Top 5 Travel and Local Apps Performance in South Africa Q3 2024

In Q3 2024, the travel and local app market in South Africa saw notable activity across popular applications. Data from Sensor Tower highlights key trends for the top five apps on the unified platform.

Booking.com: Hotels & Travel maintained a consistent performance in weekly downloads, starting at around 23.6K in early July and peaking at approximately 24.5K mid-September. The app also saw a steady number of weekly active users, fluctuating around the 340K mark, with a slight increase towards the end of the quarter.

Google Maps experienced a gradual increase in weekly downloads, beginning with 20.3K downloads and reaching a high of 24.2K by late September. The active user base stayed robust, averaging over 640K weekly users, with a peak towards the quarter's close.

Find my Phone - Family Locator from FAMILY LOCATOR LLC showed a steady increase in weekly revenue, starting at $2.1K and ending at $2.6K. The app's downloads fluctuated, beginning at 7.5K and dropping to around 4K in early September, before climbing back up to over 6.5K by the end of the quarter. Active users mirrored this trend, with numbers ranging from 9.1K to 11.3K.

Google Earth reported a consistent number of downloads, around the 6K mark throughout the quarter, with a slight decrease towards the end. The app's active users maintained a steady presence, averaging around 43K weekly.

FlySafair saw a notable spike in downloads in mid-August, reaching 17.6K, before stabilizing around 7K towards the end of September. Active users followed a similar pattern, peaking at 63K in August and then stabilizing at around 55K.

For more detailed insights and data, Sensor Tower provides comprehensive analytics on these trends.