Productivity app revenue: 2019 launches

Revenue and download estimates for the 51 Productivity apps in the database that launched in 2019, with revenue shown after Apple takes its cut. 10 of them (20%) keep $100K or more a month; the median app keeps $5K. Top earners: Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF ($11.1M/mo), iTranslate Translator ($850K/mo) and Evernote - Notes Organizer ($850K/mo).

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

Productivity apps launched in 2019

51 apps, total $15.8M/mo, median $5K/mo, 10 over $100K, cohort hit rate 20%

App	Category	Net revenue/mo	Downloads/mo	Ratings	Rating	Size	Launched
Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF by Goodnotes Limited	Productivity	$11.1M	1M	379,853	4.7	668 MB	Jan 2019
iTranslate Translator by Mosaic S.r.l.	Productivity	$850K	100K	525,827	4.7	256 MB	Feb 2019
Evernote - Notes Organizer by Evernote Corporation	Productivity	$850K	80K	63,516	4.4	320 MB	Feb 2019
Keeper Password Manager by Callpod Inc.	Productivity	$680K	10K	183,756	4.9	158 MB	Feb 2019
Mobile Scanner App - Scan PDF by Glority Global Group Ltd.	Productivity	$510K	300K	51,637	4.8	149 MB	May 2019
Notta-Transcribe Voice to Text by MindCruiser	Productivity	$340K	80K	336	4.0	159 MB	Dec 2019
WPS Office: PDF, Docs, Sheets by KINGSOFT OFFICE SOFTWARE CORPORATION LIMITED	Productivity	$255K	600K	16,912	4.8	604 MB	Dec 2019
Bark - Parental Controls by Bark Technologies, Inc.	Productivity	$255K	30K	32,011	4.2	22 MB	Sep 2019
Swann Security by Swann Communications Pty Ltd	Productivity	$255K	10K	48,067	4.7	137 MB	May 2019
Tiimo: Daily To Do AI Planner by tiimo	Productivity	$170K	200K	14,494	4.6	235 MB	Oct 2019
iTourTranslator by iTourtranslator Information Technology Co., Ltd.	Productivity	$85K	1K	178	3.9	254 MB	Aug 2019
Habit Tracker by InnerGrow	Productivity	$85K	200K	144,193	4.8	322 MB	Jan 2019
Mail App for Gmail by Bloop LTD	Productivity	$77K	1K	1,831	4.7	89 MB	Jul 2019
NordPass® Password Manager by Nordvpn S.A.	Productivity	$60K	10K	5,769	4.7	154 MB	Nov 2019
Voice Translate & Translator by DAILYCAST HK LIMITED	Productivity	$51K	1K	720	4.1	126 MB	May 2019
Artful Agenda by Artful, LLC	Productivity	$43K	7K	10,606	4.6	76 MB	Mar 2019
Sam Smart TV Remote- Things TV by UNIVERSAL REMOTE LABS COMPANY LIMITED	Productivity	$26K	1K	48,636	4.3	139 MB	Nov 2019
BlockSite: Block Apps & Focus by BlockSite LP	Productivity	$26K	7K	3,954	4.1	79 MB	Sep 2019
SplashID Safe Password Manager by SplashData	Productivity	$26K	1K	1,000	3.4	47 MB	Feb 2019
Routine Planner, Habit Tracker by Routinery Corp.	Productivity	$26K	1K	10,860	4.7	106 MB	Jan 2019
Penbook Pencil Notebook by Pencil Research	Productivity	$17K	30K	41,126	4.6	104 MB	Sep 2019
Box: The Content Cloud by Box, Inc.	Productivity	$9K	20K	183,937	4.8	201 MB	Feb 2019
PandaVPN Pro - Fast Secure VPN by Wildfire Inc.	Productivity	$9K	20K	15,965	4.3	101 MB	Mar 2019
VPN · by BUCKET LIST LABS S.L.	Productivity	$7K	10K	46,910	4.7	75 MB	Feb 2019
VPN - Secure Proxy VMP ™ by VPN VPN VPN Proxy Master Unlimited Inc	Productivity	$5K	1K	206,517	4.7	143 MB	Jun 2019
Voice Aloud Reader by Marcin Olawski	Productivity	$5K	6K	12,188	4.6	64 MB	Feb 2019
VPN - Fast & Secure VPN Proxy by Minoti Inc	Productivity	$4K	30K	51,241	4.6	69 MB	Aug 2019
Translator Guru: Voice & Text by GM UniverseApps Limited	Productivity	$850	1K	52,428	4.6	139 MB	Apr 2019
Cardhop Contacts by Flexibits Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	1,051	4.4	81 MB	Mar 2019
Translate: Language And Voice by Sunny Side Hurricane LLC	Productivity	$850	1K	8,638	4.5	106 MB	Sep 2019
Note Taking - Thinkers by Thinker's Manifesto LLC	Productivity	$850	1K	259	4.2	127 MB	Sep 2019
Touch GIS by TouchGIS	Productivity	$850	1K	24	3.7	43 MB	Nov 2019
VPN Clean - Secure Fast Proxy by FITACK TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED	Productivity	$850	5K	36,917	4.6	92 MB	Apr 2019
Daily Habit & Routine Tracker by CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC	Productivity	$850	1K	4,529	4.6	122 MB	Nov 2019
Plai - Marketing by Plai Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	168	4.1	50 MB	Oct 2019
Bluetooth BLE Device Finder by Raymond NG	Productivity	$850	1K	25,096	4.4	3 MB	May 2019
Teleprompter For Video -FoxCue by Jasmine Rakesh Patel	Productivity	$850	1K	1,458	4.4	154 MB	Sep 2019
Ad Remover - Ad Blocker by BrowseTech LLC	Productivity	$850	1K	1,658	3.7	25 MB	Feb 2019
Cleaner: Clean Up Storage by Maple Labs Co., Ltd	Productivity	$850	1K	2,917	4.1	98 MB	Mar 2019
Fonts: Keyboard & Font Art by SCI BRONZE FILMS LIMITED	Productivity	$850	1K	24,139	4.6	116 MB	Dec 2019
VPN - Proxy Master by Dream Downloader Infotech Ltd.	Productivity	$850	1K	81,122	4.6	27 MB	Mar 2019
Clean Traffic VPN by auralion Sp. z o.o	Productivity	$850	1K	438	3.7	14 MB	Jun 2019
Secured VPN Pro by Contrast Media Inc	Productivity	$850	1K	275	3.6	25 MB	Apr 2019
SkyBlueVPN: VPN Fast & Secure by Circo, Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	57,036	4.7	82 MB	Feb 2019
Voice translator — Voicelator by APPJIGGLY LIMITED	Productivity	$850	1K	2,115	4.4	201 MB	Feb 2019
WIFI & Internet Speed Test by Appenvision Ltd	Productivity	$850	8K	6,157	4.4	73 MB	Mar 2019
TimeBloc - Daily Planner by Reflectly ApS	Productivity	$850	1K	7,086	4.3	53 MB	Aug 2019
Fax From IPhone: Send &Receive by UniqueApps	Productivity	$850	1K	10,097	4.6	53 MB	Dec 2019
Lockdown Privacy: AdBlock VPN by Confirmed, Inc.	Productivity	$850	1K	5,385	4.2	80 MB	Jul 2019
Second Line 2nd Phone Number by Alloy Studios	Productivity	$850	1K	7,751	4.5	17 MB	Nov 2019
Password Manager - Safe Lock by App Rover	Productivity	$850	1K	16,677	4.5	41 MB	Jun 2019

Productivity apps by launch year

Launched	Apps	$100K+	Hit rate	Median/mo	Top earner
2026	8	4	50%	$170K	Grok Bot $510K
2025	28	12	43%	$85K	Grok AI $24.7M
2024	35	13	37%	$51K	Claude by Anthropic $57.8M
2023	33	14	42%	$85K	ChatGPT $256.7M
2022	22	5	23%	$9K	Chatbot AI Assistant - Genie $765K
2021	38	5	13%	$850	WeTransfer: Transfer Files $4.3M
2020	58	10	17%	$850	Google One $765K
2019	51	10	20%	$5K	Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF $11.1M
2018	39	7	18%	$850	VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy $2.6M
2017	35	6	17%	$5K	Grammarly: AI Keyboard & Notes $1.7M
2016	29	6	21%	$9K	Norton VPN – Fast & Secure $425K
2015	26	4	15%	$9K	VPN Proxy Master - Super VPN $510K
2014	14	3	21%	$850	Speak & Translate - Translator $425K
2013	26	5	19%	$26K	PDF Expert - Editor and Reader $850K
2012	15	5	33%	$34K	Google Drive $3.4M
2011	14	4	29%	$26K	Microsoft OneDrive $2.6M
2010	10	5	50%	$170K	CamScanner - PDF Scanner App $6.8M
2009	3	2	67%	$255K	Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup $12.8M

Apps launched in 2019 by category

Category	Apps	$100K+	Hit rate	Median/mo	Top earner
Books	17	1	6%	$9K	MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA $170K
Business	43	1	2%	$850	Manychat $255K
Developer Tools	12	0	0%	$850	Text Editor. $17K
Education	123	13	11%	$850	Impulse - Brain Training $765K
Entertainment	49	8	16%	$850	iQIYI - Dramas, Anime, Shows $2.6M
Finance	44	2	5%	$850	Copilot: Track & Budget Money $255K
Food & Drink	30	0	0%	$850	BLW Brasil - Alimentação Bebês $26K
Games	151	11	7%	$850	Sohoo Poker - Texas Hold'em $1.7M
Graphics & Design	37	2	5%	$850	Layout - Photo Collage Maker $510K
Health & Fitness	60	17	28%	$7K	Hevy - Workout Tracker Gym Log $850K
Lifestyle	40	4	10%	$850	TP-Link Tapo $3.4M
Magazines & Newspapers	2	0	0%	$6K	Vogue: Fashion & Shopping $6K
Medical	25	0	0%	$850	Baby Daybook - Newborn Tracker $34K
Music	28	1	4%	$850	UnitedMasters: Release Music $170K
Navigation	24	1	4%	$8K	onX Offroad: Trail Maps & GPS $170K
News	13	2	15%	$9K	NYTimes: US and Global News $4.3M
Photo & Video	67	8	12%	$850	Remini - AI Photo Enhancer $2.6M
Productivity	51	10	20%	$5K	Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF $11.1M
Reference	41	1	2%	$850	Whitepages: People Search $170K
Shopping	13	0	0%	$850	WorthPoint $17K
Social Networking	38	10	26%	$26K	Wizz App - chat now $2.6M
Sports	42	0	0%	$850	Fish Deeper - Fishing App $85K
Travel	46	2	4%	$850	Flighty – Live Flight Tracker $680K
Utilities	51	6	12%	$850	Cleaner Guru: Clean Up Storage $2.6M
Weather	27	0	0%	$850	Moon Calendar by MoonX $43K

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