Do you want a paid wallpaper app from @MKBHD?
Maybe not? Well do you want to know how its made 🤓
🧵 Looking inside the new @Panels_art app, starting with ads
🎤 Ads have been a big topic
Panels is using Google Ads in both iOS (GAD) & Android
On Android, https://t.co/wI2H4Vm4kT is the largest dependency in the dex
☠️ Looking at it another way, we're monitoring over 16k classes in the entire Android app with Reaper
Of that, 4,172 (25%) of classes are related to Google Ads 😬
Let's look at Panels vs. other wallpaper apps
iOS (install size)
WallUp: 197.3 MB
Wallcraft: 173 MB
*Panels*: 119.4 MB
@wallaroo_app: 29 MB
Android (download size)
Wave Live Wallpapers: 91.4 MB
*Panels*: 14.5 MB
Wallpapers (by Google): 2.9 MB
... why tf are some of these so
So on Panel's app size
20 MB of Panels iOS is bloat from binary symbols in the app ⚖️
There's also another couple MB of savings from optimizing images, videos, and removing duplicate files
In the android app, two videos make up ~1/4 of the app size. The largest video is splash_screen.mp4 (2.6 MB)
These type of videos are a great example of where dynamic features can be used. Once a user makes an account, they'll never see it again so the video could be offloaded
We did see the use of Kotlin in the iOS app 👀
Specifically we see Panels using Skie from @TouchlabHQ for ActionWalls 🤖
Finally, some libraries Panels is using
Firebase, @RevenueCat, Lottie, Kingfisher
Pic is all the dynamically linked Firebase frameworks
Thanks to all who tagged us about this ☺️
We'll continue to monitor the Panels app and can report on any big changes 🫡
Let us know what you think and if you have any questions! Full analysis links 👇
iOS analysis
https://t.co/yqXP5mywKl
Android analysis
https://t.co/n1wZgRqaky
Do you want a paid wallpaper app from @MKBHD?
Maybe not? Well do you want to know how its made 🤓
🧵 Looking inside the new @Panels_art app, starting with ads 🎤 Ads have been a big topic
Panels is using Google Ads in both iOS (GAD) & Android
On Android, https://t.co/wI2H4Vm4kT is the largest dependency in the dex ☠️ Looking at it another way, we're monitoring over 16k classes in the entire Android app with Reaper
Of that, 4,172 (25%) of classes are related to Google Ads 😬 Let's look at Panels vs. other wallpaper apps
iOS (install size)
WallUp: 197.3 MB
Wallcraft: 173 MB
*Panels*: 119.4 MB
@wallaroo_app: 29 MB
Android (download size)
Wave Live Wallpapers: 91.4 MB
*Panels*: 14.5 MB
Wallpapers (by Google): 2.9 MB
... why tf are some of these soSo on Panel's app size
20 MB of Panels iOS is bloat from binary symbols in the app ⚖️
There's also another couple MB of savings from optimizing images, videos, and removing duplicate files In the android app, two videos make up ~1/4 of the app size. The largest video is splash_screen.mp4 (2.6 MB)
These type of videos are a great example of where dynamic features can be used. Once a user makes an account, they'll never see it again so the video could be offloaded We did see the use of Kotlin in the iOS app 👀
Specifically we see Panels using Skie from @TouchlabHQ for ActionWalls 🤖 Finally, some libraries Panels is using
Firebase, @RevenueCat, Lottie, Kingfisher
Pic is all the dynamically linked Firebase frameworks Thanks to all who tagged us about this ☺️
We'll continue to monitor the Panels app and can report on any big changes 🫡
Let us know what you think and if you have any questions! Full analysis links 👇 iOS analysis
https://t.co/yqXP5mywKlAndroid analysis
https://t.co/n1wZgRqaky
