According to a report by Manifesto, 32 percent of people check mobile apps on their phone 1 to 10 times a day.
As you can see in the graph pictured below, people from different countries spend an average of more than 100 minutes a day on their smartphone, which makes it an hour and a half a day.
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Make your app more addictive
1. Give a daily dose of goodies
We all love free stuff. Aren't we So, for customers to come back to you, you need to take out the free goodies that you want to go back to your app. For example, if your app is related to e-commerce, you can help your customers with coupons and deals that they can not afford.
2. Let the user communicate
This is one of the important parts that need to be incorporated in the app, especially when the app is about multiple people engagement. For example, the PUBG game app is doing wonders and one reason for its success is the ability of players to communicate with their teams.
3. Focus on micro sessions
So, in terms of applications, you should allow the customer to do more in small doses. By adding micro-sessions, you give the user enough time to rejuvenate for the next one. If you look at some successful games, they are the ones that users use the most in the quick-session stages.
Tinder is one such app that allows you to find a date on the go. Swipe left and you can find a match anytime and it will be addictive.
4. Add some competition
Most mobile apps compete with the bot; Some allow you to compete with your friend and some apps allow you to challenge multiple people at the same time.
Most apps keep reminding you of a high score, thereby, encouraging customers to stay competitive and it will automatically addict your app.
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5. The collaboration is great
A good example of this is multi-player games that feature people from your family and circle of friends. And I hope, no one wants to be beaten by your best buddy; I understand how the blame can do the trick.
6. Bring in the form
FOMO or Fear of Missing Out is one of the best tools to make users reopen the app and make it addictive. For this, you need to add some other elements in the app that the user does not want to miss, so it brings good mobile app engagement.
The Conclusion
You need to be on top and do anything special to create an addictive mobile app and the items mentioned here in this article will help you. Also, do not view your application as addictive after launching. Give it some time and insert left-out parts to help it become more addictive.
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