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Daily downloads from Apple's App Store increased 33 percent from September to October, a surge credited to the Sept. 21 introduction of the iPhone 5, mobile user acquisition platform Fiksu reports.

Daily downloads from Apple's App Store increased 33 percent in the weeks following the Sept. 21 launch of the company's iPhone 5, according to mobile user acquisition platform Fiksu.

Daily downloads from Apple's App Store dropped more than 7 percent in August, a decline credited to mounting consumer anticipation for the new iPhone 5 and its revamped iOS 6 operating system, according to mobile user acquisition platform Fiksu.

Daily downloads from Apple's App Store increased 1.98 percent in June 2012, according to mobile user acquisition platform Fiksu.

The average mobile app user costs $1.26 to acquire. But that's not the whole story. How exactly should mobile app developers expect to spend this $1.26 per customer? And what can they learn from the big players in the space about how they purchase new customers? Check out  FierceDeveloper 's  special report on the topic . 

Mobile app companies have a wide range of options when it comes to generating interest in--and downloads of--their smartphone apps. They can spread the word through Twitter and Facebook, they can generate publicity through press releases and news articles, and they can spend money to advertise their app.