Adding Ads to your game, what alternatives are there?

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Hi,

Okay, I got a game on the App Store (And Google Play), and everything was working fine for a few weeks using Google AdMob and Prime31 plugins for ads. Until AdMob decided I was breaking some of their very strict rules. (Which I was totally unaware of). But that’s their rules so… no AdMob for me.

So I need to find some other way to include ads in my app.

iAds seemed like the logical solution, but my game relies on interstitial ads, and apparently iAd doesn’t support interstitial ads on iPhone, only on iPad… so thats not an option either.

I have tried Burstly/Skyrocket, who has a free Unity plugin… but I have found it buggy and unreliable so I am skeptical about going live with it, both the plugin itself and the ad serving is causing new issues daily… Their site isn’t exactly user friendly either…

For Android I am using “Adbuddiz” now, which had a very simply Unity plugin that seems to work fine. But it’s Android only so… no luck with iOS. They also pay on installs and most of their ads are about games, which really isnt the best target for my app either. So I would love to find an alternative for both Android and iOS… but, iOS is priority right now.

So anyone know of plugins / ad networks with good reliability and that are easy to implement in Unity? For iOS and/or Android that is.

Prime31 have a few plugins, but I’d love to hear from someone who have used them, and which ones you like, before I spend more money on buying a plugin. I am looking for good reliable interstitial ads, preferably those that pay per view and/or click, not “pay per install” only.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

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We use Chartboost, Fuseboxx and Vungle (video) in our latest app. Chartboost and Vungle are done via Prime31 plugins, with Fuseboxx having an SDK that can drop into Unity. I can only tell you about the implementation side of things, but they all seem to be reliable so far.

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Playhaven is about the best (makes the most money) we’ve tried. And Revmob was second. Those are both free. Heyzap is also awesome and the best on Android (most money). Also free. We’re about to try their video ads, which just came out.

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what instructions did you follow to ad Chartboost in unity?

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All we did was buy the Prime31 iOS plugin and follow the sample code. It’s quite straightforward to use.

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Hi Pigghaj,

AdBuddiz is now working on the iOS platform! We have a simple and light SDK for Unity developers.

If you have any other queries don’t hesitate to get in touch with me

Cheers,
Clara

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Do you advertise just games to be installed by visitors and you pay only for installs?
I think it would be better if your interstitials alternate PPI with PPV (videos) and sometimes PPC ads