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Best Ways to Monetize an App with Ads
September 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Ads pay from opens. These are the placements that do not make people delete you. You still need the opens.
1. Alma — the opens
Slideshows that bring people who will actually open the app again. An ad network cannot find them for you at a small size. $29/month for 500 slides, or $199/month with no cap.
See how Alma automates this
The short report on how Alma turns an app link into posts that go out every day.
Read the carousel report2. After the result
The ad shows once they finished the action. Not on the button that does the action.
3. A rewarded spot they choose
An extra life, an extra export, a skip. They opted in. Read the network rules so accidental clicks do not get you banned.
4. A paid remove-ads option
Only if the free app is still usable. People do not pay to make an insult stop. They leave.
5. Nothing, if they would have paid for the job
A tool used once a week should be a price. Ads there train the wrong habit and earn little.