Mobile Game Retention: How to Keep Players Coming Back in 2026

Mobile Game Retention: How to Keep Players Coming Back in 2026

Learn how to improve mobile game retention with reviews, ratings, LiveOps, onboarding, store updates...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
Understanding Player Behavior & Motivations: A Practical Guide for Mobile Game Teams

Understanding Player Behavior & Motivations: A Practical Guide for Mobile Game Teams

Bartle's taxonomy, gameplay loops, compulsion loops — and how to spot each player type in your App S...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
Crash and bug reviews after a release: a game team’s playbook

Crash and bug reviews after a release: a game team’s playbook

A game team’s playbook for crash and bug reviews: triage the spike, route real bugs to dev, communic...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
10 Best Keywords Tools for ASO in 2026: Features & Pricing Compared by an Expert

10 Best Keywords Tools for ASO in 2026: Features & Pricing Compared by an Expert

We compared 10 keywords tools for ASO side-by-side — features, pricing, real G2 pros & cons. Find th...

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Olivia Doboaca
Mobile Game KPIs: The 2026 Guide to Gaming Metrics That Predict Growth

Mobile Game KPIs: The 2026 Guide to Gaming Metrics That Predict Growth

The complete guide to mobile game KPIs. Formulas and benchmarks for ARPU, ARPPU, ARPDAU, LTV, retent...

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Olivia Doboaca
How to Analyze App Store Reviews Automatically: The 2026 Methodology Guide

How to Analyze App Store Reviews Automatically: The 2026 Methodology Guide

How to analyze app store reviews automatically at scale — ingestion, classification, sentiment, aler...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
App Store Optimization Description: A Practical 2026 Guide for App Store & Google Play

App Store Optimization Description: A Practical 2026 Guide for App Store & Google Play

How to write an app store optimization description that ranks and converts. App Store and Google Pla...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
Review bombing in mobile games: App Store and Google Play recovery guide

Review bombing in mobile games: App Store and Google Play recovery guide

A game studio playbook for app review bombing, 1-star surges, player backlash, store reporting, mass...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
The AppFollow AI Toolkit: analyst workflows for Claude Code and Codex

The AppFollow AI Toolkit: analyst workflows for Claude Code and Codex

Meet the AppFollow AI Toolkit, an open source plugin that lets Claude Code and Codex run your review...

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Anatoly Sharifulin
How to choose the right AppFollow plan

How to choose the right AppFollow plan

A simple guide to picking the AppFollow plan that fits your team, from free to ASO to enterprise.

Evgeny Kruglov
Evgeny Kruglov
Mobile Game Reply Rate by Star Rating in 2026: Why the 2-Star Band Is the Hidden Goldmine of Player Recovery

Mobile Game Reply Rate by Star Rating in 2026: Why the 2-Star Band Is the Hidden Goldmine of Player Recovery

Top studios reply to 73.8% of 2-star reviews — the highest of any tier. The hidden middle-distributi...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
Mobile Gaming Trends 2026: A Player-Side Pillar Guide for Developers, Publishers, and Marketers

Mobile Gaming Trends 2026: A Player-Side Pillar Guide for Developers, Publishers, and Marketers

Mobile gaming trends 2026, backed by player reviews. Market, UI, advertising, AI, and the future fro...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
Managing Toxic Players in Mobile Game Reviews: A Publisher's Playbook

Managing Toxic Players in Mobile Game Reviews: A Publisher's Playbook

Learn from the best practices of how studios detect, triage, and answer toxic reviews on the App Sto...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
LiveOps for Mobile Games: Managing Player Feedback at Scale (2026)

LiveOps for Mobile Games: Managing Player Feedback at Scale (2026)

Learn how to collect and act on player feedback before, during, and after LiveOps events using revie...

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca
Bad mobile game update? How to protect app store ratings after release issues

Bad mobile game update? How to protect app store ratings after release issues

How to protect app store ratings, reviews, and player trust after a bad mobile game update.

Olivia Doboaca
Olivia Doboaca

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