☻ I'm sure everyone else has gone through the pro's and cons of different monetisation and product strategies.
☻ But having looked through the thread, I don't believe anyone has asked you to think about Why the app is getting traction.
☻ You can come up with your own hypothesis or you can ask your users.
☻ Once you've understood why, you'll be better placed to take the next step. Whether that involves monetisation, creating clones, developing the app, not developing the app - that is up to you.
☻Tl;dr Find out why users like your app and try to strategise based on that.
☻ But having looked through the thread, I don't believe anyone has asked you to think about Why the app is getting traction.
☻ You can come up with your own hypothesis or you can ask your users.
☻ Once you've understood why, you'll be better placed to take the next step. Whether that involves monetisation, creating clones, developing the app, not developing the app - that is up to you.
☻Tl;dr Find out why users like your app and try to strategise based on that.