Most users say yes. Almost nobody asks.
Only about 8% of the apps Kochava sees show Apple's tracking prompt, yet close to 70% of people who see it now accept. Only 11% of advertisers have fully implemented SKAdNetwork and are actively optimising it; roughly a third haven't implemented it at all.
Source: Kochava Foundry interview, Adikteev, July 2026.
A blended day-7 return describes no campaign.
By day 7, ad revenue has reached 89% of its day-60 total, in-app purchases 60% and subscriptions 52%. Average them into one early figure and a subscription campaign looks worse than it is.
Source: AppsFlyer, State of App Monetization, 2026.
Nulls are not zeros.
Below Apple's anonymity threshold you get no value back, not a zero. Read the blanks as zeros and you understate exactly the new and small campaigns you are trying to judge.
Creative volume has outrun the monthly review.
The top user-acquisition spenders produced around 2,400 to 2,600 creatives per app per quarter in 2025, up 25 to 30% on the year. At a five-to-fourteen-day creative life, a monthly review is reading work that has already been retired.
Source: AppsFlyer, State of Gaming for Marketers, 2026.