Calm Newsletter
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Executive Summary
02
App Overview
03
User Acquisition
04
Top Creatives
05
Top Creatives (Competitors)
06
User Acquisition Strategy
07
Creative Strategy
08
Calm Strategy
Calm Body Programmes
Life-Changing Masterclass
100+ Sleep Stories
Music & Soundscapes
Daily Streaks & Mindful Minutes
Special Welcome Offer
Unlock Premium
Free Trial
30% Off
Recurring Free Trial
Revenue of $470,480,831
Top Tier-1 countries in revenue: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France
Total downloads of 130,431,888
Top Tier-1 countries in downloads: USA, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany
Downloads: Calm app witnessed a 0.93% decrease in downloads in the last 14 to 30 days, and a 1.6% decline in the last 30 to 60 days. There was a 10.6% increase in downloads over the last 60 to 90 days.
Revenue: Calm app's revenue declined by 2.94% in the last 14 to 30 days, a 0.2% decrease in the last 30 to 60 days, and a 10.8% increase in the last 60 to 90 days.
Monetization Networks: In the last 14 to 30 days, Facebook saw a 10.7% growth, and in the last 30 to 60 days, it experienced a 10.2% increase. YouTube demonstrated a +13.5% growth in the last 14 to 30 days and a 9.4% rise in the last 30 to 60 days.
Popular Markets: In the last 14 to 30 days, the US grew by +45%, outpacing Australia (+22.8%). The UK saw +19.6% growth in the last 14 to 30 days, with a 13% increase in the following 30 to 60 days. Canada consistently grew at +7.3% in the last 30 to 60 days, and France had an 11.3% increase in the last 14 to 30 days.
Unique/New Creatives: In the last 14 to 30 days, creatives witnessed a significant 49.2% decrease, followed by a 52.8% decline in the last 30 to 60 days, and a notable 24% increase in the last 60 to 90 days
Monetization Network: Facebook showed a 22.1% growth in the last 14 to 30 days and an 8.8% increase in the last 30 to 60 days, while YouTube experienced a 12.6% rise in the last 30 to 60 days and a 3.5% increase in the last 60 to 90 days.
Popular Markets: Australia grew by 34.7% in the last 14 to 30 days, the UK by 27.5% in the same period, and the US declined by 10.1%. Germany decreased by 2.2% in the last 60 to 90 days, while Canada showed growth in both the last 30 to 60 days and the last 60 to 90 days.
Calm is a comprehensive app designed for meditation, sleep, and relaxation, offering diverse features that promote mindfulness and movement. It includes meditations, stories, music, soundscapes, and more, all aimed at guiding users to a heightened state of calmness. The app enables individuals to practice self-healing, alleviate anxiety, and promote overall well-being through its user-friendly guided sessions.
The Calm app provides guided meditations with durations ranging from 3 to 25 minutes, catering to both beginners and experienced practitioners.
The app's standout feature, 'Daily Calm’, provides a 10-minute meditation session exploring fresh topics or themes to help users start their day with calmness and focus.
Users can indulge in Sleep Stories narrated by well-known figures, specifically crafted to facilitate a restful sleep experience.
The application offers breathing exercises to encourage relaxation, along with nature sounds and ambient music to elevate the experience of meditation and relaxation.
The platform lets users track their daily meditation streaks, session durations, and completed sessions. It also offers customization options for background nature sounds and scenes to cater to individual preferences.
The application includes a dedicated section for children, offering meditations and bedtime stories suitable for kids of all ages.
The Calm app provides exclusive Masterclasses, featuring audio lessons by global experts, to assist users in seamlessly incorporating mindfulness into their daily routines.
Calm Body Programmes
Life-Changing Masterclass
100+ Sleep Stories
Music & Soundscapes
Daily Streaks & Mindful Minutes
1. Special Welcome Offer
On launching the app for the first time, users are greeted with an exclusive 'Special Welcome Offer.’
This offer is designed to motivate new users to scroll further and explore the app’s content.
Offering a 40% discount creates a sense of urgency for users to subscribe before the deal expires, leveraging the psychological principle of scarcity. With the one-time discount, the app aims to lower the initial cost barrier, making the premium features more accessible.
2. Unlock Premium
‘Unlock Premium’ allows users to unlock exclusive content such as daily updates, Sleep Stories, and full series, providing a broader range of features than the free version.
After participating in some mindfulness and meditation sessions, this IAP pops up on the app screen.
The call-to-action is straightforward – “Unlock everything with Calm Premium” or “Unlock all of Calm” – presenting the premium upgrade as the key to a full suite of services within the app.
3. Free Trial
The ‘Free Trial’ offers a complimentary 7-day period for users to explore premium features and assess the app’s value.
This free trial period encourages users to engage deeply with the app's content, increasing the likelihood that they will find the app beneficial and opt for the paid subscription after the trial ends.
Post-trial, the app automatically transitions users to a yearly subscription, facilitating a smooth conversion process from free to paid service.
4. 30% Off
The ‘30% Off’ provides a 30% discount on the app's annual premium subscription, reducing the price from $69.99 to $48.99 for the first year.
The offer is crafted to lower the financial barrier for users considering the premium service, making it more enticing to commit to a longer-term subscription.
Users receive this IAP as a targeted promotion after 2 to 3 days of app usage or during special marketing campaigns designed to boost premium subscriptions.
The offer serves as both a reward for engaged users and a retention strategy to keep users invested in the app ecosystem.
The discount of 30% creates an urgency by using the phrase “for today only” letting users take advantage of the discount immediately.
5. Recurring Free Trial
The ‘Recurring Free Trial’ provides users with a 7-day unlimited access to all premium features at no cost, fostering an introductory experience.
The trial is designed to convert free users into paying subscribers by providing full access to premium content, with the assumption that users are more likely to subscribe once they've experienced the app's full capabilities.
This IAP is typically presented to new users upon app installation or to returning users who have shown interest in premium features but have not yet committed to a subscription.
This offer provides 50,000+ minutes of audio content to relieve anxiety and stress, soothing sleep stories, and exclusive music for relaxation among others.
Transparency about the billing process post-trial helps manage user expectations and builds trust, reducing the likelihood of cancellations due to surprise charges.
Calm for Life
The 'Calm for Life' subscription is a one-time purchase option offered by Calm, priced at $399.99, granting users lifetime access to all of Calm's features.
The one-time subscription covers the entire library of over 100 Sleep Stories, hundreds of hours of guided meditations, exclusive music tracks, Life-changing Calm Masterclasses, Calm Body programs, and more, with new content added regularly.
Investing in 'Calm for Life' ensures that subscribers are secured against any potential future price increases or subscription model changes. It's a forward-thinking choice for users committed to ongoing mental wellness.
Calm Guest Pass
The “Calm Guest Pass” is a feature within the Calm app that allows current subscribers to share a limited number of passes with friends or family.
These guest passes grant the recipients temporary access to the app’s premium content and serve as a referral tool, expanding the app’s reach organically without upfront marketing costs.
Providing a set number of guest passes (e.g., “0 / 5 Passes Used”) can create a network effect, multiplying the app's exposure as more guests use the service and possibly convert to full-time paying subscribers.
The promotional offers through Email campaigns offer a 40% discount on Calm’s Premium subscription to enhance user engagement.
The campaign narrative further provides reassurance with supportive messaging that addresses common post-purchase concerns. This is a customer-centric approach that reflects the brand's commitment to user satisfaction and positions the service as a worry-free investment in personal well-being.
The Daily Calm sessions are marketed as a key feature, designed to integrate seamlessly into the user's daily life and establish a habitual engagement with the app. This strategy serves as an effective retention mechanism by offering continual new content.
Calm's promotional materials showcase a suite of mental wellness tools — from Sleep Stories to guided meditations. This positioning taps into the growing consumer demand for all-inclusive health solutions, framing the app as a must-have in the user's daily routine for mental clarity and restful sleep.
Calm Business Plan
For organizations looking to integrate mental wellness into their corporate setting, Calm provides a ‘Business Plan’ as a part of a comprehensive health strategy.
Interested corporate users can subscribe to ‘Team Plan’, ‘Enterprise Plan’, or ‘Calm Health’.
The subscription plan aims to bridge the gap between mental and physical healthcare, providing evidence-based content and programs to improve mental and physical health outcomes.
Calm Family
The Calm Family Plan, known as the Calm Premium Family Plan, offers a shared subscription service and is designed to cater to both adults and children, ensuring it's suitable for every member of the family.
With this plan, up to six individuals can receive their Calm Premium accounts. Each person can independently track their progress, mark favorites, and maintain their user statistics and history.
The subscription grants each member access to the entire range of Calm's content.
The primary account holder, or the Calm Premium Family Admin, is responsible for the payment and can invite up to five other users via a unique link. They can add or remove members as required.
Pricing Structure
Top Countries Tier:1
USA
🇺🇸 (64%) : $302,953,400
UK
🇬🇧 (10%) : $45,473,606
Canada
🇨🇦 (6%) : $27,932,305
Australia
🇦🇺 (6%) : $25,379,831
Germany
🇩🇪 (2%) : $11,172,334
France
🇫🇷 (1%) : $5,270,308
Top Countries Tier:1
USA
🇺🇸 (45%) : 57,900,357
UK
🇬🇧 (7%) : 9,423,317
Australia
🇦🇺 (4%) : 4,426,783
Canada
🇨🇦 (4%) : 5,406,359
France
🇫🇷 (3%) : 3,896,063
Germany
🇩🇪 (3%) : 4,168,985
Other Countries:
Brazil 🇧🇷 (6%),
India 🇮🇳 (4%)
Top Monetization Networks (Last 30 days)
RpD
Tier-1 West: $4.91
Global: $3.61
Oct 18, 2023
4,006,544
France (35%),
UK (31%),
Germany (11%),
Australia (7%),
Canada (7%),
USA (2%)
Netherlands (3%),
Finland (2%)
Aug 15, 2023
577,884
France (35%),
UK (31%),
Germany (11%),
Australia (7%),
Canada (7%),
USA (2%)
Netherlands (3%),
Finland (2%)
Jan 16, 2024
235,793
USA (97%),
Canada (2%)
N.A
Nov 04, 2023
1,867,779
USA (40%),
UK (12%),
Canada (9%),
France (8%),
Germany (6%),
Australia (6%)
Switzerland (3%),
Hong Kong (2%)
Dec 17, 2023
1,649,915
USA (100%)
N.A.
Oct 04, 2023
3,029,477
USA (41%),
France (12%),
UK (6%),
Canada (3%),
Australia (2%)
Brazil (14%),
Spain (11%)
Change in %
% change = ((new value - old value) / old value) * 100
1. Change in Downloads
In the last 14 to 30 days, downloads experienced a slight decrease of 0.93%..
Over the last 30 to 60 days, there was a decline of 1.6% in downloads.
During the last 60 to 90 days, there was a noteworthy increase of 10.6% in downloads.
2. Change in Revenue
Over the last 14 to 30 days, revenue experienced a decrease of 2.94%
In the last 30 to 60 days, there was a decline of 0.2% in revenue.
In the last 60 to 90 days, there was an increase of 10.8% in revenue.
3. Change in Monetization Networks
Over the last 14 to 30 days, Facebook witnessed a significant growth of 10.7%.
In the last 30 to 60 days, Facebook experienced a growth of 10.2%.
Additionally, YouTube has demonstrated a growth of 13.5% in the last 14 to 30 days and a rise of 9.4% in the last 30 to 60 days.
4. Change in Popular Markets
In the last 14 to 30 days, the United States showed a positive growth rate of +45%.
During the same timeframe, Australia experienced notable growth of +22.8%.
The UK observed an increase of +19.6% in the last 14 to 30 days and a 13% growth in the last 30 to 60 days.
Canada has consistently maintained a growth rate of +7.3% in the last 30 to 60 days. Following this, France recorded a +11.3% increase in the last 14 to 30 days.
Change in %
% change = ((new value - old value) / old value) * 100
1. Change in Unique/New Creatives
In the last 14 to 30 days, there was a notable decrease of 49.2% in the creatives.
Over the last 30 to 60 days, a decline of 52.8% was observed.
In the last 60 to 90 days, there was a positive uptick, with a 24% increase in new creatives.
2. Change in Monetization Networks
Facebook demonstrated a growth of 22.1% in the last 14 to 30 days and 8.8% in the last 30 to 60 days.
YouTube saw an increase of 12.6% in the last 30 to 60 days and a rise of 3.5% in the last 60 to 90 days.
3. Change in Popular Markets
Australia witnessed substantial growth, recording a 34.7% increase in the last 14 to 30 days.
The United Kingdom experienced a positive impact, achieving a growth of 27.5% during the same period.
The United States saw a decline of 10.1% in the last 14 to 30 days.
Germany also faced a decrease, with a decline of 2.2% in the last 60 to 90 days.
Canada maintained positive growth of 7.3% in the last 30 to 60 days and 6.4% in the last 60 to 90 days.
The Calm app sends one to two daily push notifications, offering consistent reminders and prompts to engage users in mindfulness practices.
The app enhances user participation by sending notifications that encourage joining the introductory session of a free course, providing complimentary access.
Additionally, the app sends engaging notifications with complimentary access to personalized audio content, fostering continued user engagement.
Moreover, the app issues reminders to cultivate regular meditation habits, sustaining user engagement within the Calm app.