
Gamification
Boosting App Retention with Gamified Onboarding Experiences
Introduction The High Stakes of App Retention in 2025 Picture this: you’ve spent thousands on user acquisition, your app’s downloads are climbing, but within days, most users vanish. Sound familiar? In 2025, app abandonment is a marketer’s worst nightmare, with 25% of apps abandoned after just one use (CataBoom, 2025). The mobile app landscape is cutthroat—users have endless options, and