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Calm Newsletter

Calm Newsletter

Contents

01

Executive Summary

  1. Fun Features
  2. Monetization
  3. Top Monetization Networks
  4. User Acquisition
  5. UA Strategy
  6. Creative Strategy

02

App Overview

  1. Core Functionality
  2. Fun Features
  3. Monetization
  4. In-App Purchases

03

User Acquisition

  1. Revenue + Revenue in Top Tier-1 Countries
  2. Downloads + Downloads in Top Tier-1 Countries
  3. Monetization Networks

04

Top Creatives

05

Top Creatives (Competitors)

06

User Acquisition Strategy

07

Creative Strategy

08

Calm Strategy

Executive Summary

Fun Features:

Calm Body Programmes

Life-Changing Masterclass

100+ Sleep Stories

Music & Soundscapes

Daily Streaks & Mindful Minutes

Monetization

Special Welcome Offer

Unlock Premium

Free Trial

30% Off

Recurring Free Trial

Top Monetization Networks

User Acquisition

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

UA Strategy

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.

Creative Strategy

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- App Overview

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.

Core Functionality

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.

Fun Features:

Calm Body Programmes

Life-Changing Masterclass

100+ Sleep Stories

Music & Soundscapes

Daily Streaks & Mindful Minutes

Monetization

Monetization Strategy: Calm

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.

Subscription Model of Calm

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.

Email

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

Feature Specification

(Team Plan vs. Enterprise Plan vs. Calm Health)
FeatureComparisonTable

Feature Comparison

(Basic vs. Premium)
FeatureComparisonTable

Top In-App Purchases

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User Acquisition

Revenue: $470,480,831

analytics

Top Countries Tier:1

point

USA  

🇺🇸 (64%) : $302,953,400

point

UK  

🇬🇧 (10%) : $45,473,606

point

Canada  

🇨🇦 (6%) : $27,932,305

point

Australia  

🇦🇺 (6%) : $25,379,831

point

Germany  

🇩🇪 (2%) : $11,172,334

point

France  

🇫🇷 (1%) : $5,270,308

Downloads: 130,431,888

analytics

Top Countries Tier:1

point

USA 

🇺🇸 (45%) : 57,900,357

point

UK 

🇬🇧 (7%) : 9,423,317

point

Australia 

🇦🇺 (4%) : 4,426,783

point

Canada 

🇨🇦 (4%) : 5,406,359

point

France 

🇫🇷 (3%) : 3,896,063

point

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

Top Creatives

Creative 1

CREATED

Oct 18, 2023

IMPRESSION

4,006,544

Impressions by country

France (35%), 

UK (31%), 

Germany (11%), 

Australia (7%), 

Canada (7%), 

USA (2%) 

Other countries

Netherlands  (3%), 

Finland  (2%) 

Creative tags

NaturePersonWomenAdultHead

COLORS

#010001
#FFFEFF
#4AD0CD
#FFFAFA
#F6FFFA

Monetization Network:

100%

Creative 2

CREATED

Aug 15, 2023

IMPRESSION

577,884

Impressions by country

France (35%), 

UK (31%), 

Germany (11%), 

Australia (7%), 

Canada (7%), 

USA (2%) 

Other countries

Netherlands  (3%), 

Finland  (2%) 

Creative tags

HeadManMalePersonAdult

COLORS

#010001
#FFFEFF
#304F51
#F6FFFA

Monetization Network:

100%

Creative 3

CREATED

Jan 16, 2024

IMPRESSION

235,793

Impressions by country

USA (97%), 

Canada (2%) 

Other countries

N.A   

Creative tags

TextPlantHeadPeoplePerson

COLORS

#D5D3D5
#308B59
#FFFEFF
#87CFEA
#6694EE

Monetization Network:

100%

Top Creatives (Competitors)

1. ShutEye

CREATED

Nov 04, 2023

IMPRESSION

1,867,779

Impressions by country

USA (40%), 

UK (12%), 

Canada (9%), 

France (8%), 

Germany (6%), 

Australia (6%) 

Other countries

Switzerland  (3%), 

Hong Kong  (2%) 

Creative tags

HeadFacePersonAdult

COLORS

#010001
#171E74
#FFFFFF
#818081
#48438E

Monetization Network:

100%

2. BetterSleep

CREATED

Dec 17, 2023

IMPRESSION

1,649,915

Impressions by country

USA (100%) 

Other countries

N.A.   

Creative tags

HeadFacePersonAdultText

COLORS

#010001
#2E4E53
#FFFFFF
#6A686A
#171E74

Monetization Network:

100%

3. Hallow

CREATED

Oct 04, 2023

IMPRESSION

3,029,477

Impressions by country

USA (41%), 

France (12%), 

UK (6%), 

Canada (3%), 

Australia (2%) 

Other countries

Brazil  (14%), 

Spain  (11%) 

Creative tags

HeadFaceAdultHappyPerson

COLORS

#010001
#2E4C4F
#FFFFFF
#536530
#FFFAFD

Monetization Network:

100%

User Acquisition Strategy

Change in %

% change = ((new value - old value) / old value) * 100

How is Strategy changing?

1. Change in Downloads

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In the last 14 to 30 days, downloads experienced a slight decrease of 0.93%..

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Over the last 30 to 60 days, there was a decline of 1.6% in downloads.

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During the last 60 to 90 days, there was a noteworthy increase of 10.6% in downloads.

2. Change in Revenue

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Over the last 14 to 30 days, revenue experienced a decrease of 2.94%

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In the last 30 to 60 days, there was a decline of 0.2% in revenue.

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In the last 60 to 90 days, there was an increase of 10.8% in revenue.

3. Change in Monetization Networks

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Over the last 14 to 30 days, Facebook witnessed a significant growth of 10.7%.

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In the last 30 to 60 days, Facebook experienced a growth of 10.2%.

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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

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In the last 14 to 30 days, the United States showed a positive growth rate of +45%.

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During the same timeframe, Australia experienced notable growth of +22.8%.

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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.

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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.

Creative Strategy

Change in %

% change = ((new value - old value) / old value) * 100

How is Strategy changing?

1. Change in Unique/New Creatives

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In the last 14 to 30 days, there was a notable decrease of 49.2% in the creatives.

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Over the last 30 to 60 days, a decline of 52.8% was observed.

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In the last 60 to 90 days, there was a positive uptick, with a 24% increase in new creatives.

2. Change in Monetization Networks

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Facebook demonstrated a growth of 22.1% in the last 14 to 30 days and 8.8% in the last 30 to 60 days.

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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

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Australia witnessed substantial growth, recording a 34.7% increase in the last 14 to 30 days.

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The United Kingdom experienced a positive impact, achieving a growth of 27.5% during the same period.

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The United States saw a decline of 10.1% in the last 14 to 30 days.

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Germany also faced a decrease, with a decline of 2.2% in the last 60 to 90 days.

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Canada maintained positive growth of 7.3% in the last 30 to 60 days and 6.4% in the last 60 to 90 days.

Push Notifications

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.