In this lesson, we’ll review some of the most effective design tactics and UI patterns for onboarding new mobile app users. This one is heavy on the visual aids—we got you.

The final assessment is made up of 23 questions, and they’re all multiple choice. Best of luck (not that you need it).

In this first lesson, we’ll review mobile app retention rates, why they’re so hard to improve, and how mobile app onboarding experiences fit in.

Consumer willingness to pay for mobile apps appears may be on the rise, but app monetization is still a challenge. Here are 3 unique strategies companies have used to earn money from free apps.

Lesson 3 delivers a simple but powerful 4-step process that’s helped many a mobile team level up their onboarding experience.

Mobile apps are progressively becoming the new “first experience” for many users. These 6 cutting-edge, mobile-first apps offer creative and impactful user experiences that simply can't be replicated on desktop.

"Smaller screens demand simpler onboarding. Here's how to streamline your mobile onboarding and improve your app abandonment rates. "

Hear from a mobile product designer on how to build, publish, and experiment with on-brand mobile experiences that improve user adoption using Appcues Mobile.

We rounded up 5 of the best examples of mobile onboarding (that you probably haven't seen all over the internet yet!) for your inspiration.

Gaining access to your mobile app users' data requires a delicate balance of timing and education. This lesson shares tips and best practices for building trust and gaining the permissions your app needs to be at its best.

Push notifications play an important role in re-engaging inactive mobile users. In this lesson, we’ll share the 3 key ingredients for engaging push notifications, plus examples from apps that get it right.

Learn how Appcues Mobile helps businesses create personalized in-app experiences that drive engagement and retention.

Here are 5 ways mobile PMs and app owners can use tooltips for mobile—including effective upsell prompts, user onboarding, feature announcements, and more.

Learn the best mobile onboarding practices to drive user activation, reduce friction, and increase retention. Discover actionable SaaS insights and strategies.

Users grant mobile apps permission to access their data based on trust. You can earn that trust with contextual, timely permission priming. Follow these guidelines to reduce app abandonment, increase opt-in rates, and deliver a better user experience.

From depositing checks to ordering lunch, we now rely on apps to get us through the day. We shine a spotlight on 5 of the industries that have been transformed by mobile apps—including healthcare, finance, and SaaS. Complete with 2020 trends and statistics and examples of app UX from each category.

Use Appcues mobile surveys to gauge user sentiment, serve tailored experiences, and much more.

Omnichannel is a winning UX and marketing strategy. Learn key features of a successful omnichannel experience, plus 5 examples from top software companies

There’s no doubt about it—the world is going mobile. Google is rolling out mobile-first indexing. eCommerce is turning into mCommerce, and brands with a mobile app report that 67% of sales happen in-app. In this article, learn practical ways to measure and increase your mobile users' happiness.

In this comprehensive guide, we review best practices for all the UI/UX patterns you need to create an exceptional mobile onboarding experience. Includes 16 best-in-class examples of user onboarding from real mobile apps.

Delivering a first-class mobile user experience requires revenue. But when there's a free alternative to everything, how do you prompt users to upgrade to a paid plan? We explain the 3 top strategies for upselling on mobile, with examples from popular apps.

We're revisit all our thrilling releases (tooltips, surveys, and more!) to celebrate this exciting one-year milestone.

The 2-week retention rate for mobile apps averaged less than 10% in 2018. We read dozens of reports and studied the top mobile apps to understand why mobile user retention rates are so low—and how you can improve your own metrics with user onboarding, permission priming, and better mobile UX.

We all know user onboarding matters. But you might be surprised by how big of an impact it can have on mobile app engagement, retention, and success. These 4 recent statistics prove that user onboarding is the most important part of the mobile user journey, too.

User onboarding best practices for mobile apps, including examples of onboarding screens and research from Cluth's latest mobile survey.

A mobile app's first screen should make new users feel welcome and demonstrate your app's value, not scare users off by forcing them to register for an account. Here, we explain how to use gradual engagement for mobile onboarding to increase retention, boost meaningful conversions, and improve UX.

Designing your user experience for a mobile app has its constraints. Here are the 5 you need to be aware of to create a UX design that works.

Take a look at how 8 popular apps use modals to onboard users, make in-app announcements, generate user reviews, and more.

Struggling to get enough reviews in the App Store? Learn from these 4 creative approaches to mobile app rating requests.

Generating expansion revenue (expansion MRR) and retaining users are the keys to long-term success for mobile apps. Learn about the different types of upseling on mobile, how you can use upsell strategies to grow your premium user base, and how to retain users through retention campaigns.

Appcues’ 2024 Product Wrap—mobile localization, multi-channel messaging, and more. See how we’re shaping the future of user engagement.

Narrow software promises can turn away potential customers. This growth hack helped us maximize leads and product input with a branched onboarding solution

We all know how difficult customer retention is to measure and improve. In this post, we'll give you strategies to improve mobile app retention.

Here are 6 best examples of user onboarding checklists for mobile & web, along with the powerful user psychology principles that make each one effective.

You can’t nail your mobile app onboarding experience without a solid understanding of your users’ behaviors and motivations. We’ll show you a few easy steps you can take to get there.

Push notications can be annoying. Here we look at the 3 most important ingredients for a successful strategy that engages (not enrages) your mobile app users.

Learn how Foresyte, a lifestyle planning app, increased its onboarding success rate by 15% using Appcues. By using Appcues, Foresyte improved product usage and user engagement across the customer lifecycle.

Encouraging feature adoption is crucial for long-term SaaS success. Explore 9 examples of feature tours & prompts that enhance user engagement throughout their journey

Here are the 4 key elements your app needs for a product-led UX that ensures a short time to value, boosts user engagement, and reduces abandonment

There's a fine line between being big and bold, and downright annoying. Here's how to design modals your users will actually enjoy.

Master in-app onboarding with essential tips to enhance engagement, simplify signups, and ensure seamless user experiences for long-term success.

Acquiring and retaining users isn't always enough to drive revenue. Here's are tips to create an in app messaging strategy that converts users to revenue.

Here are 6 of the most important cognitive and behavioral psychology principles that UX designers should understand in order to design more effective user onboarding flows, mobile apps, and SaaS products—with examples from real products.

Tooltips are powerful when designed well and used strategically. Check out our tips on great tooltip design with a bunch of examples inside!

Our top 20 free UI kits will help you create fantastic web and app designs easily. Awesome UI vector kits for Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe XD, and Illustrator.

Learn how to boost push notification subscribers with actionable tips on timing, messaging, and value. Engage your audience and drive retention today!

Here is the 45 best user engagement, in-app communication, and analytics tools, plus tips for selecting the right B2B SaaS solution for your product

We break down the pros and cons of each type of onboarding UX, along with best practices for using popular UI patterns like modals and tooltips effectively.

Discover how SaaS teams create seamless customer experiences that improve loyalty and lifetime value using omnichannel strategies.

The Appcues customer success team was relying too heavily on calls, emails, and docs. By Appcues in our own product, we were able to own, create, target, and publish in-app messaging campaigns at scale—including renewal reminders, webinar announcements, mobile beta signup, and referral prompts.

Increase user engagement with Appcues. Sync in-app, email, and push messaging for seamless experiences, higher conversions, and smarter retention strategies

It's been an exciting year for Appcues. Check out the Appcues 2018 Year in Review for a look back at our biggest moments and some exciting announcements.

Discover the 17 best product tour software options for building user-friendly and on-brand tours.

We gathered the greatest minds of the product-led growth community for our second annual Appcues Experience—here's what they had to say.

See how Eduflow, 360Learning & Degreed onboard teachers & students fast. Learn 5 EdTech onboarding examples that boost adoption, reduce setup time & spark engagement.

How top chatting apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber, and Line use onboarding to create strong network effects and build user engagement.

See how Hilton, Hyatt & Four Seasons launched tech that boosted guest satisfaction & staff confidence. Learn 5 hospitality launch tactics that build trust & adoption.

Struggling with SaaS onboarding? See how self-service strategies can increase adoption, reduce churn, and improve retention with real-world examples.