Field Notes & Empirical Guides

App Analytics & LTV Engineering Insights

Technical analyses, cohort modeling breakdowns, SKAN 4.0 conversion mapping strategies, and store receipt reconciliation notes from our active client audits.

Field Notes & Technical Guides
Aug 8, 2026

In-App Purchase Event Schema Auditing: A Telemetry Checklist

A practical checklist for mobile developers to audit in-app purchase tracking schemas, eliminate currency mismatch bugs, and enforce transaction idempotency.

Field Notes & Technical Guides
Jul 20, 2026

Identifying Silent Subscriber Churn in App Cohort Models

How billing retries, grace periods, and uncollected store cancellation webhooks create false subscriber retention figures in mobile analytics warehouses.

Field Notes & Technical Guides
Jul 2, 2026

Mapping SKAdNetwork 4.0 Conversion Values to Predict Day-90 LTV

How to structure 6-bit fine conversion values and 3-tier coarse values in SKAN 4.0 to generate statistically robust early proxies for long-term customer lifetime value.

Field Notes & Technical Guides
Jun 14, 2026

Calculating True Payback Curves in Mobile Subscription Apps

Why traditional SaaS payback formulas fail when applied to mobile app stores, and how to construct empirical net cash recovery curves accounting for store commissions, refunds, and renewal decay.