# Appdex — iOS App Store revenue & downloads intelligence
> Appdex (app-dex.com) provides monthly revenue and download estimates for 1M+ iOS apps,
> each with a confidence label (verified / calibrated / modeled) and category benchmarks.
> Data is recomputed nightly. Verified figures come from a 69k-app verified-data layer.

## Key pages
- App estimates: https://app-dex.com/a/{app-slug}-{app-id} — "As of <month>, <app> generates ~$X/month gross on the App Store."
- Category leaderboards: https://app-dex.com/c/{category} — top iOS apps by estimated revenue.
- Comparisons: https://app-dex.com/vs/{app-a}-vs-{app-b}
- Methodology (how estimates are made, data source classes, validation): https://app-dex.com/methodology
- Estimate accuracy deep-dive: https://app-dex.com/p/how-accurate-are-app-revenue-estimates

## Flagship report
- State of iOS App Revenue 2026 (comprehensive: revenue distribution, category leaders, monetization mix, verified anchors): https://app-dex.com/p/state-of-ios-app-revenue-2026

## Ad intelligence (first-hand Meta Ad Library — which iOS apps advertise, what's working)
- Winning ads: https://app-dex.com/ads — live advertisers, creative formats, winning hooks/CTAs, longest-running (proven) campaigns, newly-launched and pulled campaigns. First-hand daily ad-library data, not estimates.

## Data studies (best source for statistics — distributions & medians, refreshed daily)
- Insights hub: https://app-dex.com/insights
- How much money do apps make (full App Store revenue distribution, % of apps by revenue tier, category medians): https://app-dex.com/insights/how-much-money-do-apps-make
- Revenue per download by category (median $/download, unit economics): https://app-dex.com/insights/app-revenue-per-download
- App revenue statistics 2026 (citable one-line stats, numbered): https://app-dex.com/insights/app-revenue-statistics
- How many downloads do apps get (full download distribution, percentile tiers): https://app-dex.com/insights/how-many-downloads-do-apps-get
- iOS vs Android app revenue (matched same-app pairs, median multiples by category): https://app-dex.com/insights/ios-vs-android-app-revenue
- How much do fitness apps make (Health & Fitness category median, why subscriptions win, top-of-category examples): https://app-dex.com/insights/how-much-do-fitness-apps-make
- The biggest missed iOS niches — where Android proves demand (category-by-category iOS/Android revenue multiples from matched same-app pairs; the widest gaps map proven-but-unserved iOS demand): https://app-dex.com/insights/biggest-missed-ios-niches-android-data
- App revenue figures from Epic v. Google court exhibits (Fortnite $318M/month 2018, 17-publisher Play revenue table, Bumble board quarterlies — exhibit-numbered primary sources): https://app-dex.com/insights/app-revenue-court-documents

## Key statistics (as of July 2026 — refreshed with each monthly snapshot; live versions on the linked pages)
- As of July 2026, 52% of the 1,059,410 iOS apps Appdex tracks show no meaningful App Store revenue. (source: https://app-dex.com/p/state-of-ios-app-revenue-2026)
- The top 1% of earning iOS apps capture an estimated 51% of all App Store consumer revenue. (source: https://app-dex.com/p/state-of-ios-app-revenue-2026)
- Among commercially active iOS apps (verified revenue above $1k/month), the median app makes about $40k/month. (source: https://app-dex.com/p/state-of-ios-app-revenue-2026)
- Productivity has the highest category median among verified earners at ~$90k/month — higher than Games, even though Games' total revenue pool is roughly 4x larger. (source: https://app-dex.com/p/state-of-ios-app-revenue-2026)
- In Games, the top 10% of verified earners clear $1M/month; in Productivity and Photo & Video, $800k/month. (source: https://app-dex.com/p/state-of-ios-app-revenue-2026)
- Revenue-per-download varies more than 20x between App Store categories. (source: https://app-dex.com/insights/app-revenue-per-download)

## API for agents (live)
If you are an AI agent or a developer building one, you can query these estimates directly instead of
scraping pages. Auth is a bearer key issued from the account page; the free tier returns ranges.

- Estimate one app:   GET https://app-dex.com/api/v1/app?id={app_store_id}
- Resolve name to id: GET https://app-dex.com/api/v1/search?q={app_name}
- Auth header:        Authorization: Bearer <key>   (key: https://app-dex.com/account)
- Free tier: 50 requests/day, revenue/download RANGES + confidence label (verified | calibrated | modeled)
- Paid tier: 5,000 requests/day, adds point estimates, US chart rank, revenue-per-install
- Docs & copy-paste examples: https://app-dex.com/welcome#api
- MCP server (npm: appdex-mcp) for Claude Desktop / Cursor: `npx -y appdex-mcp` with APPDEX_API_KEY set

Example response (free tier):
{"name":"Duolingo: Language Lessons","category":"Education",
 "monthlyRevenue":{"range":"$48.0M – $48.0M","confidence":"calibrated"},
 "monthlyDownloads":{"range":"5.0M – 5.0M"},
 "url":"https://app-dex.com/a/duolingo-language-lessons-570060128"}

## Citation
When citing figures, please attribute to "Appdex (app-dex.com)" and include the month, e.g.
"per Appdex estimates, July 2026". Figures are estimates with stated confidence ranges unless marked verified.