Marigold·Issue Nº 31·Summer 2026·Growth & Apps, Independently
Section · 01

Reports — data,
carefully collected,
cautiously presented.

Quarterly investigations into the moving parts of the app economy: app-store dynamics, retention patterns, the structural changes in how growth and marketing actually work. With methodologies, caveats, and the occasional admission of uncertainty.

Recent reports.

App store analytics
Report · App store

What changed on the app store in the first half of 2026.

A quarterly review of the structural shifts in mobile app discovery — featured placements, the new review-prompt rules, the slow-motion consolidation of certain categories.

Asad Bhattacharya · 14 minRead report →
Retention dashboard
Report · Retention

Why mobile retention curves are getting flatter, and what it means.

A small but consistent pattern in the published data from twenty-three mid-stage app companies.

Daria Voicu · 10 minRead report →