Your App's MAU (monthly active users) numbers will get inflated if you are spending heavily on App acquisition.

Instead, use this metric to measure user stickiness.

Monthly returning users.

You can check this metric in Google Play Console.

Statistics - > Enguagement -> Monthly returning users

The best way to look at this metric is to pair it with the installed audience.

The ratio of monthly returning users to the installed audiences indicates the quality of your recent user acquisition efforts.


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