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Agency comparison
yellowHEAD pairs agency services with UA funding for game studios. Admiral Media brings creative volume and iOS growth with a senior team: batches of up to 80 AI videos and +1,253% US iOS revenue for Inshallah.
Last verified 4 October 2026Published by Admiral Media, one of the two agencies comparedEvery yellowHEAD fact is sourced and dated
Both agencies combine ASO, paid user acquisition and creative production for mobile apps and games.
Key facts
What each offers
Based on what each agency publishes about its own services, checked 4 October 2026. Partly means the service exists in a narrower form.
About Admiral Media
The people who make your ads also buy the media, so every new concept is judged on installs, subscriptions and ROAS.
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.
Founded in 2019 by Andre Kempe, who has scaled apps for 15+ years. The specialists you meet run your account.
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
| Criterion | Admiral Media | yellowHEAD |
|---|---|---|
| Founded and HQ | 2019, by Andre Kempe (15+ years scaling apps); remote senior team | Founded 2013, headquartered in New York[7] |
| Team size | Senior specialists only: the people you meet run your account | 50 to 249 employees on Clutch[6] |
| Focus | Mobile apps and games, plus ecommerce: 200+ apps scaled, €500M+ ad spend managed | "Gaming, eCommerce, Retail, Fintech, and Health & Fitness"[8] |
| Core services | Paid UA, AI creative, ASO, CRO and AEO, run by one senior team | ASO, paid UA, creative studio, SEO, CRO, GEO, programmatic, Mona, Alison and UA Cohort Funding[1] |
| Ad channels | Meta, TikTok, Google (Search, App campaigns, YouTube), Apple Ads, Snapchat, Moloco and Telegram; official partner of Meta, Google, TikTok and Snapchat | "Meta, TikTok, Google, Applovin, ChatGPT Ads, and more"[2] |
| Creative production | AI Creative Factory: AI UGC, video and static in batches of up to 80 videos; Silver for AI, The Drum Awards EMEA 2026 | Mona AI creative service ("Up to 30 new videos / month") plus a Premium Studio for 2D, 3D, playables and live production[3] |
| ASO | iOS and Google Play: localised Korean metadata brought NeuroNation 93% more downloads | Fully managed ASO service, led by a VP Organic Growth[4] |
| AI search (AEO/GEO) | AEO measured on enquiries: ChatGPT visitors are 4.6x more likely to contact us; free GEO Checker | Generative Engine Optimization listed as a service[1] |
| Pricing model | Monthly management fee (flat retainer or % of media spend), separate from media; no long lock-ins | Agency fees not published. UA Cohort Funding has published flat fee, revenue share and receivables financing models[5] |
| Published minimum | No minimum published; ASO from EUR 2,900 per month per app and market | $5,000+ minimum project size on Clutch (checked 4 Oct 2026)[6] |
| Clutch rating | 4.9 from 48 reviews; Clutch Global Champion 2025 | 5.0 from 12 reviews (checked 4 Oct 2026)[6] |
Their own claims
Quoted from yellowHEAD’s own pages. These are self-descriptions, not independent results.
“Up to 30 new videos / month”
Mona is yellowHEAD's own AI creative service, with delivery in about 7 days according to the same page.
Source [3] · checked 4 October 2026“A fully managed ASO approach focused on increasing visibility, improving conversion, and driving long-term organic installs.”
ASO is one of yellowHEAD's flagship services and sits with SEO under the same organic growth lead.
Source [4] · checked 4 October 2026Our edge, with proof
yellowHEAD's Mona service lists "Up to 30 new videos / month". Admiral Media's AI Creative Factory delivers 20, 40 or 80 videos per batch, and won Silver for AI at The Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA 2026.
−70%cost per result · Fastic case studyAdmiral Media runs Apple Ads and iOS campaigns end to end, with published results such as Inshallah's US iOS revenue growth.
+1,253%US iOS revenue · Inshallah case studyAdmiral Media was founded in 2019 by Andre Kempe, who has scaled apps for 15+ years, and is on The Drum's Indie Agency 100 for 2026. Senior specialists run every account.
+320%ROAS · ChatPDF case studyFit
yellowHEAD publishes a UA Cohort Funding programme built for growth-stage mobile game studios with proven ROAS.
Admiral Media runs all three with senior specialists, from +45% ROAS for Star Chef 2 to 93% more downloads from ASO for NeuroNation.
Admiral Media's senior specialists manage accounts directly, with 43% lower CPA on Apple Ads for ImmoScout24.
Admiral Media's AI Creative Factory delivers batches of up to 80 videos, and cut Fastic's cost per result by 70%.
Pricing
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 from EUR 2,900 per month per app and market. AI Creative Factory: EUR 10,000 / 16,000 / 29,000 per batch of 20 / 40 / 80 videos.
Agency fees not published. Clutch lists a minimum project size of $5,000+ (checked 4 Oct 2026).
Switching
Clients and recognition
“Since the beginning of our work with Admiral Media, we have seen only one direction: upwards.”
Phillip WaymanCMO, Fastic“Admiral Media were extremely helpful and efficient in making Apple's Custom Product Pages work for us.”
Alexandra ZinnowLead PPC, Digital Marketing, ImmoScout24“With the experience of the Admiral Media team, we were able to super-scale our growth on TikTok.”
Stefani StaeckHead of Mobile User Acquisition, BonialQuestions
Both work with mobile games, so the choice depends on whether you also need funding. yellowHEAD suits studios with proven ROAS that want UA Cohort Funding next to the service. Admiral Media suits games that want senior specialists and AI creative at volume, with ten times the creative output and +45% ROAS for Star Chef 2.
yellowHEAD does not publish its agency fees, while Admiral Media publishes its pricing model. Clutch lists a yellowHEAD minimum project size of $5,000+ (checked 4 Oct 2026). Admiral Media charges a monthly management fee, either a flat retainer or a percentage of media spend, with ASO from EUR 2,900 per month per app and market.
Yes, both offer ASO. yellowHEAD describes a fully managed ASO service led by its organic growth team. Admiral Media's ASO brought NeuroNation 93% more downloads in Korea; it starts at EUR 2,900 per month per app and market, and there is a free ASO Checker.
Both do. yellowHEAD lists Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) as a service. Admiral Media offers AEO and a free GEO Checker, and on its own site, ChatGPT visitors were 4.6 times more likely to contact it than the average visitor.
yellowHEAD runs Mona, an AI creative service of up to 30 new videos a month, plus a studio for 2D, 3D, playables and live production. Admiral Media's AI Creative Factory produces AI UGC, video and static in batches of 20, 40 or 80 videos, and won Silver for AI at The Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA 2026.
Sources and method
Each yellowHEAD fact was read on its own website or public profile on 4 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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