Why Android rewards discipline
Android's scale cuts both ways: the same openness that delivers massive install volume also delivers the industry's richest fraud supply — emulators, click farms, install farms, spoofed SDK traffic. Device-level attribution still works on Android, which makes the platform measurable in ways iOS no longer is — but measurement only helps if someone reads it. Our weekly source scoring on post-install value is built for exactly this: Android sources are judged on retention and payer behavior, and the budget follows the scores.
The Android format stack
Push is the Android native: subscription-based push and in-page push deliver fast, cheap testable volume for velocity verticals — sweepstakes, utilities, casual dating. In-app inventory — interstitials, rewarded video, playables — carries sustained scale for games and apps with deeper funnels. Native placements serve story-driven finance and health funnels. We typically run push as the fast-testing lane and in-app as the scaling lane, sharing measurement so wins transfer between them.
GEO strategy on Android
Android dominates the GEOs where install costs are lowest and volume is highest — LATAM, SEA, MENA, India — which makes it the platform for testing offer economics before scaling into expensive tier-1 markets. The working pattern: prove the funnel on Android in tier-2 GEOs at test prices, read the event economics, then expand tier-1 spend with the creatives and sources already validated. Our 180+ GEO coverage and per-GEO source scoring are built around this path.