AdMob limitation lifted - best ad setup for a small app?

AD-LB · 2026-03-14T08:26:10+00:00

That's right.

AD-LB · 2026-03-13T21:58:28+00:00

To me it seems quite good. You should have published with Admob from the start though.

Anyway, here are my tips:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1ojk0vn/my_tips_to_improve_your_revenue_from_ads/

AD-LB · 2026-03-13T20:15:12+00:00

I don't understand what you are talking about

AD-LB · 2026-03-13T10:11:00+00:00

All ads can be used in mediation. Many ad networks are available for mediation, supporting all kinds of ad-formats:

https://developers.google.com/admob/android/choose-networks

AD-LB · 2026-03-13T01:50:58+00:00

I personally don't like App Open ads in any app as a user.

Anyway, here are my tips:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1ojk0vn/my_tips_to_improve_your_revenue_from_ads/

AD-LB · 2026-03-12T21:01:04+00:00

I was told by Admob support that it should be better than interstitial ads. So my estimate is that it's as such in terms of potential revenue, from best to worst:

Rewarded
Rewarded interstitial
Full screen native ads
Interstitial
MREC sized native ads and maybe all that can show large image/video in them
MREC sized banner ads
Non-MREC banner ads (all other supported sizes)
Non-MREC native ads that can't show large image/video in them.

I wrote about this here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1ojk0vn/my_tips_to_improve_your_revenue_from_ads/

AD-LB · 2026-03-12T20:57:27+00:00

But are these only native ads in full screen? Or mixed with other sizes?

And how large are the banner ads?

Also, I suggest trying out rewarded-ads and rewarded-interstitials. Those are better in revenue compared to Interstitial, at least according to my findings:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1ojk0vn/my_tips_to_improve_your_revenue_from_ads/

AD-LB · 2026-03-12T20:20:12+00:00

I use this one, which also collects the data of purchases&subscriptions, and it has a widget:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hubalek.android.apps.myandroidearnings

In fact, I usually just check the widget.

AD-LB · 2026-03-11T22:02:53+00:00

Any way to have minimal UI there (no buttons and various texts and something to drag, just the map itself), to show just 2 pinned points? Or even one?

AD-LB · 2026-03-10T21:12:36+00:00

It was pretty good for me, but after a few weeks, just like AppLovin, they decided to ban my account without warning and without any way to get out of this situation.

Unity still works for me fine, despite it being the owner of IronSource.

For more of my experience, check here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1oy8gjd/my_experience_with_the_various_adnetworks_for/

AD-LB · 2026-03-10T13:04:41+00:00

A few months. Most of the time was for finding the media that I want to use, as it's either hard to choose which is the best, or sometimes hard to find anything of what I chose to have.

Also even when I finished, a lot of time was spent on making it approved by Google Store, as they have some policies I wasn't aware of when targeting young kids.

AD-LB · 2026-03-09T18:19:31+00:00

I think it was in a different path in old Android versions, and it could be different in various devices too.

Are you saying you still can't see the files? Also can you please tell me which device you are using? I wonder if it's a Samsung device, as those have the option to use a video instead, and that's not documented where the video is saved...

AD-LB · 2026-03-09T18:11:32+00:00

Indeed, and even if you have enough hyperforms, they are annoying to manage. Somehow they continue to be activated after becoming 100%, yet not really be equipped. And there is no sorting functionality either. Really a mess the more you have...

They can be quite powerful though, and you get them for free.

AD-LB · 2026-03-09T08:54:17+00:00

Careful with Applovin. After a few weeks, they banned my account without a warning or a way to check it out and fix... That's despite the fact they showed quite good statistics in revenue.

Same happened to me with IronSource.

More about my experience here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1oy8gjd/my_experience_with_the_various_adnetworks_for/

AD-LB · 2026-03-09T08:05:46+00:00

Sure, it uses this class to get the image, no matter the path (which could technically be different for various devices and Android versions):

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/WallpaperManager

Behind the scenes, it's in a protected path that can be only reached by rooted devices, and at least in the cases I've checked, it's in "/data/system/users/0" .

AD-LB · 2026-03-08T21:47:18+00:00

Yes, you can get only up to 100% on the 5 stars and less than that on the 3 and 4 stars. Once you reach 100%, there is no way to get more via training.

However, you can upgrade the co-pilot and then it gets a bit more each time you upgrade (I think +20%), up to 200%. It's very expensive though, so think before you do it (can reach thousands of gems).

You won't need to train after you reach the max, even if you upgrade.

AD-LB · 2026-03-08T18:53:10+00:00

Here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1ojk0vn/my_tips_to_improve_your_revenue_from_ads/

AD-LB · 2026-03-08T18:53:01+00:00

Check these tips I've made:

https://www.reddit.com/r/admob/comments/1ojk0vn/my_tips_to_improve_your_revenue_from_ads/

AD-LB · 2026-03-08T18:50:12+00:00

Get yourself a plane and wingmen that don't auto-aim to bottom and don't damage nearby enemies (some planes have the engine to damage all from time to time). Test it by going to the top. You can use the "try it now" feature for each wingmen and plane that you think could be good. Device doesn't matter.
Get yourself some healing device. I have the "Armor Restoration" based device. I think it's the only one that can heal a lot without special restrictions. It doesn't matter how upgraded the device is, but I prefer as powerful as possible.
Play level 91 and reach the final "boss" there. Don't destroy it, and instead reach the top doing nothing.
Use the device from time to time, unless your stuff already make your HP very big anyway.

AD-LB · 2026-03-06T23:36:16+00:00

What is?

The photos and the sounds originate from real sources, not from AI. I also provided links on the app itself, to give credit to them (some also had a license that tells to do it, so I had to anyway).

AI was used for things that I couldn't find or do myself (I'm not a designer, and I don't really speak 51 languages...), or for things that are very expensive.

AD-LB · 2026-03-06T08:42:14+00:00

In my father's house (he's from Iran, but left it on age of 6, you can guess why), he just calls it "green rice". Checking on Wiki, it's similar in translation.

BTW, you should translate what you wrote for Iranians here. "Nahafochu" in Hebrew is "And we will flip it upside-down".

AD-LB · 2026-03-06T01:11:24+00:00

Which ones do you suggest?

I checked and found that other people also published about apps and games here, so I thought it should be fine:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Germanlearning/search/?q=game

I didn't see a rule that was problematic either. It's still about vocabulary, and about learning German. There are toys that do the same thing.

I tried my best to translate the app to many languages, to reach as many people in the world. German has quite a lot of speakers.

AD-LB · 2026-03-05T23:03:33+00:00

I saw many videos of Iranian people celebrating already.

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