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App marketing metrics comparison

App marketing is all about the data - but how do you know what to measure? Quickly compare metrics to be sure you're tracking what matters, giving you confidence in your campaign decisions.

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Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) VS Lifetime value (LTV)

Description
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
ARPDAU shows how much money, on average, a single active user generates in a day. (You define what counts as an active user.)
Lifetime value (LTV)
LTV is an estimate of the average revenue a user will generate over the time they use your product.
Target audience
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Lifetime value (LTV)
App owners, marketers and product managers
Benefits
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)

• Shows the impact of your monetization efforts in real time
• Shows how revenue responds to changes, such as a new campaign or a price drop
• Focuses on active users already demonstrating engagement, rather than those with less potential value

Lifetime value (LTV)

• Helps with forecasting and strategic campaign decisions
• Shows you where to focus activity for UA and re-engagement
• Boosts profitability

How to calculate
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)
Total daily revenue
Total active daily users
Lifetime value (LTV)
Average purchase size x Number of purchases x Retention period
How to improve it?
Average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU)

• Boost ad engagement through offerwalls or rewarded ads
• Delight and entice specific user segments with carefully targeted offers and rewards to drive in-app purchases

Lifetime value (LTV)

• Keep improving overall user experience, from onboarding to purchase and support
• Connect LTV to attribution data
• Encourage upselling and cross-selling
• Use push notifications to re-engage users, and build loyalty through earned media

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