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Admiral Media vs Aperture

Aperture rebuilds ads already converting in your niche. Admiral Media builds original creative from your own brand and data, and proves it on results: 70% lower cost per result for Fastic and +45% ROAS for the game Star Chef 2.

Last verified 6 October 2026Published by Admiral Media, one of the two agencies comparedEvery Aperture fact is sourced and dated

  • 4.9 on Clutch from 48 reviews
  • €500M+ ad spend managed
  • 200+ apps scaled
  • Silver at The Drum Awards EMEA 2026
  • Clutch Global Champion 2025

Choose Aperture if

  • you want an agency to run onboarding and paywall experiments inside your product as well as your ads.
Backed by published results

Choose Admiral Media if

  • you want AI creative built from your own brand rather than from competitors' ads: it cut Fastic's cost per result by 70% and won Silver at The Drum Awards.
  • you market a mobile game: our AI Creative Factory gave Star Chef 2 ten times the creative output and +45% ROAS, in the game's own art style.
  • app store search matters to you: we run Apple Ads and ASO, with 43% lower CPA for ImmoScout24 and 93% more downloads for NeuroNation in Korea.

What both do

Both run paid acquisition, AI creative and ASO for apps.

Admiral Media is an official partner ofGoogleMetaTikTokSnapchat
  • Glovo
  • FreeNow
  • Omio
  • Cookpad
  • ShopBack
  • NeuroNation
  • Fastic
  • Thomas Sabo
  • Miles Mobility
  • Petit BamBou
  • Breeze
  • TorAlarm
  • Inshallah

Key facts

The two agencies at a glance

Admiral Media

Founded
2019, by Andre Kempe
Where
Remote senior team
Clutch
4.9 from 48 reviews
Minimum
Monthly retainer, no long lock-ins
Team
Senior specialists only
Apps scaled
200+
Awards
Silver, The Drum Awards 2026

Aperture

Founded
2022[2]
Where
Not published on its site[7]
Clutch
No rating shown on its site[1]
Minimum
Not published[7]
Team size
26 (team page)[2]

What each offers

Capability coverage

Based on what each agency publishes about its own services, checked 6 October 2026. Partly means the service exists in a narrower form.

Paid user acquisitionYes+320% ROAS, ChatPDFYesMeta, TikTok and Google[5]
AI creative productionYesSilver, The Drum Awards 2026YesRebuilds ads already converting in your niche[3]
App Store OptimizationYes+93% downloads, NeuroNationYesListed as a service[4]
Apple Ads, Snapchat, TelegramYes−43% CPA on Apple Ads, ImmoScout24Not publishedNot listed among its channels[5]
Mobile gamesYes+45% ROAS, Star Chef 2Not publishedNo game case study published[6]
Onboarding and paywallsPartlyYesListed under convert and monetise[1]
AI search (AEO/GEO)Yes4.6x contact rate from ChatGPTNot publishedNo AEO or GEO service listed[4]

About Admiral Media

Why app and game teams choose Admiral Media

€500M+ad spend managed
200+apps scaled
4.9on Clutch, 48 reviews
SilverThe Drum Awards EMEA 2026, AI

Creative and media in one loop

The people who make your ads also buy the media, so every new concept is judged on installs, subscriptions and ROAS.

Award-winning AI creative

Our AI Creative Factory cut Fastic's cost per result by 70% and won Silver for AI at The Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA 2026.

Founder-led, senior team

Founded in 2019 by Andre Kempe, who has scaled apps for 15+ years. The specialists you meet run your account.

Proof in apps and games

From +45% ROAS for the game Star Chef 2 to 43% lower CPA on Apple Ads for ImmoScout24 and +320% ROAS for ChatPDF.

In detail

Side by side, with sources

Admiral Media and Aperture compared
CriterionAdmiral MediaAperture
Founded2019, by Andre Kempe, who has scaled apps for 15+ years2022 ("Est. 2022" on its site); no office address published[1]
Team sizeSenior specialists only: the people you meet run your account26 people listed on its team page[2]
FocusMobile apps and games, plus ecommerce: 200+ apps scaled, €500M+ ad spend managed"Ambitious apps and products"; published cases are subscription and consumer apps, no game case[2]
Core servicesPaid UA, AI creative, ASO, CRO and AEO, run by one senior teamPerformance, creatives, ASO, measurement, product growth, strategy and lifecycle CRM[4]
Ad channelsMeta, TikTok, Google (Search, App campaigns, YouTube), Apple Ads, Snapchat, Moloco and Telegram; official partner of Meta, Google, TikTok and SnapchatMedia buying "across Meta, TikTok, and Google"[4]
AI creative methodOriginal concepts from your brand, data and test results, produced with AI and finished by editors; cut Fastic's cost per result by 70%Finds ads "already converting in your niche", rebuilds the visuals with AI and clones the motion[3]
Mobile gamesYes: ten times the creative output, +55% CTR and +45% ROAS for Star Chef 2Gaming is an option on its contact form; no game case study published[7]
PricingPublished: ASO Discovery and ASO Conversion each from EUR 2,000 per month, AI creative from EUR 10,000 per 20 videosNot published[7]
Third-party rating4.9 on Clutch from 48 reviews; Clutch Global Champion 2025No third-party rating shown on its site[1]
Awards shownSilver, The Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA 2026 (AI); The Drum Indie Agency 100 2026; Clutch Global Champion 2025Award titles listed without awarding body or year; "App Marketer of the Year 2019" is listed for its founder[1]

Their own claims

How Aperture describes itself

Quoted from Aperture’s own pages. These are self-descriptions, not independent results.

“The AI-powered growth agency.”

How Aperture positions itself on its About page, with work across creative, performance, product and measurement.

Source [2] · checked 6 October 2026
“Great ads aren't invented. They're reverse-engineered.”

Aperture's own summary of its AI creative service, which starts from ads already running in your niche.

Source [3] · checked 6 October 2026

Our edge, with proof

Where Admiral Media pulls ahead of Aperture

Original creative, award-winning results

Aperture says each clip on its AI creative page "started as a competitor's winning ad". Admiral Media's AI Creative Factory builds from your own brand, store assets and test results, and the work won Silver for AI at The Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA 2026.

−70%cost per result · Fastic case study

Proven in games

Aperture publishes no game case. Admiral Media gave Star Chef 2 ten times its creative output while keeping the game's art style.

+45%ROAS · Star Chef 2 case study

Fit

Who should choose which

Aperture

A subscription app that wants its agency to redesign onboarding and paywalls

Aperture lists onboarding, paywalls and pricing work among its services. Admiral Media focuses on acquisition, creative, ASO and CRO.

Admiral Media

A mobile game scaling paid UA with frequent creative refresh

Admiral Media refreshes game creative at volume: ten times the output for Star Chef 2, with +45% ROAS.

Admiral Media

An app that needs Apple Ads or Snapchat in the mix

Admiral Media runs Apple Ads and ASO next to Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat, with 43% lower CPA on Apple Ads for ImmoScout24.

Admiral Media

A brand that wants AI creative that does not start from other companies' ads

Admiral Media builds concepts from your own brand, store assets and results, and a human editor checks every ad. For Fastic, that cut cost per result by 70%.

Pricing

How each agency charges

Admiral Media

A monthly management fee, either a flat retainer or a percentage of media spend, separate from the media budget, with no long lock-ins. ASO Discovery and ASO Conversion each from EUR 2,000 per month (audits from EUR 1,500). AI Creative Factory: EUR 10,000 / 16,000 / 29,000 per batch of 20 / 40 / 80 videos.

Aperture

Not published. Its contact form asks for monthly ad spend in bands from under £25K to £1M+ (checked 6 Oct 2026).

Switching

Your first 30 days with Admiral Media

  1. Week 1: access and auditRead-only access to ad accounts, MMP and store consoles. We map what is working before changing anything.
  2. Week 2: planChannel plan, creative backlog and measurement checks agreed with your team.
  3. Weeks 3 to 4: first testsNew creative and campaign structure go live alongside what already works.
  4. Day 30: reviewA written review of results against the agreed goal, and the plan for month two.

Clients and recognition

What Admiral Media clients say

“Since the beginning of our work with Admiral Media, we have seen only one direction: upwards.”
Phillip WaymanPhillip WaymanCMO, Fastic
“Admiral Media were extremely helpful and efficient in making Apple's Custom Product Pages work for us.”
Alexandra ZinnowAlexandra ZinnowLead PPC, Digital Marketing, ImmoScout24
“We were able to scale our paid social spend by more than 200% while achieving our target ROAS.”
Jakob FutorjanskiJakob FutorjanskiCo-founder, NeuroNation

Questions

Admiral Media vs Aperture, answered

Is Aperture or Admiral Media better for mobile games?

Admiral Media is the more direct fit for games: it runs paid UA for games and has a published +45% ROAS result for Star Chef 2. Aperture lists gaming as an industry on its contact form but publishes no game case study.

How does Aperture's AI creative differ from Admiral Media's?

Aperture says its managed AI creative service finds ads already converting in your niche, rebuilds the visuals with AI and clones the motion, and that each clip on its page started as a competitor's winning ad. Admiral Media's AI Creative Factory builds original concepts from your own brand, store assets and test results, and editors finish every ad. That approach cut Fastic's cost per result by 70% and won Silver for AI at The Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA 2026.

Which ad channels does each agency run?

Admiral Media runs Meta, TikTok, Google (Search, App campaigns, YouTube), Apple Ads, Snapchat, Telegram and programmatic through Moloco, with results such as 43% lower CPA on Apple Ads for ImmoScout24 and 74% lower CPI on Moloco for PURE. Aperture lists media buying across Meta, TikTok and Google.

How do Aperture and Admiral Media price their work?

Admiral Media publishes its prices: ASO Discovery and ASO Conversion each from EUR 2,000 per month (audits from EUR 1,500) and AI creative from EUR 10,000 per 20 videos, plus a monthly management fee. Aperture does not publish prices on its site.

When was Aperture founded?

Aperture's site says "Est. 2022" and names Hannah Parvaz as founder. Admiral Media was founded in 2019 by Andre Kempe, who has scaled apps for 15+ years, and has scaled 200+ apps since.

Sources and method

Where every Aperture fact comes from

  1. Aperture homepage: aperture.london
  2. Aperture: About: aperture.london/about
  3. Aperture: Managed AI creative service: aperture.london/creatives/ai
  4. Aperture: Services: aperture.london/services
  5. Aperture: Performance: aperture.london/services/performance
  6. Aperture: Case studies: aperture.london/case-studies
  7. Aperture: Contact: aperture.london/contact

Each Aperture fact was read on its own website or public profile on 6 October 2026 and is quoted or summarised without estimates. Admiral Media figures come from admiral.media and published case studies. We re-check this page every 90 days. If anything here is out of date or wrong, tell us through the contact page and we will review it within 5 working days.

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