# Best App Monetization Platforms - Page 3

  *By [Julie Jung](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/julie-jung)*

   App monetization platforms help mobile application developers and publishers earn money by integrating various monetization strategies into their apps, such as in-app advertising (IAA), in-app purchases (IAPs), and subscriptions. These are some common monetization strategies, especially for freemium apps, that allow developers to generate revenue while offering their app to users for free.

App monetization platforms provide app developers and publishers with the necessary tools and analytical insights for implementing and optimizing multiple monetization strategies. This helps maximize earnings while also enriching user experiences.

One of the most popular monetization strategies for apps is displaying ads (native, rewarded, banner, video, and interstitial) to users. App monetization platforms can handle the distribution of these ads to users and will compensate the developer based on performance or completed actions of users who interact with the ads.

App monetization platforms that help with ads are paralleled by [mobile advertising software](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-advertising), which advertisers use to purchase the ad space available in apps. These platforms integrate with third-party [ad networks](https://www.g2.com/categories/ad-networks) and exchanges and offer access to its proprietary ad inventory. This ensures that ads transition smoothly through the online ad-buying process.

App monetization tools also provide programmatic buying and selling of ad inventory and automate ad management processes. These platforms often have a bidding system for advertisers, such as real-time bidding, waterfall, or in-app bidding.

To qualify for inclusion in the App Monetization Platforms category, a product must:

- Offer software development kits (SDK) for developers to easily integrate monetization features within the app to generate revenue
- Have a payout schedule or the tools for app owners to get compensated as a result of users completing specific actions or interacting with monetization strategies within their app
- Track key metrics of monetization strategies (e.g., ad performance, total number of in-app purchases, or subscriptions), user engagement, demographic information, or overall monetization results




  ## How Many App Monetization Platforms Products Does G2 Track?
**Total Products under this Category:** 92

  
## How Does G2 Rank App Monetization Platforms Products?

**Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:**

- 30 Analysts and Data Experts
- 1,100+ Authentic Reviews
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- Unbiased Rankings

G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

  
## Which App Monetization Platforms Is Best for Your Use Case?

- **Leader:** [Meta Audience Network](https://www.g2.com/products/meta-audience-network/reviews)
- **Highest Performer:** [Opti Digital](https://www.g2.com/products/opti-digital/reviews)
- **Easiest to Use:** [Google AdMob](https://www.g2.com/products/google-admob/reviews)
- **Top Trending:** [Google Ad Manager](https://www.g2.com/products/google-ad-manager/reviews)
- **Best Free Software:** [Opti Digital](https://www.g2.com/products/opti-digital/reviews)

  
  ## What Are the Top-Rated App Monetization Platforms Products in 2026?
### 1. [Digital Turbine](https://www.g2.com/products/digital-turbine/reviews)
  Digital Turbine simplifies app advertising, recommendation, delivery and tracking.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 6
**How Do G2 Users Rate Digital Turbine?**

- **Ease of Admin:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Digital Turbine?**

- **Seller:** [Digital Turbine](https://www.g2.com/sellers/digital-turbine)
- **Year Founded:** 1998
- **HQ Location:** Austin, US
- **Twitter:** @digitalturbine (4,792 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-turbine (1,030 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ: APPS

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 83% Small-Business, 17% Mid-Market


#### What Are Digital Turbine's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (1 reviews)
- Integrations (1 reviews)
- Platform Quality (1 reviews)


### 2. [display.io](https://www.g2.com/products/display-io/reviews)
  display.io is an app monetization platform that provides unique, high impact ad units for some of the largest names in publishing and advertising. Our App Interscroller product goes beyond the traditional banner and medium rectangle placements, allowing for full-screen rich media and vertical video that scrolls into the content feed.


  **Average Rating:** 3.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1
**How Do G2 Users Rate display.io?**

- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind display.io?**

- **Seller:** [display.io](https://www.g2.com/sellers/display-io)
- **Year Founded:** 2013
- **HQ Location:** Israel
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/display-io/ (14 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market


### 3. [Mash](https://www.g2.com/products/mash/reviews)
  Knowledge Agents & AI for Technical B2B Revenue Teams. Scale tier-one service | Up-level the team | Grow revenue Automate key workflows like answering questions, getting contextually relevant details, filling forms, and meeting prep – based on product, technical, client and tribal knowledge with built-in data segregation.


  **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1
**How Do G2 Users Rate Mash?**

- **Ease of Admin:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Mash?**

- **Seller:** [Mash](https://www.g2.com/sellers/mash)
- **HQ Location:** Toronto, CA
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/getmash/ (13 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


### 4. [OpenX](https://www.g2.com/products/openx/reviews)
  OpenX’s vision is to unleash the full economic potential of digital media companies through superior advertising technology.


  **Average Rating:** 3.2/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 18
**How Do G2 Users Rate OpenX?**

- **Ease of Admin:** 7.7/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 6.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 7.4/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind OpenX?**

- **Seller:** [OpenX](https://www.g2.com/sellers/openx)
- **Year Founded:** 2007
- **HQ Location:** Pasadena, CA
- **Twitter:** @OpenX (17,215 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/42890/ (513 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Top Industries:** Marketing and Advertising
  - **Company Size:** 39% Mid-Market, 33% Small-Business


### 5. [PubScale](https://www.g2.com/products/pubscale/reviews)
  PubScale is a unified dashboard designed for mobile publishers to scale their apps or games. It helps mobile publishers acquire users for their apps or games and monetize them to increase ad revenue. PubScale comprises five powerful products: 1. PubScale Immersive Ads: Integrate native ads seamlessly into mobile games for engaging, non-intrusive advertising. 2. PubScale Offerwall: Monetize apps through task completion for in-app currency, enhancing revenue and user engagement. 3. PubScale AdX: Monetize with Google AdMob or AdSense, backed by PubScale's expertise as a Google Certified Publishing Partner. 4.PubScale PLUG: Embed HTML5 games and quizzes in third-party apps or websites to boost engagement and revenue. 5. PubScale GROW: Acquire new users for apps through high-converting ad placements and precise targeting.


  **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 7
**How Do G2 Users Rate PubScale?**

- **Ease of Admin:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 9.8/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind PubScale?**

- **Seller:** [GreedyGame Media](https://www.g2.com/sellers/greedygame-media)
- **Year Founded:** 2013
- **HQ Location:** Bangalore, Karnataka
- **Twitter:** @GreedyGameMedia (445 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/greedygame-media/ (84 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 57% Mid-Market, 43% Small-Business


#### What Are PubScale's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Customer Support (3 reviews)
- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Automation (1 reviews)
- Collaboration (1 reviews)
- Features (1 reviews)


### 6. [RapidoReach](https://www.g2.com/products/rapidoreach-rapidoreach/reviews)
  Do-It-Yourself social and market research sample and surveys. The new standard in research. Bringing the scale of mobile apps to the insights industry, Rapidoreach was founded to help any business access critical market data about their products and services. Our Audience Network connects tens of millions of people with surveys in the apps and games they use everyday. Through this network we deliver unprecedented reach, and are quickly becoming the data collection backbone for the research industry. By connecting marketers & researchers with everyday mobile users, we are building the next generation of research products. RapidoReach is a research technology company that connects surveys to 60M+ respondents via mobile apps and games. We exist to make it easy, fast and cheap to know what people think, feel and do. We aspire to make doing primary research so easy, that it becomes the reflexive behavior when the answer to a question doesn't already exist. Driven by strong fundamentals of business, excessive obsession with data quality, the company is profitable and growing rapidly.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 2
**How Do G2 Users Rate RapidoReach?**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind RapidoReach?**

- **Seller:** [RapidoReach](https://www.g2.com/sellers/rapidoreach)
- **HQ Location:** New York, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/76962893 (2 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 50% Enterprise, 50% Small-Business


### 7. [Tapdaq](https://www.g2.com/products/tapdaq/reviews)
  Tapdaq provides a platform for developers to grow, retain and monetize their audience.


  **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1
**How Do G2 Users Rate Tapdaq?**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Tapdaq?**

- **Seller:** [TapJoy](https://www.g2.com/sellers/tapjoy)
- **Year Founded:** 2007
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, California
- **Twitter:** @tapjoy (17,802 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/402603/ (58 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


### 8. [VEVE](https://www.g2.com/products/veve/reviews)
  VEVE is a performance marketing platform from Affinity Global Inc. that offers unique advertising experiences across OEMs, Browsers, Telcos & Premium Apps. With native, high-performing on-device mobile ad formats - Tiles, Notifications & Universal, unique media placements, and customization opportunities, the platform is empowering brands to achieve their advertising KPIs. VEVE also has its proprietary reporting dashboard to access deep data insights to optimize conversions and user engagement. Additionally, it provides creative and operational support across different languages and locations including US, UK, EU, IN, Indonesia and China. VEVE also unlocks newer monetization avenues for OEMs and browsers while enhancing users’ online journey.


  **Average Rating:** 3.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1
**How Do G2 Users Rate VEVE?**

- **Ease of Use:** 5.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 3.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind VEVE?**

- **Seller:** [VEVE](https://www.g2.com/sellers/veve)
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** Mumbai, IN
- **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/veveperformancemarketing (54 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


### 9. [Yahoo App Publishing](https://www.g2.com/products/yahoo-app-publishing/reviews)
  Monetize your app with native and video ads from Yahoo, Flurry, and BrightRoll advertisers.


  **Average Rating:** 2.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1
**How Do G2 Users Rate Yahoo App Publishing?**

- **Ease of Use:** 5.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 5.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Yahoo App Publishing?**

- **Seller:** [Verizon Media](https://www.g2.com/sellers/verizon-media)
- **Year Founded:** 2005
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Twitter:** @FlurryMobile (16,248 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/430650/ (12 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market


### 10. [Yeahmobi](https://www.g2.com/products/yeahmobi/reviews)
  Yeahmobi is a mobile advertising platform serving native advertisements.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1
**How Do G2 Users Rate Yeahmobi?**

- **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Yeahmobi?**

- **Seller:** [YeahMobi](https://www.g2.com/sellers/yeahmobi)
- **Year Founded:** 2011
- **HQ Location:** Xian, CN
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/yeahmobi/ (469 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


### 11. [Adjump](https://www.g2.com/products/adjump/reviews)
  Adjump is a leading Programmatic Advertising Platform. It is an all-in-one platform tailored for mobile publishers to expand their apps or games. We help in both user acquisition and monetization, helping publishers maximize ad revenue and streamline campaign performance.


  **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 1
**How Do G2 Users Rate Adjump?**

- **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Adjump?**

- **Seller:** [LeadMint ](https://www.g2.com/sellers/leadmint)
- **Year Founded:** 2022
- **HQ Location:** Noida, IN
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadminthq (22 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


#### What Are Adjump's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Customer Support (1 reviews)
- Ease of Use (1 reviews)
- Platform Quality (1 reviews)
- Results (1 reviews)
- Sales Increase (1 reviews)


### 12. [Admix](https://www.g2.com/products/admix/reviews)
  Admix empowers VR/AR developers to monetize their content through interactive, programmatic brand placements. It the first and only programmatic route to buy VR/AR media, from premium advertising platforms like Verizon Media.



**Who Is the Company Behind Admix?**

- **Seller:** [Admix](https://www.g2.com/sellers/admix)
- **HQ Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 13. [AdPumb](https://www.g2.com/products/adpumb/reviews)
  AdPumb is a programmatic ad mediation platform that assists mobile app developers in optimizing ad delivery and maximizing revenue. When an app developer or publisher incorporates AdPumb into their app via a single lightweight SDK, AdPumb seamlessly directs ad requests to several ad networks, including but not limited to Google AdMob, Facebook Audience Network, and Unity Ads. Following this, AdPumb selects the best available ad from each network based on parameters such as ad kind, size, and targeting and delivers it to the app's user. AdPumb helps serve ads with enhanced eCPM and 99.99% fill rates by leveraging proven ad revenue optimization strategies such as fill rate management and eCPM optimization. AdPumb makes it easier for developers to serve relevant ads to their viewers, leading to higher click-through rates and enhanced revenue. AdPumb handles the technical complexities of integrating numerous ad networks, which reduces the publishers' effort and simplifies the ad-serving process. Compared to the competition, AdPumb supplies ad demand from over 3000 domains, independent of your region. With AdPumb, you practically open the entire world of Advertising. Furthermore, AdPumb suppliers frequently include additional tools such as real-time reporting and analytics, audience segmentation, and A/B testing, which allow app developers to make data-driven decisions and improve their ad revenue.



**Who Is the Company Behind AdPumb?**

- **Seller:** [AdPumb](https://www.g2.com/sellers/adpumb)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** Kemp House, IN
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/adpumb (14 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 14. [Airflux](https://www.g2.com/products/airflux/reviews)
  Airflux is an AI-powered ad monetization optimization tool for mobile games that unlocks significant hidden revenue – often achieving 10-50% total LTV uplift – by replacing generic ad strategies with AI-driven personalization. It automatically optimizes interstitial ad timing/frequency and rewarded video payouts for thousands of micro-segments through continuous A/B testing and reinforcement learning. This maximizes total player value while saving valuable team resources previously spent on complex manual optimization. Airflux Logic: Airflux is a perpetually evolving system designed to find the optimal balance between ad monetization (primarily Interstitials and Rewarded Videos) and user experience, with the ultimate goal of maximizing Total User Lifetime Value (LTV). It operates as a continuous learning loop. This entire sophisticated loop—Collect Data → Predict LTV → Segment Users → Formulate Ad Policies (Hypotheses) → A/B Test Policies (Weekly Cycle) → Reinforcement Learning (Learn & Propose New Policies) → Apply Winning Policy via Real-time Inference API Calls → Collect More Data—runs continuously. This allows Airflux to dynamically adapt and refine ad strategies for potentially thousands of distinct micro-segments, systematically driving incremental LTV gains over time. Find out more 👉 https://www.airflux.ai/



**Who Is the Company Behind Airflux?**

- **Seller:** [AB180, Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ab180-inc)
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** Seoul, Republic of Korea
- **Twitter:** @AirbridgeHQ (113 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/78384907 (75 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 15. [AppTap](https://www.g2.com/products/apptap/reviews)
  AppTap is committed to helping app developers and publishers grow and monetize their audience with native app advertising platform.



**Who Is the Company Behind AppTap?**

- **Seller:** [AppTap](https://www.g2.com/sellers/apptap)
- **Year Founded:** 2010
- **HQ Location:** Miami, US
- **Twitter:** @AppTap (381 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/apptap/ (6 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 16. [AppVajra](https://www.g2.com/products/appvajra/reviews)
  AppVajra helps SDK companies sell their SDK faster by identifying high-growth mobile apps that are the perfect fit, based on installs, SDK usage, etc. Most teams rely on cold lists and guesswork. AppVajra gives you real-time visibility into growing apps, the SDKs they use, and when they installed or removed them, so you can prioritize the right leads and close more deals with less effort.



**Who Is the Company Behind AppVajra?**

- **Seller:** [AppVajra](https://www.g2.com/sellers/appvajra)
- **Year Founded:** 2024
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/appvajra/ (2 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 17. [Array by AppLovin](https://www.g2.com/products/array-by-applovin/reviews)
  Array is a seamless, end-to-end app management suite that delivers more value for mobile operators and end users by tapping into AppLovin’s massive app ecosystem.



**Who Is the Company Behind Array by AppLovin?**

- **Seller:** [AppLovin](https://www.g2.com/sellers/applovin)
- **Year Founded:** 2012
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Twitter:** @AppLovin (18,380 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/applovin/ (616 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ: APP



### 18. [CastarSDK](https://www.g2.com/products/castarsdk/reviews)
  We are a team focused on providing developers with innovative app monetization solutions. By integrating our SDK, your app can realize a steady passive income without compromising the user experience. Earn up to $500 USD per 1,000 effective exposures, with earnings based on the number of active users and and different country regions, very transparent.We have no ads! Our SDK will not cause any interference to users or change the application experience. It runs completely silently and users will not even notice its existence.



**Who Is the Company Behind CastarSDK?**

- **Seller:** [CastarSDK](https://www.g2.com/sellers/castarsdk)
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 19. [ChatWithAds](https://www.g2.com/products/chatwithads/reviews)
  ChatWithAds is a multi-channel advertising analytics and AI insights platform that helps e-commerce brands and performance marketers manage, analyze, and optimize their campaigns across multiple ad platforms from a single dashboard. The platform connects to ad channels, including Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Amazon, as well as e-commerce platforms like Shopify and email marketing tools like Klaviyo. Once connected, users can view spend, revenue, ROAS, CPA, and other key performance metrics across all channels without switching between platforms or stitching together data manually. ChatWithAds includes an AI-powered chat interface that allows users to ask questions about their campaign data in natural language. Users can query performance by audience segment, creative type, platform, or time period and receive data-backed answers with detailed breakdowns and metric comparisons, removing the need to build custom reports or dig through multiple dashboards. Key features include: - Unified multi-channel dashboard that consolidates campaign data from Google, Meta, TikTok, Amazon, Bing, and Klaviyo into a single view with AI-powered smart suggestions - AI chat insights that let users ask plain-language questions about ad performance and receive instant, structured answers with audience and creative breakdowns - Product and inventory tracking that ties e-commerce catalog data to advertising performance, showing revenue, profit margins, and stock levels per product - Projections and alerts that surface budget recommendations, conversion forecasts, and ROI scenarios based on historical campaign data - Profitability analysis that goes beyond ROAS to calculate true profit margins across campaigns, ad sets, and individual products ChatWithAds is designed for DTC brands, e-commerce teams, and media buyers who run paid campaigns across multiple platforms and need a centralized way to track performance, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions without relying on spreadsheets or siloed platform dashboards.



**Who Is the Company Behind ChatWithAds?**

- **Seller:** [ChatWithAds](https://www.g2.com/sellers/chatwithads)
- **Year Founded:** 2023
- **HQ Location:** Los Angeles, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/chatwithads/ (3 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 20. [Coda Links](https://www.g2.com/products/coda-links/reviews)
  Coda Links is a compliant link-out payments solution designed to help game publishers and digital businesses collect global payments outside traditional app store checkout flows. Unlike generic shorteners such as Bitly, Coda Links is purpose-built for monetization. It uses deep linking to transfer key checkout data such as Player IDs, SKUs, emails, and campaign parameters, helping publishers recognize users and route them to the right Coda-powered payment experience. Why Coda Links? As app stores and platform policies continue to evolve, publishers need a safer, ready-made way to support out-of-app payments, alternative payment methods, and compliant link-outs. Coda Links helps publishers protect revenue from platform fees while staying aligned with iOS, Android, DMA, and other link-out requirements. Deep Linking for Checkout: Coda Links carries player and product-level data into checkout, helping create a smoother payment journey from app, web, social, email, creator campaigns, or community channels. Out-of-App Monetization: Publishers can guide users to localized payment experiences outside app store environments, helping reduce dependency on platform-controlled checkout and unlock more flexible payment options. Compliance Built In: Coda Links is designed to support compliant link-out journeys across iOS and Android, providing publishers with a practical solution as platform rules and global regulations continue to evolve. Build Loyalty: Drive repeat out-of-app purchases and reward customers with Webstore loyalty programs. Built for the next era of digital monetization, Coda Links turns every link into a checkout-ready payment path. Whether shared in-app, on the web, through social campaigns, or across player communities, it helps publishers connect users to trusted, localized payment experiences while maintaining compliance, checkout data, and customer relationships.



**Who Is the Company Behind Coda Links?**

- **Seller:** [Coda](https://www.g2.com/sellers/coda-c2ba5c53-d98b-44c1-a89e-97a1df9e0b08)
- **Year Founded:** 2011
- **HQ Location:** Singapore, SG
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/coda (483 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 21. [Criteo Commerce Grid](https://www.g2.com/products/criteo-commerce-grid/reviews)
  Criteo Commerce Grid is the first SSP purpose-built to connect commerce-rich publisher supply with the most qualified demand. By blending premium inventory access with trillions of real-time commerce signals, Commerce Grid empowers buyers to activate curated, performance-optimized deals across formats like display, video, CTV, and native. Advertisers benefit from outcome-based deal optimization, transparent supply paths, and seamless activation within their preferred DSPs. For publishers, Commerce Grid maximizes yield by packaging inventory with commerce intent data, while maintaining trust and control. This unique combination of supply quality, audience precision, and automation enables marketers to drive measurable results across the full funnel while ensuring publishers are rewarded fairly.



**Who Is the Company Behind Criteo Commerce Grid?**

- **Seller:** [Criteo](https://www.g2.com/sellers/criteo)
- **HQ Location:** Paris, France
- **Twitter:** @criteo (18,699 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/37209/ (3,903 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ:CRTO
- **Total Revenue (USD mm):** $2,072



### 22. [Criteo Commerce Yield](https://www.g2.com/products/criteo-commerce-yield/reviews)
  Commerce Yield is the monetization platform built for retailers and marketplaces to unlock new revenue streams from their digital properties and first-party data. With modular solutions (ranging from a white-label self-service platform to flexible APIs), Commerce Yield powers direct demand while also unlocking incremental growth through brand, agency, and partner integrations. Commerce Yield’s AI-driven retail media technology ensures ad relevancy, optimizes campaign performance, and delivers closed-loop measurement so brands can directly connect investment to outcomes. Retailers maintain full control over their inventory, UX, data, pricing, and media offerings while protecting and enhancing the shopper experience.



**Who Is the Company Behind Criteo Commerce Yield?**

- **Seller:** [Criteo](https://www.g2.com/sellers/criteo)
- **HQ Location:** Paris, France
- **Twitter:** @criteo (18,699 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/37209/ (3,903 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ:CRTO
- **Total Revenue (USD mm):** $2,072



### 23. [Equativ](https://www.g2.com/products/equativ/reviews)
  Integrated ad management platform: RTB, Video, Mobile.


  **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 11
**How Do G2 Users Rate Equativ?**

- **Ease of Admin:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.3/10)
- **Ease of Use:** 8.2/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10)
- **Quality of Support:** 7.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
- **Ease of Setup:** 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Equativ?**

- **Seller:** [Equativ](https://www.g2.com/sellers/equativ)
- **Year Founded:** 2001
- **HQ Location:** Paris
- **Twitter:** @Equativ (2,362 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/202220/ (711 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 58% Small-Business, 25% Mid-Market


### 24. [Flow3 Network](https://www.g2.com/products/flow3-network/reviews)
  Flow3 Network is a Decentralized Wireless Network (DePIN) that enables users to transform idle bandwidth and AI computing power into rewards. By installing the Flow3 Extension, participants join a peer-to-peer ecosystem where they can effortlessly earn Flow3 Points by sharing unused internet and computing resources, converting them into lucrative incentives.



**Who Is the Company Behind Flow3 Network?**

- **Seller:** [Flow3 Network](https://www.g2.com/sellers/flow3-network)
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®)



### 25. [Freestar](https://www.g2.com/products/freestar/reviews)
  Freestar engineers cutting-edge monetization solutions for websites. By combining industry-leading technology, data, and massive scale, we enable busy site owners to seamlessly maximize revenue while freeing themselves of the hassles of ad operations.



**Who Is the Company Behind Freestar?**

- **Seller:** [Freestar.io](https://www.g2.com/sellers/freestar-io)
- **Year Founded:** 2015
- **HQ Location:** Scottsdale, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/freestar (214 employees on LinkedIn®)




    ## What Is App Monetization Platforms?
  [Digital Advertising Tech](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-advertising-tech)
  ## What Software Categories Are Similar to App Monetization Platforms?
    - [Mobile Advertising Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-advertising)
    - [Supply Side Platforms (SSP)](https://www.g2.com/categories/supply-side-platform-ssp)
    - [Publisher Ad Server Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/publisher-ad-server)

  
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## How Do You Choose the Right App Monetization Platforms?

### What You Should Know About App Monetization Platforms

### What are App Monetization Platforms?

App monetization platforms help mobile app developers and publishers earn money from their apps through advertising, allowing app creators to offer their products to users for free. However, it is also commonly used to supplement revenue sources such as paid downloads and freemium models. Software developers and mobile publishers use these software platforms to create and format ad units inside the app and streamline selling the ad space through mobile ad networks and exchanges. 

App monetization platforms are sold as best-of-breed products specifically for selling mobile apps or as part of a more comprehensive publisher ad management product. These solutions are paralleled by [mobile advertising software](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-advertising) advertisers use to purchase the available ad space in apps. [Ad networks](https://www.g2.com/categories/ad-network) and exchanges serve as the bridge between the two. App monetization platforms integrate with them to ensure ads transition smoothly through the online ad buying process.

### What are the Common Features of App Monetization Platforms?

The following are some core features within app monetization platforms that can help users identify if this type of software will meet their business needs:

**SDK capabilities:** A software development kit, more commonly known as an SDK, is a set of tools that provides a developer or app creator with the capabilities to build a custom app that can be added on, or connected to, another program, like an ad exchange. SDKs allow programmers to develop apps for a specific platform (like Apple or Google Ads). 

**Third-party network integrations:** In addition to the SDK, the app monetization platform needs to work on an ad exchange. This component is crucial as it’s how the app will make money. If there is no third-party network, there is no way to publish the ad, making it impossible to monetize. 

**Automation of ads:** Once an ad has been created and uploaded, it will have to be run to generate revenue. This should require little to no maintenance on behalf of the developer. Campaigns can be created to run under certain specifications (time frame, etc.), which provides a customizable strategy based on business or revenue goals. 

**Track conversions and demographics:** To understand the ads' success and revenue earned, these products should always come with analytics and tracking functionality. These will help you better understand your audience to prepare for future ad production. 

### What are the Benefits of App Monetization Platforms?

These products offer many benefits for the implementer. Below are the benefits of using app monetization platforms: 

**Consistent revenue generation:** If an app is free to use, there can be a gap in revenue for the creator. When implementing app monetization platforms, the owner can use this as a secondary stream until the app gains enough traction to offer a subscription model or a premium version. 

**Cohesive user experience:** Often, the ads run on said apps will be related to the downloaded app's topic or purpose. This can provide users with a more aligned and on-brand experience even though it comes across as an advertisement. This is a common practice across multiple industries, including lifestyle, transportation, and education. 

### Who Uses App Monetization Platforms?

While multiple stakeholders can use app monetization platforms, its purpose is very specific. 

**Developers or app creators:** The good news is that anyone can create an app. This also means that anyone can also use this software platform. The setup is often easy, and depending on the skill set of the creator, the learning curve might not be as steep as expected. 

**Growth marketing managers:** Creating ads that meet the requirements, publication of an ad exchange, plus formatting and creating the content for them can be a large job. This responsibility will often fall to a marketing manager or a growth marketing manager. They have the skill set to run said ads while maintaining them and tracking their analytics. 

### Challenges with App Monetization Platforms

Often if an app is free or cheap, there is an association that it might be lower quality. Regardless of this, there can be some drawbacks to monetizing an app. Below are the top challenges of using these tools:

**Spam:** It’s a common experience among app users to use a free product, and an unwanted ad pops up without warning. These, while annoying, are a type of app monetization. If the ad isn’t carefully crafted to suit the app's interface, it can be considered spam and damage the user experience. 

**Quality and quantity:** Similar to the spam effect, an overuse of ads or low-quality content can be more harmful than helpful. If any ads are to be implemented, they should be thoughtfully crafted and not overwhelming to the app itself. 

### Which Companies Should Buy App Monetization Platforms?

**Digital marketing agencies or services:** Creating an app costs time and money. Some agencies and independent services provide end-to-end development, deployment, and monetization. Depending on the type of agency and the type of app one is trying to build, it could be more cost-effective to use this type of service when creating and monetizing an app. 

**App development firms or start-ups:** A start-up is often tight on manpower and financing, making every penny count when making their investment profitable. Finding software solutions to speed up that process without compromising the product can be invaluable. 

### How to Buy App Monetization Platforms

#### Requirements Gathering (RFI/RFP) for App Monetization Platforms

For app monetization products, the requirement should be that the software offers mobile application developers and publishers the ability to earn money from their apps through mobile app advertising.

#### Compare App Monetization Platform Products

**Create a long list**

Buyers must start from the beginning of the buyer journey by understanding which products won’t be a good fit. The next step is to compile the features that would be essential, such as the channels available for publishing or types of content that can be sourced, and remove any app monetization products that don’t include those features. If there’s one specific thing from a product that others don’t have but isn’t critical to the business goals, buyers can consider leaving that product behind to find one that checks all the boxes.

**Create a short list**

Once a primary selection of features is made of needs and wants, buyers must start identifying products that fit into this mold and ensure that these products meet all requirements essential to the key business objectives. Once the options have been narrowed down, businesses should consider reviews and objective third-party analysis.