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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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Engagement rate VS Return on ad spend (ROAS)

Description
Engagement rate
Engagement rate measures how much users interact with your app.
Return on ad spend (ROAS)
ROAS measures how much revenue was earned from advertising in comparison to how much budget was spent on it.
Target audience
Engagement rate
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Return on ad spend (ROAS)
App owners and marketers
Benefits
Engagement rate

• Reflects the quality and relevance of your app
• Provides an insight into user behavior – what do they value most?
• Highlights opportunities to improve retention and grow revenue

Return on ad spend (ROAS)

• Good indicator of overall campaign performance
• Guides decisions on budgets, channels, and creatives
• Provides a snapshot for simple reporting

How to calculate
Engagement rate
Engagement rate takes into account various metrics such as active users, app opens, session length, session intervals, behavior flow, conversion, communication, and retention rates.
Return on ad spend (ROAS)
Ad spend
Ad revenue
How to improve it?
Engagement rate

• 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

Return on ad spend (ROAS)

• Test and optimize your creatives, channels, and landing page
• Lower your ad cost by improving your quality score and using smarter bidding strategies
• Re-engage high-value users
• Analyze user behavior and look to optimize campaigns based on predictive analytics

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