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Jake Jorgovan

Mobile App Marketing Agencies: 13 Firms Compared

By , a partner in Fieldtrip, the agency group that includes inBeat, one of the thirteen firms below

Published Updated 14 min read

An app grows when the right people find it, install it and keep using it. A mobile app marketing agency works on those steps: the app store listing that turns a visit into an install, the paid campaigns that bring visitors in, the ads themselves, and the messages that bring users back. An install is the easiest result to count, but what matters to the business is what those users do afterward.

This guide compares thirteen agencies that market apps. It groups them by the job they suit best, shows the app results and terms each publishes, and lists what to settle before you sign.

Compare app marketing agencies by the job you need done

Each firm below shows an app marketing service on its own site and at least one named app client, case or testimonial for that work. The order inside each group is alphabetical, and many capable app agencies are not on the list. Figures are the firms' own, and most give no baseline, budget or date range.

Thirteen mobile app marketing agencies, grouped by the job they suit and A to Z within each group, as their own pages described them on October 6, 2026. Figures and client names are the firms' own claims. "Not published" means not found on the pages read.
FirmApp services namedApp proof publishedPricing or terms published
App store optimization and store-led growth5 of 13 firms
ActualizatecApp consulting, ASO, paid ads, analytics, development, trainingNamed testimonials, including Domino's Pizza's store rating raised to 4.7Not published; free diagnostic session
ConsultMyAppASO, paid acquisition, CRM, creative, analytics, strategyTide: organic installs 2.4 times the starting level after three months; Apple Search Ads cost per acquisition down 55%Not published; commitment-free audit
Fuel4MediaApp marketing consulting, prelaunch marketing, user acquisition, ASONamed testimonials for ASO work, without quantified outcomes or datesNot published
M+C Saatchi PerformanceMobile strategy, store audits, ASO, mobile display, localizationHeadspace: organic conversion up 34%, December 2023 to May 2024Not published
Yodel MobileASO, user acquisition, consultancy, creative studioYodel Delivery: installs up 85% year over year, transaction volume up 230%Not published
Paid user acquisition and ad creative7 of 13 firms
Admiral MediaPaid acquisition across major networks, ASO, CRM, creative, measurementFastic: cost per result down 70% with its AI creative service in 2026Monthly fee (retainer or share of spend); creative batches from €10,000
App GuardiansPaid acquisition, Apple Search Ads, ASO, creative, retention and CRMLiveWell by Zurich: cost per action down 55%, then 31%, in consecutive months as budgets roseASO priced by number of stores; amounts not published
inBeatUser acquisition, creator and UGC campaigns, paid mobile ads, ASO, retentionHopper: user acquisition cost down 20% (case-study index)Not published
KurvePaid social, ASO, influencer campaigns, creative, app developmentTreecard: installs up 1,027% and install cost down 63%, January to March 2023Services from £2,000; scope not stated
MoburstApp strategy, ASO, media buying, creative, influencer campaignsGiftful: 23,125 installs at a $3.00 average cost per install, October to December 2024Not published
ReplugPaid search and social, ASO, OEM and programmatic channels, tracking, CRMFonos: cost per install down 45%, paying users up 299%Not published
Rocket10Social ads, programmatic buying through its own DSP, creative, fraud auditsMoments: 60,000+ downloads in seven months, US iOSNot published
Mobile games1 of 13 firms
AppAgentGame growth strategy, user acquisition, ASO, creativeGame of Words: revenue up 65% in four monthsNot published

App store optimization and store-led growth

5 of 13 firms

The examples highlighted for these firms center on store listings: keywords, screenshots, ratings and reviews, often paired with Apple Search Ads. Most also run paid campaigns.

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Actualizatec website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Actualizatec website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A company that wants senior advice on its app strategy and store presence alongside paid campaigns
Evidence
client testimonials (opens in a new tab)

Marta Rodriguez, in digital marketing at Domino's Pizza, says that "thanks to their work, we have raised our rating to 4.7 in the stores", and Biwenger's marketing director, Manuel Lanchazo, credits it with rankings for important keywords.

The firm reports more than 600 app projects over 15 years. Its offer leans toward consulting and training: app consultancy, ASO, analytics, development and a paid ads service (opens in a new tab) on Google, Meta, TikTok and Apple, where it says it has run acquisition on cost-per-install, cost-per-lead and cost-per-action models. It opens with a free diagnostic session; no fees appear on the pages read.

Sources
Actualizatec, website (opens in a new tab)
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ConsultMyApp website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

ConsultMyApp website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A finance, delivery or other consumer app that wants store work and Apple Search Ads planned together
Where it works
headquarters in the UK, offices in North America and Germany (its site)
Evidence
Tide case study (opens in a new tab)

For Tide, a UK business banking app, ConsultMyApp planned one keyword strategy for ASO and Apple Search Ads, so the paid ads reached new users without cannibalizing organic installs. The case reports organic installs at 2.4 times the starting level after three months, Apple Search Ads cost per install down 47.6% and cost per acquisition down 55%.

Its services cover ASO, paid acquisition, CRM, creative, analytics and strategy, and it says it runs its own data and campaign platforms. Other case studies (opens in a new tab) cover Chegg, Grab and Deliveroo. It offers a "commitment-free audit"; no fees appear on the pages read.

Sources
ConsultMyApp, website (opens in a new tab)
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Fuel4Media website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Fuel4Media website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A smaller app team that wants an outsourced ASO and launch plan
Where it works
Noida, India (its site)
Evidence
client testimonials (opens in a new tab)

Tyler Fox, project manager at Zeenie dollz, calls Fuel4Media "the finest option" for ASO on its client page; that testimonial and a second ASO endorsement give no results or dates. A testimonial from Rachel Williams on the service page reports app downloads up 162%, without naming the app or a period.

Fuel4Media builds apps and websites and sells a separate app marketing service: consulting, prelaunch campaigns, user acquisition and engagement advertising.

The service page says it has helped "150+ businesses" market their apps and employs more than 40 app marketing strategists. Its portfolio shows development projects and no marketing results, so ask for an app marketing case like yours before shortlisting it.

Sources
Fuel4Media, website (opens in a new tab)

M+C Saatchi Performance

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M+C Saatchi Performance website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

M+C Saatchi Performance website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A brand that wants app work inside a wider international media agency
Evidence
Headspace ASO case study (opens in a new tab)

For Headspace, the firm ran 15 sets of store-listing A/B tests across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and France between December 2023 and May 2024, and reports organic conversion up 34% on the previous period. Katie Desmond of Headspace is quoted on the value of the testing.

M+C Saatchi Performance says it has offered mobile marketing since 2006. Mobile is one service line in a broader performance agency: market research, app strategy, store audits, content, mobile display, localization and influencer outreach, with ASO as a separate team. Its case-study index (opens in a new tab) also lists app work for Grab, Gopuff and Maya Bank. No fees appear on the pages read.

Sources
M+C Saatchi Performance, website (opens in a new tab)
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Yodel Mobile website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Yodel Mobile website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A consumer app that needs ASO and paid acquisition run by one app specialist
Where it works
London (its site)
Evidence
Yodel Delivery case study (opens in a new tab)

Yodel Delivery, a UK parcel carrier and a separate company despite the shared name, worked with Yodel Mobile on ASO and Apple Search Ads for its newly relaunched app. The case reports installs up 85% year over year, cost per acquisition down 30%, transaction volume up 230% and the store rating moved from 1.8 to 4.6 stars; the campaign won an award at the Effective Mobile Marketing Awards 2022.

The site carries the line "by NP Digital". Its user acquisition service (opens in a new tab) runs Apple Search Ads, Google App Campaigns, Meta, TikTok and other networks, and it reports "100+" acquisition partners. Its case studies (opens in a new tab) include B&Q, TUI and Hoppa. No fees or contract terms appear on the pages read.

Sources
Yodel Mobile, website (opens in a new tab)
7 of 13 firms

The examples highlighted here concern paid campaigns and ad creative, and most of these firms also offer ASO or retention services. Rocket10 and Replug buy beyond Meta, Google and Apple, on programmatic and other networks; inBeat and Kurve both build ads from creator and UGC videos.

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Admiral Media website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Admiral Media website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A subscription or consumer app that wants published fee terms and measurement down to SKAN and incrementality tests
Published pricing
a monthly management fee, as a flat retainer or a percentage of media spend; AI creative batches from €10,000 for 20 video ads
Evidence
Fastic case study (opens in a new tab)

Admiral's Fastic case study says its AI creative service cut the fasting app's cost per result by 70% in 2026, and that over the whole engagement installs rose 639% and revenue 439%. Phillip Wayman, Fastic's CMO, is quoted saying the results have gone "only one direction: upwards".

Admiral describes itself as a performance marketing agency for apps and games, founded in 2019 and fully remote. It runs paid media on Apple, Google, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and Moloco, with ASO, CRM and creative, and sets up attribution and incrementality testing. Its fees page (opens in a new tab), checked in October 2026, explains the fee model: the fee is separate from media spend, retainers carry "no long lock-ins", and the amount is quoted after an account review. Creative batches are €10,000, €16,000 or €29,000 for 20, 40 or 80 videos, billed per batch on a one-month rolling basis that can be canceled at any time.

Sources
Admiral Media, website (opens in a new tab)
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App Guardians website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

App Guardians website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A subscription or health app that wants paid acquisition, ASO and retention from one North American team
Published pricing
ASO priced by the number of stores updated; amounts not published
Evidence
LiveWell by Zurich case study (opens in a new tab)

For LiveWell by Zurich, App Guardians moved campaigns from installs to enrollments. Its case study, published in May 2025, reports cost per action down 55% from August to September and another 31% from September to October as budgets grew. Joshua Laroche, the app's marketing director, is quoted on App Guardians' homepage: "In a year we went from 39k users to over 1.5 million downloads."

App Guardians calls itself a mobile-first advertising agency and a division of App Growth Network. It offers paid acquisition (Apple Search Ads, Google and UGC on Meta and TikTok), creative, ASO, retention and CRM, and subscription revenue work. Its case studies (opens in a new tab) include Twist, Doist's team chat app, where downloads doubled over six weeks in 2019. Its FAQ (opens in a new tab), checked in October 2026, says ASO is priced by the number of stores updated.

Sources
App Guardians, website (opens in a new tab)

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Potential fit
An app that wants creator, UGC and paid social campaigns judged on what users do after installing
Evidence
case-study index (opens in a new tab)

inBeat's case-study index credits its creative work for Hopper with "reducing user acquisition cost by 20%", with "300+ assets shipped per month". The Hopper case page (opens in a new tab) describes scaling TikTok UGC ads to hold down cost per acquisition as ads tired. Other app cards on the index report Booksy's cost per acquisition down 60% while paid media scaled six times, and Yubo's monthly sign-ups up 35%.

The mobile marketing page covers acquisition strategy, creator-led install campaigns, paid mobile ads, ASO, creative production, retargeting and reporting on retention and lifetime value, across Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Pinterest and YouTube. Before starting, it asks for access to ad accounts, app analytics, the App Store or Google Play consoles, past creative and acquisition reports. Its services FAQ (opens in a new tab), checked in October 2026, says initial campaigns or tests launch within the first one to two weeks. No pricing appears on the pages read.

Sources
inBeat, website (opens in a new tab)
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Kurve website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Kurve website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
An early or scaling app that wants a plan staged by user count, from store work to paid social
Published pricing
services start at £2,000, with no stated period or scope
Evidence
Treecard case study (opens in a new tab)

Kurve's Treecard case covers TikTok Spark Ads built from creator videos for the debit card and step-counter app, run between January 3 and March 6, 2023. It reports installs up 1,027%, install cost down 63% and spend up 327%. A BackThen case (opens in a new tab) reports users rising from 600,000 to over 3 million in 12 months, and Sweatcoin's growth campaign manager is quoted on its homepage saying the testing "really validated our channels".

Kurve's app program is staged by size: up to 100,000 users (ASO, Apple Search Ads, Google app campaigns and optional paid social), 100,000 to 10 million (adding paid social and search, with influencers optional), and 10 to 100 million (adding brand activations and mobile DSPs). It also builds apps. In October 2026 the page said "our services start at £2,000", without saying for what period or scope.

Sources
Kurve, website (opens in a new tab)
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Moburst website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Moburst website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A brand that wants a large agency with an app practice, from strategy to media and creative
Evidence
Giftful case study (opens in a new tab)

Moburst's Giftful case is a multi-channel holiday campaign for the gifting app. Its app marketing page reports 23,125 installs between October and December 2024, an iOS cost per install of $2.87, an average of $3.00 and 49% of installs converting to registrations.

Moburst calls itself "a digital full-service, mobile-first marketing agency". Its app services include ASO, media buying, creative production, mobile and product strategy, analytics, localization and influencer campaigns. The app marketing page says it has worked with over 700 apps in more than 70 countries, and that each client gets a dedicated account director. No Moburst fees appear on the pages read: its contact form asks for a monthly budget, with options from up to $10,000 to over $5 million, and its guide to ASO costs (opens in a new tab) gives market ranges by type of provider, not its own prices.

Sources
Moburst, website (opens in a new tab)
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Replug website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Replug website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
An app that has run Meta and Google and wants to test OEM, programmatic and other channels with its tracking fixed first
Evidence
Fonos case study (opens in a new tab)

Fonos, a Vietnamese audiobook app, began working with Replug in 2022. Replug set up AppsFlyer and SKAN tracking, then scaled paid acquisition; the case reports cost per install down 45%, total cost per acquisition down 20.5% and paying users up 299%. The case page describes media budget growing five times over 12 months, while the success-stories index (opens in a new tab) describes 16 months of support.

Replug (REPLUG GmbH) describes itself as a full-service mobile app marketing agency. Its services cover paid search and social, ASO, OEM ads, DSPs, SDK networks and rewarded traffic, plus MMP audits, CRM and funnel and subscription optimization. Clients shown on its homepage include Ecosia, Bild, FreeNow and Bolt. No fees appear on the pages read.

Sources
Replug, website (opens in a new tab)
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Rocket10 website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

Rocket10 website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
An e-commerce, delivery or fintech app that wants campaigns bought against a hard target, such as first purchases
Evidence
case studies (opens in a new tab)

For Moments, an iOS app in the US, it reports more than 60,000 downloads and a 27.5% day-one return on ad spend over seven months; for Hago on Android in India and Indonesia, 45% day-one retention over seven months. Many clients on the page are under NDA, and most of the listed cases are in CIS markets.

It runs social media advertising, programmatic acquisition through its own mobile DSP, creative including playable ads, and fraud audits. Its about page (opens in a new tab) reports 170 staff and over 1,000 projects. No fees appear on the pages read.

Sources
Rocket10, website (opens in a new tab)

Mobile games

1 of 13 firms

Games are a separate buying decision, and AppAgent's game cases report revenue and return on ad spend. Rocket10 and Replug also list game clients; AppAgent's current positioning centers on mobile games.

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AppAgent website, captured October 2026.View source (opens in a new tab)

AppAgent website, captured October 2026.

Potential fit
A game publisher that wants strategy, user acquisition and creative from a games specialist
Evidence
case studies (opens in a new tab)

For Dreamloft's Game of Words it reports revenue up 65% in four months; for Landmark Games' Pocket Paws, about 45% higher overall return on ad spend while user acquisition spend roughly tripled, and cost per install down 50% as Meta spend rose 4.5 times. Its cases also include Supercell's Clash of Clans and Star Stable.

The firm describes itself as a growth and creative partner for mobile game publishers. Work starts with a strategy phase, then a growth or creative program covering user acquisition, ASO and ad production. Its published work also includes Recolor, an adult coloring app (opens in a new tab), so ask whether its current programs suit a non-game brief. No fees appear on the pages read.

Sources
AppAgent, website (opens in a new tab)

How I'd choose between them

Start with where your users are lost. If qualified visitors reach your store listing but don't install, look at the listing itself: screenshots, ratings and the message. If too few suitable users reach it, look at organic discovery and paid acquisition, including Apple Search Ads. Firms in both groups offer these services, so ask for a case that addresses your specific problem. If people install but don't activate, return or pay, look at onboarding, retention and pricing before you buy more installs.

I'd prove one channel before funding a second. An agency that starts ten channels at once can spread a first budget too thin to learn which one works.

Then ask how the agency will keep the ads working. In an April 2020 essay I described Andrew Chen's point that "every marketing tactic is great when it starts, but then everyone starts doing it and people become immune to the tactic". App ads wear out the same way, and several case studies here describe ad fatigue. Ask for the plan to replace ads, and the budget for it, before launch.

What to settle before you sign

  1. Agree what counts as success

    Cost per install shows what an install cost, not whether the user stays. Admiral Media's FAQ (opens in a new tab) says cost per install "does not show whether that user becomes valuable" and advises tracking the next event that matters, such as a trial, subscription or purchase, and stating the time window when comparing revenue. Write that event and window into the brief.

  2. Decide which report is the record

    Ad platforms and attribution tools count installs and conversions differently. Admiral's FAQ notes that "a discrepancy by itself does not establish which report is correct". Agree the source of truth before launch, and give the agency the access it needs: ad accounts, analytics, the store consoles and past reports.

  3. Compare fees on the same terms

    Ask whether the fee is a flat retainer or a share of spend, whether creative production is inside it, and how much notice ends the contract. On the pages read, only three firms here publish anything on price, so get each proposal in writing on the same basis.

  • Which app clients like us have you worked with in the past two years, and can we speak to one?
  • For the result you showed us, what was the baseline, the period and the budget?
  • Which event after the install will you optimize for, and over what window?
  • Is the fee a retainer or a share of media spend, and is ad creative included?
  • How many new ads will you produce and test each month?
  • Who runs our account day to day, and how often will we review decisions together?
  • What is the notice period, and who owns the ad accounts and creative if we part ways?

Sources and method

How this list was made

Each firm's own service, case-study, client and pricing or FAQ pages were read on October 6, 2026. A firm is listed when those pages show an app marketing service and at least one named app client, case or testimonial for that work. Figures, client names and terms are the firms' own published claims.

Firm pages read October 6, 2026

Jake Jorgovan

Jake works with enterprise leaders on marketing strategy and executive talent. He co-founded Alpha Apex Group, founded Content Allies, owns Listen Network and is a partner in Fieldtrip, a group of marketing agencies. He founded Lead Cookie and later sold it.

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