineasy	Education	$850	1K	9,231	4.8	696 MB	Feb 2018
ReadingIQ by Age of Learning, Inc.	Education	$850	1K	20,167	4.6	47 MB	Nov 2018
Scan App + by Sarrada Software Inc	Business	$850	1K	6,994	4.8	86 MB	Feb 2018
Daily Horoscope App 2024 by BBP LABS LTD	Lifestyle	$850	1K	833	3.7	139 MB	Apr 2018
Kolex Collectibles by Kolex, Inc.	Entertainment	$850	1K	396	4.4	64 MB	Jul 2018
F3: Dating, Meet Friends, Chat by F3 SIA	Lifestyle	$850	1K	5,358	4.6	153 MB	Mar 2018
FastMath - Take Photo & Solve by Dakyuz Yazilim Ticaret Limited Sirketi	Education	$850	1K	50,885	4.2	82 MB	Nov 2018
Girl Games: Dress Up Makeover by Beauty Salon Games	Entertainment	$850	1K	32,529	4.7	225 MB	Aug 2018
Good Fonts: Text Font Keyboard by Whistle Studios LLC	Utilities	$850	1K	8,600	4.2	125 MB	Aug 2018
Keyplan 3D Lite - Home design by Quasarts LLC	Productivity	$850	1K	48,875	4.5	549 MB	Mar 2018
Sex Game for Couple : Naughty! by 11 Play	Entertainment	$850	1K	13,744	4.8	15 MB	Mar 2018
Chatspin - Random Video Chat by SMV Co.	Social Networking	$850	1K	3,634	4.2	68 MB	Dec 2018
MarcoPolo World School by MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.	Education	$850	1K	2,916	4.4	452 MB	Feb 2018
Spin Vegas Slots: VIP Casino by Design Works Gaming	Games	$850	1K	6,308	4.7	18 MB	Mar 2018
Trusted Tarot by Grow Media	Entertainment	$850	1K	5,315	4.8	86 MB	Dec 2018
Wordlook - Word Puzzle Games by Super Lucky Games LLC	Games	$850	1K	53,848	4.9	136 MB	Jul 2018
LightChat- Friendly Group Chat by 红瑶袁	Utilities	$850	1K	46	3.4	186 MB	Sep 2018
Miraj Islamic Stories & Games by Miraj Studios Ltd	Education	$850	1K	490	4.6	186 MB	Apr 2018
Emily Skye FIT: Workout App by Loup Pty Ltd	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	2,043	4.8	98 MB	Jun 2018
LooLoo Kids - Nursery Rhymes by COLORCITY	Education	$850	7K	3,085	4.4	33 MB	Dec 2018
Totsie – Baby Photo Editor by Burleigh Creative	Photo & Video	$850	1K	4,008	4.8	184 MB	Mar 2018
ZombsRoyale.io by Yangcheng Liu	Games	$850	1K	133,719	4.7	329 MB	May 2018
Beauty Editor -Face Filter App by MS. Face Editor Tune Beauty Camera Plus Selfie Makeup Cam	Photo & Video	$850	1K	13,149	4.6	184 MB	Jul 2018
Kinkoo: Kinky, Fet BDSM Dating by KINKY DATING APP LTD	Social Networking	$850	1K	95,227	4.1	215 MB	Aug 2018
Depth Wallpaper & Live Effect by Europosit	Entertainment	$850	1K	11,785	4.4	64 MB	Feb 2018
Shepherd-Best Fiction&Webnovel by 宽聂	Games	$850	1K	255	4.0	141 MB	Aug 2018
Live Wallpapers-AI Backgrounds by Wave Design Studio	Entertainment	$850	1K	41,159	4.5	142 MB	Jun 2018
obé \| Fitness for women by Our Body Electric	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	10,406	4.8	86 MB	Mar 2018
Suspects: Mobile Detective by Unsolved Studios Limited	Games	$850	30K	9,314	4.4	172 MB	Oct 2018
Relish: Relationship & Couples by Relish Development Ltd.	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	2,284	4.6	38 MB	Sep 2018
Stellar Age: MMO Strategy by Crazy Panda Limited	Games	$850	1K	347	4.0	564 MB	May 2018
Ringtones for iPhone: Infinity by Infinity Corp. Inc.	Music	$850	1K	11,064	4.4	127 MB	Apr 2018
Tongits Go by PLAYJOY LIMITED	Games	$850	1K	2,645	4.5	294 MB	Nov 2018
Futurio: Horoscope & Astrology by AIBY	Lifestyle	$850	1K	31,994	4.7	184 MB	Feb 2018
GymStreak: Workout & Nutrition by GymStreak Ltd	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	15,102	4.7	220 MB	Nov 2018
Drums: Learn & Play Beat Games by MWM	Music	$850	9K	31,129	4.4	257 MB	May 2018
Facey: Face Editor &Makeup Cam by Alpha Mobile Limited	Photo & Video	$850	1K	23,978	4.5	106 MB	Jun 2018
Sing by Stingray by Yokee Music	Entertainment	$850	1K	19,073	4.6	115 MB	Sep 2018
Soultime Christian Meditation by Soultime Media Limited	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	5,076	4.7	119 MB	Jul 2018
Nonolive - Live streaming by DOYU HONGKONG LIMITED	Entertainment	$850	1K	1,306	3.8	157 MB	Jun 2018
Guitar: tabs, chords & games by MWM	Music	$850	1K	39,481	4.5	221 MB	Jun 2018
Karaoke Songs - Voice Singing by Gismart Limited	Music	$850	1K	10,442	3.9	574 MB	Mar 2018
Miga Town: My Vacation by XiHe Digital (GuangZhou) Technology Co., Ltd	Education	$850	1K	2,872	2.9	105 MB	Oct 2018
Togo RV - RV GPS and more by Togo	Travel	$850	1K	257	3.4	84 MB	Sep 2018
LISTENING DEVICE, HEARING AID by Application Development 21	Medical	$850	1K	833	4.2	16 MB	Mar 2018
Bicycle Route Navigator by Adventure Cycling Association	Travel	$850	1K	1,858	4.4	104 MB	Feb 2018
Weather- NOAA Weather Radar by Five Mobile Game	Weather	$850	1K	1,533	4.4	277 MB	Aug 2018
YourDoctors - Online Doctor by HealthATech Solutions Inc.	Medical	$850	1K	4,713	4.5	74 MB	Nov 2018
Super Slime Simulator by Dramaton LTD	Lifestyle	$850	100K	401,575	4.7	272 MB	Apr 2018
Anime & Wallpapers - Live by Galina Imanberlina	Lifestyle	$850	1K	67,997	4.9	113 MB	Oct 2018
Poster & Flyer Maker by Pinso by Pinso, Inc.	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	26,557	4.6	290 MB	Jun 2018
Logo Maker: Watermark Designer by Orange Media CO.,Ltd	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	2,105	4.2	188 MB	Sep 2018
Storyluxe: Templates & Filters by Luxe Studio Apps LLC	Graphics & Design	$850	1K	6,122	4.9	247 MB	Sep 2018
PDF Editor ,PDF Book Reader by Milad Fakhr	Utilities	$850	1K	22,430	4.3	47 MB	May 2018
Zodi: Horoscope & Astrology by Adomin LTD	Lifestyle	$850	1K	3,236	4.5	266 MB	Sep 2018
Location Tracker - find GPS by ACADEMY IT Ltd.	Navigation	$850	1K	80	3.2	32 MB	Jul 2018
Number Finder: Caller ID Book by the Digitalists Interactive Agency Ltd	Utilities	$850	1K	70,333	4.7	50 MB	Jan 2018
Sanctuary Psychic Reading by Sanctuary Ventures Inc	Lifestyle	$850	1K	44,024	4.8	144 MB	Oct 2018
Translate - Pocket Translator by Do More Mobile, LLC.	Utilities	$850	1K	10,176	4.5	306 MB	Jun 2018
EasyGlam: AI Photo Editor by Smertrios	Photo & Video	$850	1K	34,512	4.5	309 MB	Aug 2018
Avrora Sleep Sounds & Stories by ONE ELEVEN HOLDINGS, LLC	Health & Fitness	$850	1K	17,933	4.6	217 MB	Nov 2018
English language: Learn & Play by Smertrios	Education	$850	1K	7,636	4.6	77 MB	Nov 2018
Filto: AI Photo & Video Editor by Pinso, Inc.	Photo & Video	$850	1K	166,934	4.7	214 MB	Nov 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