u/Practical-Bison6007

Question for those who have been developing apps for more than a minute. Do you notice seasonality in app installs?

I've found that August has historically been a slow month for website sales but I didn't think that would extend to app downloads. However since August has started things have felt slow, especially on the organic front. I am not doing huge numbers but where a bad day might be 25 free users / trials, now a bad day looks like 10 or 12. I want to check whether everyone has the same experience before I start ripping up all my app store content and rebuilding it. Thanks

App developers using Mantle have just received this email:

"After a lot of thought, we've made the difficult decision to wind down Mantle over the coming months.

We know this affects real work you've built on top of us. This note covers what's changing, the dates that matter, and how we'll help you move your work to a new home.

What’s changing

This wind-down will be a complete shutdown of all Mantle properties and eventual deletion of data. Mantle will not be switching hands or continuing under another operator.

Whether you’re using the Mantle dashboard, APIs, or MCPs, you’ll need to plan for their deprecation. Any critical workflows that rely on Mantle should be migrated by the dates below to avoid disruption.

The dates that matter

We announced this on June 16, 2026. From that date:

Customers using Mantle Billing will have until September 30, 2026. All other services will wind down in 60 days, on August 14, 2026.

In order to make the transition as smooth as possible for partners using Mantle Billing, we will be supporting those partners for longer and recommend that they transition to Shopify’s App Pricing when it becomes available for existing apps.

If you use Mantle Billing, the September 30 date covers your whole account: analytics, helpdesk, and email. Everything keeps working until then, not just billing.

For accounts that don’t use Mantle Billing, services will be terminated on August 14, 2026."

Do you use Mantle? What did you think of it and how will this affect your applications and roadmap? What alternative will you got to for a) billing, b) support c) emails d) reports e) the rest?

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