Top 5 Tools Apps Performance in South Africa Q4 2022

During the fourth quarter of 2022, the performance of the top 5 tools apps in South Africa exhibited notable trends in weekly downloads, revenue, and active users.

NordVPN – fast VPN for privacy saw a steady weekly revenue with peaks around $5K in late September and late October. Weekly downloads remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 1.2K and 1.6K. Active users hovered around 16K to 17K, showing slight weekly variations.

ExpressVPN: VPN Fast & Secure experienced a peak in revenue of approximately $6.2K during the last week of October. Downloads varied, peaking at over 3K in early October. Active users consistently stayed above 29K, peaking at 33K in early October and showing a gradual decline towards the end of the quarter.

AVG AntiVirus & Security had its highest weekly revenue of about $800 during the last week of December. Downloads consistently ranged between 4.7K and 6K, with active users peaking at over 51K in early December.

Surfshark: Secure VPN service showed a peak in weekly revenue of nearly $2K in late October. Weekly downloads were fairly stable, ranging from 1.8K to 2.2K, while active users remained around 5.4K, with minor weekly fluctuations.

PDF Scanner - Document Scanner had a noticeable decline in downloads, from over 23K in early October to about 6.8K in late December. Despite this, weekly revenue peaked at around $600 in late September. Active users showed a downward trend from about 72K in mid-October to around 52K by the end of December.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower, where more detailed analytics can be found.