James O'Claire
@jamesoclaire.com
https://appgoblin.info -> free aso tools, app sdk analysis
https://openattribution.dev -> free mmp, open source
https://jamesoclaire.com -> blog
https://openattribution.dev -> free mmp, open source
https://jamesoclaire.com -> blog
Has anyone actually seen vibe coded apps/games get onto the App and Play stores? I've been looking but have struggled to find any.
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Where are All the AI Generated Native Android & iOS Apps? – James O'Claire
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November 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Has anyone actually seen vibe coded apps/games get onto the App and Play stores? I've been looking but have struggled to find any.
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AppGoblin just launched a free mobile user aquisition report showing who saw the biggest W/W install growth from ad campaigns in September
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User Acquisition Report - September 2025 | AppGoblin
Discover the fastest-growing apps and their ad strategies. Analyze user acquisition trends, creative performance, and advertising networks.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
AppGoblin just launched a free mobile user aquisition report showing who saw the biggest W/W install growth from ad campaigns in September
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New research: Most mobile tracker api endpoints are not covered by ad blockers
jamesoclaire.com/2025/09/11/mo
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Mobile Trackers your Ad-Blocker Doesn’t Know About – James O'Claire
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September 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New research: Most mobile tracker api endpoints are not covered by ad blockers
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Used AppGoblin mobile ads data to uncover some less well known ad tech top level domains where data is sent. Spoiler, they're all well known companies, but still interesting:
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Uncovering Lesser Known Mobile Adtech Domains – James O'Claire
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August 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Used AppGoblin mobile ads data to uncover some less well known ad tech top level domains where data is sent. Spoiler, they're all well known companies, but still interesting:
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Added a rank of the current top app advertisers as seen by AppGoblin as well as a way to browse app ad creatives
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Blog | AppGoblin Latest News
Latest news and updates from the AppGoblin team. Grow your app with free ASO tools and analytics from AppGoblin.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Added a rank of the current top app advertisers as seen by AppGoblin as well as a way to browse app ad creatives
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I analyzed the top 4 AI chat apps to see which third party tools they're using.
Takeaways:
More business and monetization tools than I expected. RevenueCat in there on two apps, and most of them had 3 analytics platforms of various kinds.
jamesoclaire.com/2025/05/31/t...
Takeaways:
More business and monetization tools than I expected. RevenueCat in there on two apps, and most of them had 3 analytics platforms of various kinds.
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The Trackers and SDKs in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Perplexity – James O'Claire
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May 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I analyzed the top 4 AI chat apps to see which third party tools they're using.
Takeaways:
More business and monetization tools than I expected. RevenueCat in there on two apps, and most of them had 3 analytics platforms of various kinds.
jamesoclaire.com/2025/05/31/t...
Takeaways:
More business and monetization tools than I expected. RevenueCat in there on two apps, and most of them had 3 analytics platforms of various kinds.
jamesoclaire.com/2025/05/31/t...
Reposted by James O'Claire
posted a new article today, continuing my research in location data sharing by mobile apps.
Check the guide, try it yourself and share the results!
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Check the guide, try it yourself and share the results!
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Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results
Learn how to record and analyse your mobile device traffic, take an app from the list of "shady" apps and share the results.
timsh.org
April 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
posted a new article today, continuing my research in location data sharing by mobile apps.
Check the guide, try it yourself and share the results!
timsh.org/everyone-kno...
Check the guide, try it yourself and share the results!
timsh.org/everyone-kno...
AppGoblin now has free ASO tools for mobile app marketing with keywords and finding the fastest growing android and ios apps appgoblin.info
AppGoblin: Free Mobile App Marketing Tools
Free app analytics, keywords, ASO, app SDKs and app-ads.txt data for marketing Android and iOS apps. AppGoblin is an open source project for collecting Google & Apple App Store data and presenting it ...
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April 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
AppGoblin now has free ASO tools for mobile app marketing with keywords and finding the fastest growing android and ios apps appgoblin.info
How to see the encrypted data android apps send using a man in the middle and an emulator
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2025 How to Sniff Android HTTPS Traffic with Waydroid & mitm-proxy – James O'Claire
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April 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
How to see the encrypted data android apps send using a man in the middle and an emulator
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Which Apps have Mobile Trackers on Your Android Phone? – James O'Claire
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April 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Muddy Waters report that adtech company AppLovin scrapes web cookies seems like a small deal when it collects billions of users data every month via apps.
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MW is Short AppLovin (APP US) - Muddy Waters Research
Muddy Waters is short APP. Web traffic analysis leads us to estimate that ~52% of APPs e-commerce conversions are retargeting and incrementality is only ~25%-35%. Code evidences that APP is collectin...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Muddy Waters report that adtech company AppLovin scrapes web cookies seems like a small deal when it collects billions of users data every month via apps.
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Real reporting on the DDOS attack on X. #DarkSrorm was reported by @puckarks.bsky.social early on yet Musk later tried to blame Ukraine.
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.
www.wired.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Real reporting on the DDOS attack on X. #DarkSrorm was reported by @puckarks.bsky.social early on yet Musk later tried to blame Ukraine.
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
Posting about Musk/Tesla/Russia is immediately flagged on HackerNews. Sometimes stories break through, but it feels like there is either fervent support of Musk there or bot activity.
Example of a blocked post of mine:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4332...
Example of a blocked post of mine:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4332...
Elon Musk claims 'massive cyberattack' on X originated from the 'Ukraine area' | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Posting about Musk/Tesla/Russia is immediately flagged on HackerNews. Sometimes stories break through, but it feels like there is either fervent support of Musk there or bot activity.
Example of a blocked post of mine:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4332...
Example of a blocked post of mine:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4332...
Mobile apps use 3rd party tools to track what you do. AppsFlyer and Adjust are the two largest ad tracking tools in 2025, but open source options are coming:
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Nearly 50% of Android Apps use Mobile Trackers – James O'Claire
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March 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mobile apps use 3rd party tools to track what you do. AppsFlyer and Adjust are the two largest ad tracking tools in 2025, but open source options are coming:
jamesoclaire.com/2025/03/11/n...
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AppGoblin crossed 30k Android and iOS apps that have been downloaded and analyzed.
Unity at a whopping 87% of games is dominating. Godot, I love you, but I could barely find any games using it.
Check out the rest here:
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Unity at a whopping 87% of games is dominating. Godot, I love you, but I could barely find any games using it.
Check out the rest here:
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Mobile SDK Showdown: Unveiling 2025’s Most Popular Frameworks Powering 30K Apps – James O'Claire
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February 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
AppGoblin crossed 30k Android and iOS apps that have been downloaded and analyzed.
Unity at a whopping 87% of games is dominating. Godot, I love you, but I could barely find any games using it.
Check out the rest here:
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Unity at a whopping 87% of games is dominating. Godot, I love you, but I could barely find any games using it.
Check out the rest here:
jamesoclaire.com/2025/02/20/m...
DeepSeek app uses Tencent, Bytedance and ShuMei SDKs to track users from:
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Quick Peek at DeepSeek’s Android Chinese SDKs – James O'Claire
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February 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
DeepSeek app uses Tencent, Bytedance and ShuMei SDKs to track users from:
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Looked into open source alternatives to Firebase dynamic Links for deferred deep linking in mobile apps.
Let me know what I missed.
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Let me know what I missed.
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Open Source & Paid Alternatives to Firebase Dynamic Links – James O'Claire
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December 10, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Looked into open source alternatives to Firebase dynamic Links for deferred deep linking in mobile apps.
Let me know what I missed.
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Let me know what I missed.
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@jessicatarlov.bsky.social great clapping back at @profgalloway.bsky.social on Raging Moderates. Standing up for yourself makes your points later stronger. Love the show.
December 10, 2024 at 11:35 AM
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social great clapping back at @profgalloway.bsky.social on Raging Moderates. Standing up for yourself makes your points later stronger. Love the show.
It's pretty incredible that #AppLovin has spiked in value despite having a very similiar size of client base to #UnityAds. AppLovin has long had stronger ties to brands and they've utilized financial advantages as well. They're dominant in non Google/FB #mobileadvertising now
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 AM
It's pretty incredible that #AppLovin has spiked in value despite having a very similiar size of client base to #UnityAds. AppLovin has long had stronger ties to brands and they've utilized financial advantages as well. They're dominant in non Google/FB #mobileadvertising now
I've been consistently finding that about 20% of the top apps have the mobile #advertising tracking SDKs for AppsFlyer. This turned out to be a lot less than I had expected, though there are a lot of top apps that this makes sense for (Google, FB, Samsung apps etc)
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December 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
I've been consistently finding that about 20% of the top apps have the mobile #advertising tracking SDKs for AppsFlyer. This turned out to be a lot less than I had expected, though there are a lot of top apps that this makes sense for (Google, FB, Samsung apps etc)
appgoblin.info/companies/ty...
appgoblin.info/companies/ty...
Listened to #AdExchanger latest podcast about Google's upcoming #antitrust lawsuit and likely breakup of its #ads business.
They mentioned the lack of publisher side adservers and it made me think that someone should work on an #opensource #adserver.. hmm =D
www.adexchanger.com/adexchanger-...
They mentioned the lack of publisher side adservers and it made me think that someone should work on an #opensource #adserver.. hmm =D
www.adexchanger.com/adexchanger-...
Talking (Antitrust) Turkey With DCN’s Jason Kint | AdExchanger
Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint shares insights from inside the courtroom during closing arguments in US v. Google, ad tech edition.
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November 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Listened to #AdExchanger latest podcast about Google's upcoming #antitrust lawsuit and likely breakup of its #ads business.
They mentioned the lack of publisher side adservers and it made me think that someone should work on an #opensource #adserver.. hmm =D
www.adexchanger.com/adexchanger-...
They mentioned the lack of publisher side adservers and it made me think that someone should work on an #opensource #adserver.. hmm =D
www.adexchanger.com/adexchanger-...
@livinawestlife.bsky.social seen you for years on SkyscraperCity, awesome to find you here. Saw you've been posting lots of charts and stuff, awesome. Just curious about CTBUH, I guess you pay for it? I've always wished there were open source resources like CTBUH.
November 27, 2024 at 1:11 AM
@livinawestlife.bsky.social seen you for years on SkyscraperCity, awesome to find you here. Saw you've been posting lots of charts and stuff, awesome. Just curious about CTBUH, I guess you pay for it? I've always wished there were open source resources like CTBUH.