Top 5 Auto Apps in France Q1 2021: A Sensor Tower Data Analysis

In the first quarter of 2021, the auto application landscape in France witnessed varying trends in user engagement and downloads. Sensor Tower's comprehensive data analysis provides a closer look at the performance of the top five auto applications on a unified platform.

Android Auto, published by Google LLC, saw a fluctuation in downloads, starting the quarter with approximately 8K downloads and dipping to roughly 4K by the end of March. However, the app's weekly active users showed a consistent upward trend, increasing from 368K in the last week of December to over 534K in the last week of March.

The MYPEUGEOT APP experienced a relatively stable quarter in terms of downloads, hovering around the 4.5K to 5K mark. Weekly active users remained steady as well, with a slight increase from 102K to 105K by the quarter's end.

AutoScout24: Buy & sell cars, from AutoScout24 GmbH, also demonstrated consistent download numbers, ranging from approximately 3K to 4K throughout the quarter. Revenue for this app varied each week, with figures like $76 in the first week of January, $26 in early March, and $22 by the end of March. Interestingly, weekly active users saw a slight decrease, from 43K at the beginning of the period to 41K at the end.

Android Auto for phone screens, another offering from Google LLC, had a remarkable spike in downloads during the second week of February, reaching over 4K, but stabilized around 3.7K towards the end of March. Weekly active users showed growth, starting at 443 and reaching 800 by the close of Q1.

Lastly, mobile.de - car market by mobile.de GmbH saw its downloads start at around 2.4K and decrease to just over 1.6K by March's end. The weekly active users exhibited a slight decline, from nearly 28K at the start of the quarter to 26K in the final week.

For a deeper dive into the data and more insights, Sensor Tower's platform provides extensive analytics on the app economy. The trends observed in these top auto applications underscore the dynamic nature of app performance and user engagement within the auto category in France.