ROAS (Return on Ad Spend)
Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) indicates the revenue generated from a specific mobile ad campaign and it measures the effectiveness of it. It is crucial for mobile advertisers to determine and track the most efficient sources that bring the most quality app users.
If ROAS of an ad campaign is negative, it means the ad campaign requires more cost than the revenue generated from acquired users. In this case, the ad campaign should be optimized or stopped. To decide on if a mobile ad campaign should continue running, it should be ROAS positive. To make a mobile ad campaign ROAS positive, all campaign elements including creatives, ad types selected, app store pages, CTAs, and target audiences should be optimized.
Within ROAS calculation, all the revenue coming from in-app purchases and in-app advertising is taken into consideration.
ROAS= Total Revenue Generated from an Ad Campaign / Total Cost of the Mobile Ad Campaign
Get Featured On Mobile Marketing Reads!
We help companies in the mobile marketing ecosystem to reach a qualified, engaged audience for branding, thought leadership,and lead-generation.
LATEST MOBILE MARKETING NEWS
-
681 Views
in News, Trends & ReportsTürkiye’s mobile game revenue reaches $2.8B as Dream Games and Peak generate over80% of industry revenue
Türkiye’s mobile gaming industry continues to expand despite slower growth across the global market, with annual revenue from Turkish-developed mobile games rising from $504 million in 2020 to nearly $2.8 billion in 2025, according to AppMagic’s Türkiye’s Mobile Gaming Landscape 2026 report. The increase represents growth of approximately 450% over five years and has lifted […] More
-
13.1k Views
in Mobile App StatisticsThreads User and Revenue Statistics (2026)
Meta’s Threads, which attracted 10 million signups in the first seven hours of its launch, enables users to submit brief text messages of up to 500 characters, add links, photographs, and videos for up to five minutes, and communicate with other platform users by like, reposting, and reacting to their postings. The microblogging app, which […] More
-
875 Views
in Deals and IPOs, NewsAffle acquires AdColony Technology assets and trademark from Digital Turbine
Affle has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire key AdColony technology assets and trademark rights from Digital Turbine, marking a significant move in the mobile advertising sector as companies continue to consolidate technology, data, and publisher relationships. The transaction will be completed through Affle MEA FZ LLC, a subsidiary of Affle. The acquisition includes […] More


