An entertainment app · B2C · Tangent client
Fix paywalls for five months while installs stay flat, with no ad spend
Install-to-paid rose from 1.1% to ~4% in five months
Workedpaywallexperimentation
What they did
Organic entertainment app with steady 40-50K installs/month and no paid UA. From April to September, Tangent added missing paywall placements and ran paywall experiments. Specific tests not described.
What happened
Install-to-paid went from 1.1% to close to 4%, with the same user inflow.
- Effort
- 5 months (April-September)
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