The Texting-Powered App Storehttps://about.jest.com/https://about.jest.com/blog/180-applications/https://about.jest.com/blog/180-applications/With over 180 creative submissions now under review, we're diving into the applications to select the next wave of studios bringing games and apps to Jest.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/agent-hypecommand-growth/https://about.jest.com/blog/agent-hypecommand-growth/How we built HypeCommand, a distribution agent that automates growth tests at Jest.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTDiana Maherhttps://about.jest.com/blog/0-to-1m-run-rate-in-3-months/https://about.jest.com/blog/0-to-1m-run-rate-in-3-months/Alongside our first-ever State of Jest report, we are launching Fund II with up to $1M in funding for developers joining the platform.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-first-session/https://about.jest.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-first-session/On Jest, there’s no install standing between a player and your app. Here’s how to turn that first session into a registration - and a reason to come back.Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/chat-a-place-to-talk/https://about.jest.com/blog/chat-a-place-to-talk/Chat is live for every user on Jest: one global room, reachable from the platform footer and from inside any app.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/agent-ref-moderating/https://about.jest.com/blog/agent-ref-moderating/How we built the Referee, an agent that automates compliance and content moderation.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTPetar Dobrevhttps://about.jest.com/blog/announcing-the-jest-beta/https://about.jest.com/blog/announcing-the-jest-beta/The Jest Beta for messaging apps is live in the US. Try it at jest.com—we’re inviting select partners to help define the medium.Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/agent-player-01-playtesting/https://about.jest.com/blog/agent-player-01-playtesting/How we replaced manual testing with an autonomous AI agent called Player 01.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTJake Davieshttps://about.jest.com/blog/developer-docs-launch/https://about.jest.com/blog/developer-docs-launch/The Jest developer documentation is now live at [docs.jest.com](https://docs.jest.com/). Explore platform concepts, SDK reference, console guides, and testing tools.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/episode-joins-jest-launch-partner/https://about.jest.com/blog/episode-joins-jest-launch-partner/We're thrilled to welcome Episode (Pocket Gems) as a launch partner at Jest—pioneers of mobile interactive storytelling with 12+ billion Episodes played.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/fuzzy-scheduling/https://about.jest.com/blog/fuzzy-scheduling/What if you could stop worrying about the exact time to send a notification? Learn how fuzzy scheduling easily lets you find the right moment for each player.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTJake Davieshttps://about.jest.com/blog/gdc-2026-recap/https://about.jest.com/blog/gdc-2026-recap/A look back at Jest's first GDC - what we shared, who we met, and what's next for messaging apps and games.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/gdc-san-francisco-meet-jest-team/https://about.jest.com/blog/gdc-san-francisco-meet-jest-team/Join the Jest team at GDC (March 9–13) for a developer luncheon and 1:1 meetings, or book a virtual 1:1 after the show.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/developer-spotlight-boglight-games/https://about.jest.com/blog/developer-spotlight-boglight-games/Welcome Boglight Games to Jest — one developer, one experiment, and Barrowdeep: a vibe-coded dungeon brought into existence with AI.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTBrittany Mariscohttps://about.jest.com/blog/hayhay-joins-jest-launch-partner/https://about.jest.com/blog/hayhay-joins-jest-launch-partner/We're excited to welcome HayHay, a leading Vietnamese game developer, as a launch partner—debuting their exclusive Jest title Puppy Mansion.Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/how-to-monetize-your-app-on-jest/https://about.jest.com/blog/how-to-monetize-your-app-on-jest/Monetizing your app on Jest is as simple as creating SKUs and connecting a few SDK calls. Learn how to set up purchases and subscriptions while Jest handles checkout, payments, and payouts.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/introducing-player-feedback/https://about.jest.com/blog/introducing-player-feedback/Get an automatic summary of bugs and feedback users share about your app across Jest chat. Track issues and get daily or weekly email digests.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/introducing-the-jest-mcp/https://about.jest.com/blog/introducing-the-jest-mcp/The Developer Console now has a built-in MCP server. Connect Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client and let it build, ship, and run your apps on Jest.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTIonut Milicahttps://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-august-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-august-2026/Five new apps came to Jest in August, from a pixel-art mining adventure and an idle dungeon RPG to a garden sim, base-defense strategy, and a clicker.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-june-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-june-2026/Five new apps came to Jest in June, from arcade soccer and competitive trivia to match-3, fantasy sports, and Yatzy.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-may-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-may-2026/Seven new apps landed on Jest in May, from idle collecting and merge puzzles to roguelite action and trivia.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-september-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-september-2026/Eleven new apps came to Jest in September, from a farming adventure and a cat-café cooking game to word games, match-3s, a Ludo board game, a pirate roguelite, a raccoon squad shooter, and an arrow-sorting puzzler.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTBrittany Mariscohttps://about.jest.com/blog/jest-developer-luncheon-deck/https://about.jest.com/blog/jest-developer-luncheon-deck/The deck we presented to 100+ developers at our first Jest Developer Luncheon at GDC 2026, outlining our vision for messaging games and the Jest marketplace.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/jest-games-fund-one-million-per-game/https://about.jest.com/blog/jest-games-fund-one-million-per-game/The Jest Fund is a progression model—Explore, Scale, Flagship—deploying up to $1M per app for developers building for the messaging era.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/messaging-next-gaming-platform/https://about.jest.com/blog/messaging-next-gaming-platform/Messaging is the next app platform: universal reach, zero install friction, and RCS turns the inbox into a rich surface for apps and games.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/monetization-out-of-beta/https://about.jest.com/blog/monetization-out-of-beta/Our monetization stack is now live for everyone, giving developers everything they need to sell in-app purchases, subscriptions, and build real businesses on Jest.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/one-million-proofs/https://about.jest.com/blog/one-million-proofs/Jest beta hits 1M+ apps and games played and 300K+ messages—with lower acquisition costs and higher retention than app store.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-july-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/jest-app-drop-july-2026/The busiest month the catalog has had: card brawls, puzzles, an idle RPG, an interactive story, and a dragon you raise by taking photographs.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/platform-achievements/https://about.jest.com/blog/platform-achievements/Users now earn XP, levels and claimable rewards for what they do across the whole Jest catalog, and what that means for the apps in it.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/rcs-arrived/https://about.jest.com/blog/rcs-arrived/RCS lands on Jest, upgrading the inbox into a branded, interactive platform for messaging apps.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/the-factory/https://about.jest.com/blog/the-factory/How we built a multi-stage AI system that turns design files, devnotes, and assets into playable onboarding experiences in under an hour.Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTNikolay Nikolovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/player-pact/https://about.jest.com/blog/player-pact/The principles that guide how Jest interacts with users over messaging - user-first, respect-driven, and built for the long term.Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/the-return-of-virality/https://about.jest.com/blog/the-return-of-virality/Why the App Store killed virality and how Jest is bringing it back. See the data from our latest test and learn how to use the new Referrals API.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/two-million-proofs/https://about.jest.com/blog/two-million-proofs/Just three months after our last milestone, Jest hits 2M+ apps and games played and 1M+ messages exchanged - fueled by 85%+ RCS coverage in the US.Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/vibe-coding-and-the-bar/https://about.jest.com/blog/vibe-coding-and-the-bar/AI makes building an app easier than ever. Here’s our take on how to use it to build something people actually want to play.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTBrittany Mariscohttps://about.jest.com/blog/we-sent-1m-texts-what-drives-engagement/https://about.jest.com/blog/we-sent-1m-texts-what-drives-engagement/After sending over 1 million messages on the Jest platform, here are three data-backed lessons about what actually drives user engagement.Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/we-raised-7m-messaging-gaming-platform/https://about.jest.com/blog/we-raised-7m-messaging-gaming-platform/Jest emerges from stealth with $7M seed funding led by Innovation Endeavors and launches the world’s first marketplace for messaging apps, plus the Jest Fund.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/what-is-a-messaging-game/https://about.jest.com/blog/what-is-a-messaging-game/Messaging apps sit on a spectrum from notifications to all-chat. Here’s how we think about the medium and where it’s headed.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeyan Vitanovhttps://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-august-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-august-2026/An MCP server for the Developer Console, app lifecycle hooks in the HTML5 and Unity SDKs, retention offers for subscriptions, and more to see in console analytics.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-july-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-july-2026/Introductory offers and yearly billing, custom registration messages, redirectToTeamGame, screenshots you can compose yourself, and achievements across the platform.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-may-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-may-2026/Subscriptions in beta, financial reporting improvements, better landscape support and a Simulator that now runs your review submission.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/who-is-using-jest/https://about.jest.com/blog/who-is-using-jest/Who's on Jest today? A look at our Q2 2026 U.S. audience, from demographics and devices to geography, messaging, and usage patterns.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ameshttps://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-june-2026/https://about.jest.com/blog/whats-new-developers-june-2026/Free trials on subscriptions, a monetization guide, a complete integration tutorial, and a sharper Simulator.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTMichelle Ames