Mobile app development & user acquisition

We build mobile apps and grow them with data

Attribution Main is an independent mobile studio. We design, develop and publish iOS and Android applications, and then scale them ourselves through in-house performance marketing across Meta, Moloco and TikTok — with every install measured, attributed and audited end to end.

2 platformsiOS & Android, native and cross-platform
3 live channelsMeta, Moloco, TikTok — Unity Ads next
25+ GEOsTier-1 and Tier-2 markets worldwide
100% in-houseDevelopment, creatives and media buying
About the company

A product studio that also owns its growth

Most mobile teams either build products or buy traffic. Attribution Main does both under one roof. Our engineering team ships the apps; our media-buying team takes them to market on the day of release. That loop — build, launch, measure, iterate — is the whole company.

Because we own both sides, our marketing decisions are driven by real in-app events rather than proxy metrics. We know exactly which creative, placement and network produced a retained user, and we optimise on that instead of on installs alone.

  • Owned & operated portfolio. We publish under our own developer accounts on the App Store and Google Play and are responsible for every app we promote.
  • In-house creative production. Playables, UGC-style video, statics and app-store assets are produced by our own designers and motion editors.
  • MMP-grade measurement. Every campaign runs through a mobile measurement partner with server-to-server postbacks, SKAdNetwork and Google Play Install Referrer.
  • Policy-first media buying. Creatives and landing experiences are reviewed against each network's advertising policies before a campaign goes live.
  • Long-term network relationships. We scale gradually, keep spend transparent and work with network account managers rather than around them.
What we do

Four disciplines, one team

From the first wireframe to a scaled acquisition campaign, everything happens inside the studio.

Mobile app development

Native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) plus cross-platform builds. Full cycle: product definition, UX, engineering, QA, store submission and release management, followed by ongoing versioning and support.

User acquisition

Campaign strategy, structure and daily optimisation across social and programmatic demand sources. Budget planning by GEO and platform, bid and audience management, scaling and cohort-level reporting.

Creative production

Video, playable and static ad creatives built for each network's format specs, with a structured testing pipeline: concept batches, iteration on winners, and creative-level performance attribution.

Analytics & attribution

MMP integration, event taxonomy design, server-to-server postbacks, SKAdNetwork conversion-value mapping, cohort and ROAS dashboards, and anti-fraud monitoring on incoming traffic.

Portfolio

A mixed portfolio of consumer apps

We deliberately keep a diversified catalogue rather than betting on a single genre. Each direction below is an active development and acquisition track inside the studio.

Casual games

Light, session-based mobile games

Puzzle, merge, idle and arcade titles built for short sessions and broad audiences. Monetised through rewarded video and interstitials, with LiveOps events and difficulty tuning driven by retention data.

iOS & AndroidAd-supportedGlobal audience
Utility

Everyday utility apps

Practical tools people return to weekly — cleaners and storage managers, file and document helpers, scanners, converters and privacy utilities. Freemium with a clearly disclosed subscription tier.

iOS & AndroidFreemiumTier-1 focus
Lifestyle

Lifestyle & self-improvement

Habit and routine trackers, journaling, budgeting helpers and personal-organisation apps. Built around simple daily loops, gentle reminders and a subscription offer presented after real product value.

iOS & AndroidSubscription13+ rating
Entertainment

Entertainment & content

Quiz, trivia and edutainment formats, personalisation and content-discovery apps. Designed for high engagement per session with a mixed ad and in-app-purchase monetisation model.

iOS & AndroidHybrid monetisationMulti-language
User acquisition

Where we buy traffic

We run a small, deliberately curated set of demand sources and go deep on each one rather than spreading thin. Below is our current live mix and what we are onboarding next.

Meta Ads Facebook & Instagram Live

Our largest and longest-running channel. We run App Install and App Promotion campaigns with Advantage+ and value-based bidding, feeding purchase and retention events back through the Meta SDK and our MMP. Creative testing runs in weekly batches, with separate structures per GEO tier and per operating system.

App install campaigns Advantage+ App Value optimisation AEM & SKAN UGC-style video
Moloco Programmatic DSP Live

Our programmatic layer for reach beyond the walled gardens. Moloco's machine-learning bidding is fed with our post-install event stream, which lets us optimise toward ROAS rather than CPI. We use it primarily for scaling proven creative concepts into new inventory and for incremental reach in markets where social costs spike.

ROAS bidding Event-level signals In-app inventory Retargeting Supply-path curation
TikTok for Business Short-form video Live

Our creative-led channel. App Install campaigns with Smart Performance and Value-Based Optimisation, supported by a high-volume production pipeline of native, sound-on vertical video. TikTok is where we validate new creative angles fastest before porting winners to other networks.

App install objective Smart Performance Spark Ads Vertical video at volume Creator-style assets

Unity Ads — next on our roadmap

Onboarding & domain verification in progress
Planned

Unity is the natural next demand source for our portfolio. A significant share of our catalogue is casual and hyper-casual gaming, and Unity's in-game rewarded and interstitial inventory reaches exactly the audience those titles are built for. We are currently completing advertiser onboarding — company and domain verification, billing setup and MMP integration — so that we can begin controlled test campaigns and scale from there.

What we plan to run App install campaigns for our casual and hyper-casual titles, using rewarded video and interstitial placements with playable ad variants produced in-house.
How we will measure Full MMP integration with server-to-server postbacks and SKAdNetwork support, so Unity receives clean install and post-install event signal from day one.
How we will scale Start with a limited-budget test across two or three Tier-1 GEOs, validate retention and ROAS against our existing channels, then expand budgets and GEO coverage gradually.
Technology

Measurement and infrastructure

Attribution is in our name for a reason. Everything we run is instrumented before it is launched.

Attribution & analytics

  • Mobile measurement partner (MMP) on every app
  • Server-to-server postbacks for all networks
  • SKAdNetwork & conversion-value schema on iOS
  • Google Play Install Referrer on Android
  • In-app event taxonomy and funnel tracking
  • Cohort, LTV and ROAS reporting

Development

  • Swift / SwiftUI for iOS, Kotlin for Android
  • Cross-platform builds where it fits the product
  • Unity engine for casual game titles
  • CI/CD with automated builds and store delivery
  • Crash and performance monitoring
  • Staged rollouts and A/B tested releases

Traffic quality

  • Automated anti-fraud checks on incoming installs
  • Click-to-install time and IP anomaly monitoring
  • Placement and sub-publisher level reporting
  • Blocklists maintained per network
  • Daily reconciliation of network vs MMP data
  • Manual review of any spend anomaly
How we work

From concept to scaled campaign

A predictable four-stage cycle that every app in the portfolio goes through.

Research & concept

Market and category research, competitive teardown, monetisation model selection and a product spec with clearly defined success metrics.

Build & instrument

Design and development, MMP and analytics integration, event taxonomy, store listing and assets, policy review, submission and release.

Test & validate

Controlled soft-launch budgets in selected GEOs, creative concept testing, retention and payback validation before any meaningful scale.

Scale & iterate

Gradual budget expansion across channels and markets, continuous creative refresh, product updates driven by cohort data and user feedback.

Compliance & brand safety

How we stay inside the rules

We advertise our own products, so the standards our partners apply to us are the standards we apply to ourselves. These are the commitments every campaign we run is held to.

Honest creatives

Ads show real gameplay and real app functionality. No fake system alerts, no misleading claims, no simulated UI elements and no bait-and-switch between the ad and the store listing.

Store policy alignment

Every title is published under our own developer accounts and maintained in line with Apple App Store Review Guidelines and Google Play Developer Program Policies.

Privacy & consent

GDPR and CCPA-aligned data handling, Apple App Tracking Transparency prompts, consent management on EU traffic, and a published privacy policy for every app we operate.

Age-appropriate targeting

Our apps carry accurate age ratings and our campaigns are targeted accordingly. We do not run child-directed traffic and we respect COPPA and each network's under-13 restrictions.

No restricted verticals

Our portfolio contains consumer games, utilities, lifestyle and entertainment apps only. We do not operate or promote gambling, adult, crypto-investment or other restricted categories.

Transparent partnership

Real company details, a reachable business contact, spend that ramps gradually, and open reporting with network account managers whenever they ask for it.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What exactly does Attribution Main do?

We are a mobile studio with two functions. We develop and publish our own iOS and Android applications, and we run the user-acquisition campaigns that bring users to them. Both functions are in-house — we are the advertiser and the app owner at the same time.

Which apps do you advertise?

Only applications from our own portfolio, published under developer accounts we control on the App Store and Google Play. We do not resell traffic, run affiliate offers, or advertise third-party products.

Which ad networks do you currently work with?

Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram), Moloco and TikTok for Business are live today. Unity Ads is the next network we are onboarding, primarily for our casual and hyper-casual game titles.

How do you measure campaign performance?

Through a mobile measurement partner integrated into every app, with server-to-server postbacks, SKAdNetwork conversion values on iOS and Install Referrer on Android. We optimise on cohort retention and return on ad spend, not on install volume.

How do you handle user privacy?

Each app ships with its own privacy policy, an ATT prompt on iOS, and a consent management flow for users in regions covered by GDPR. We collect only the data needed to operate and measure the product, and we honour deletion requests.

How can we get in touch about a partnership?

Email us at the address in the contact section below. Network representatives, ad platform account managers and potential partners usually get a reply within one business day.

Contact

Let's talk

Partnership enquiries, ad network onboarding, verification requests or media-buying questions — one address reaches the right person.

[email protected]
Business enquiriesPartnerships & ad networks
Response timeWithin 1 business day
Working languageEnglish