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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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Click-through rate (CTR) VS Daily active users (DAU)

Description
Click-through rate (CTR)
CTR is a marketing metric that measures how often a link, ad, or email is clicked in relation to how many times it’s shown.
Daily active users (DAU)
DAU measures the number of unique users who engage with your app within a 24-hour window.
Target audience
Click-through rate (CTR)
Advertisers and publishers
Daily active users (DAU)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Benefits
Click-through rate (CTR)

• Offers an easy way to identify your top-performing channels and creatives
• Indicates where a campaign isn’t having the desired impact
• Informs your Google Ads quality score

Daily active users (DAU)

• Helps you assess the effectiveness of your campaigns
• Helps measure your app’s popularity (its “stickiness”) and user experience
• Indicates your app’s general health and growth potential

How to calculate
Click-through rate (CTR)
Number of click-throughs
Total number of impressions
x 100
Daily active users (DAU)
Total number of unique users who meet your defined "active" criteria and interacted with your app in a set 24-hour period
How to improve it?
Click-through rate (CTR)

• Research your audience and build strong personas
• Invest in creatives that resonate with your audience – show how you solve their problems
• Continually test and refine your campaigns

Daily active users (DAU)

• Optimize your onboarding strategy so users understand the true value of your app
• Engage and re-engage users through multiple channels: push notifications, in-app notifications, emails, and SMS
• Use deep links for a seamless user experience

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