Global app revenue grows 15% in H1 2019: Sensor Tower

Revenue from Apple App Store and Google Play reached $39.7 billion during the first half of this year – up 15.4% from the $34.4 billion consumers spent across both stores in the first half of last year, according to a new report from mobile app intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

While consumers spent an estimated $25.5 billion globally on Apple’s App Store in the first half of 2019, Google Play’s estimated gross revenue was $14.2 billion for the half, the research showed.

“Tinder was the highest grossing non-game app in 1H19, generating an estimated $497 million in spending across both stores. This was about 32 percent more than users spent in the app during the first half of 2018,” Randy Nelson, Head of Mobile Insights, Sensor Tower, wrote in a blog post on Friday.