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Retention

Whale spending and retention in freemium apps

Conventional wisdom regarding freemium on mobile holds that "whales", or highly-monetizing users, form the bedrock of any product's economy by…
September 21, 2015

Analyzing free-to-play games development: the Game / Team Clock

(This is a guest post by Raul Aliaga, a senior game designer and producer. You can read more from Raul…
June 9, 2014

Visualizing the importance of retention in Freemium

A freemium product's retention curve is generally accepted to assume the shape of a negative exponential function, as below: A…
October 7, 2013

Why the retention profile is more useful than the churn metric in freemium

I’ve stated a number of times that, within the context of the freemium model, retention is the most important metric…
April 8, 2013

Is day-one retention the most important gaming metric?

I read this piece on GigaOM the other day about what VCs look for when investing in gaming start-ups, and…
October 30, 2012

Retention rates and their impact on lifetime customer value

I like to think about mobile app metrics as a royal family: Retention is King, Conversion is Queen, and Virality…
June 28, 2012

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