Meta app-install campaigns for a fintech app in the UAE and Bahrain

Historical case study: Meta install campaigns for a crypto investing app — 47,342 installs in 30 days (15 June–14 July 2026), $0.58 best cost per install.

Business type
Crypto investing app (fintech)
Market
United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
Platforms
Meta Ads
Time period
15 June–14 July 2026 (30 days)

Objective

Grow app installs at low cost, and reach people further down the funnel who add payment details.

Starting situation

The app needed install volume at under a dollar each, plus users who went beyond installing to add payment details.

Strategy

  • —Run influencer and prospecting install campaigns for volume.
  • —Run a separate deeper-funnel campaign optimised for adding payment details.

Implementation

  • —Three install campaigns plus one payment-details campaign on Meta.
  • —App-install growth owned end to end.

Measurement setup

  • —Install and payment-details events reported in Meta Ads Manager per campaign.

Campaign changes

  • —Install campaigns compared on cost per install; deeper-funnel campaign judged on cost per payment-details user.

Results

Historical results for 15 June–14 July 2026 (30 days).

47,342
installs from three install campaigns
$0.58
cost per install, cheapest campaign (MENAT finance-app average: $0.76)
2,243
people added payment details, $14.56 each
163M
impressions across the top five campaigns

Source: Meta Ads Manager, last 30 days (15 June–14 July 2026). Benchmark: Adjust, 2025.

Limitations and context

  • —$0.58 is the best campaign, not the blended cost per install.
  • —A 30-day window; it does not show long-term retention or revenue.
  • —Client name withheld on this site for confidentiality.

Past results do not guarantee future performance.

Lessons

  • —Optimise separate campaigns to separate goals — cheap installs and committed users are different audiences.

Services used

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