Scale app revenue beyond subscriptions
Gaming's most sophisticated monetization and engagement systems, tailored to maximize your consumer app's revenue.
This isn't gamification
Every app team has already been pitched streaks and badges. That's not what we do.
At Plunge, our team helps you design the layers underneath that drive revenue and retention — the economy, the payer funnel, the engagement architecture.
Gaming built and refined these systems over decades. We bring them to your app, and tailor them specifically to your user base and business model.
Three ways we work together
Monetization Audit
Pinpoint where your revenue is stalling. We map your economy, payer funnel, and engagement model to tell you what your next revenue layer should be.
Retention & Engagement Sprint
Identify where users churn. We analyze your user journey to spot the leak where engagement drops. Then we rebuild it into a system that encourages habit.
Embedded Operations
We keep scaling growth by embedding into your existing operation. Calendar, offer engine, segmentation — and the people to run it — positioned directly inside your product.
Our process: The first 90 days
- Day 1–21
1.Diagnose
We tear down your app through an economy lens to identify where the revenue caps — subscription ceiling, weak payer segmentation, etc.
- Day 15–45
2.Scope
After identifying the highest-value interventions, we scope the opportunity end-to-end and agree on deliverables.
- Day 30–75
3.Prove
We run the sprint to fix the areas where retention is broken, shipping real results that are visible in your revenue and engagement metrics.
- Day 60–90
4.Operate
To keep scaling growth, we move into ongoing engagement, embedding the systems that operate in your product day-to-day.
Why Plunge
Consumer apps are where gaming was 15 years ago. The products are getting more sophisticated and the audience is growing — but the operating playbook is staying the same: same subscription ceiling, same paywalls.
Plunge has already solved these challenges in gaming, spending years across genres to identify growth blockers and resolve them. Our expertise across disciplines — monetization, retention, economy design, UA — and genres is what lets us find the growth lever your specific app needs.
There's no plug-and-play solution here. Every app has its own users, its own core loop, its own ceiling. We've seen enough of both worlds to know the difference, and to build the right system for yours.
Guy Gussarsky
Tripledot Studios
Working with Plunge Games gave us exactly what we were looking for.
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Ready to take the plunge? Connect with our experts today.
Let's discuss how we can help grow your app.