Metrics

ROAS Dx

Return on Ad Spend Day X (ROAS Dx) is the return on ad spend including IAP and Ad revenue in Day X
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ROAS= Total revenue from ad campaign / Total ad spend

LTV Dx

Lifetime Value (LTV) is the prediction of the average profitability that a user bring on Day X
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LTV= ARPDAU * Lifetime

RR Dx

Retention Rate Day X (RR Dx) shows the percentage of people who continue engaging with the app on Day X
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RR Day X = Total Active Users Day X / Total installs Day 0

CPM

Cost per Mille (CPM) is the amount of ad dollar an advertiser has to pay per 1000 ad impressions
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CPM = Cost / Impressions * 1000

eCPM

Effective Cost per Mile (eCPM) is the amount of revenue an advertiser earns per 1000 ad impressions
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eCPM = Total Ad Revenue / Total Ad Impressions * 1000

eCPI

Effective Cost per Install (eCPI) is the final ad price for each app install for the campaign
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eCPI= Campaign Spend / No. of Installs (via ads)

CPI

Cost per Install is the price the app marketer agrees to pay when a user install their app via paid media through a publisher
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N/A

Att-eCPI

Att-eCPI is the eCPI calculated using data from attribution services. Data from these sources can be more credible as they are intermediary services
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Att-eCPI = Cost / Att-installs

Att-Installs

No. of installs recorded by Attribution services . This data can be used to compare and contrast with the number of installations given by Ad services
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N/A

DAU

Daily Active User (DAU) is the no. of daily active users
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N/A

CTR

Clickthrough Rate (CTR) is the percentage of clicks over impressions
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CTR = Clicks / Impressions * 100%

eCPC

Effective Cost per Click (eCPC) is the cost an advertiser has to pay to get per click
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eCPC= Cost / Clicks

M-eCPM

M-eCPM is the revenue from per thousand impressions
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M-eCPM = (Ad revenue / Ad impressions) * 1000

Acc. Ad revenue

Accrued Ad Revenue is revenue generated from in-app advertisements
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Sum of accumulated revenue from in-app ads

Acc. IAP Revenue

Accrued In-App purchase revenue so far (Acc. IAP Revenue) is one source of revenue generated from users purchases or subscriptions while playing games
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Sum of accumulated in-app purchase revenue

Sessions

No. of times per daily active users access the app. Opening of the app each time is calculated as one session
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Sessions = Total no. of sessions in period X / Total no. of Daily Active Users in period X

oCVR (IPM)

Conversion Rate from impressions to installs (oCVR) or Installs per mile or per 1000 impressions (IPM) is the no. of installs we get over impressions exposed to users via ads
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oCVR = Installs / Impressions

ARPDAU

Average Revenue Per Daily Active User (ARPDAU) is a KPI used to measure how well your monetization strategies are working on a daily basis. It tells you how much revenue your active users generate for your app or game every day
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ARPDAU = Revenue earned within a given 24hr period / No. of active users that day

ARPPU

Average Revenue per Paying User (ARPPU) is a measurement used to determine the average of how much revenue is generated by paying users over a specific time period
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ARPPU = Total revenue generated in time period X / Total number of paying users in time period X

IAP RPDAU

IAP RPDAU is the in-app purchase revenue per daily active user
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IAP RPDAU = IAP revenue / Daily Active User

IMPDAU

Impressions per Daily Active User (IMPDAU) is used to estimate the productivity of monetization strategy regarding impressions. It is the average number of ads shown for active users of an app within a 24 hour timeframe
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IMPDAU = No. of Daily Impressions / No. of Daily Active Users

IPM

Installs Per Mille (IPM) is the no. of times an app or game is installed per thousand ad impressions
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IPM = No. of Installs * 1000 / No. of Impressions

CVR

Conversion Rate (CVR) or Clicks to Installs (CTI) is the percentage of users installing the application via an ad
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CVR = Installs / Clicks

CPA

Cost per Action (CPA) is an ad strategy for advertisers to only pay for users who engaged in specific redetermined action. E.g. users who click “play” or perform a “game over” is regarded as an action

CPA = Advertising Costs / Total Actions