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Applyra ships App Store Optimization features continuously: keyword rank tracking, competitor intelligence, scoring and free tools for the App Store and Google Play. Every release is here, newest first, with what changed and why it matters.

39 releases since January 2026.

  1. Documentation: how every screen and every score works

    61 pages and 55 short videos on every screen, score and workflow in Applyra, from your first app to the API and the MCP server. In public and in the dashboard.

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  2. ASO Health in the API and the MCP server

    Both scores, their axes and the metadata simulator are now reachable over the REST API and through MCP, so an assistant can audit a listing end to end.

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  3. Metadata Simulator: score a listing before you ship it

    Write a title, subtitle and keyword field, and see what it does to your ASO Health score before you send it to review. Drafts are saved, and AI can write one.

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  4. ASO Health: the score that tells you what to fix

    A second score lands next to visibility: ASO Health rates your listing on keyword coverage, targeting fit and store appeal, and names the axis holding you back.

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  5. Algorithm Change Detector: spot a store update as it lands

    A free tool that measures daily ranking volatility on the App Store and Google Play, country by country, and flags the days a store changed its algorithm.

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  6. A faster dashboard, built for large accounts

    The dashboard pages were rebuilt to load faster and stay quick however many apps, keywords and competitors an account follows.

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  7. iOS difficulty recalibrated after Apple's July search change

    Apple recalibrated App Store search on 26 and 27 July 2026. Applyra saw it in its daily ranking data, retuned iOS difficulty and recomputed the full history.

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  8. The MCP server is open source

    Applyra's MCP server moved to a public MIT licensed repository, is listed in the MCP registry, and works with Claude, Cursor and Codex out of the box.

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  9. An annual plan, and pricing in your own currency

    The Unlimited plan can now be billed yearly at $99.99, two months free, and is charged in euros in the eurozone instead of converting from dollars.

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  10. Character limits: count the way the stores count

    A free counter for every App Store and Google Play metadata field, using the same UTF-16 counting rule the stores apply, with the emoji rules spelled out.

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  11. Release alerts that only fire on real changes

    Store APIs re-host icons and screenshots under new URLs on every build. Applyra now compares content, not URLs, so a competitor alert means a real change.

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  12. Add your iOS keyword field for exact coverage scoring

    Type in the 100 character iOS keyword field or import it from App Store Connect, and Applyra scores your keyword coverage from the real thing, not an estimate.

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  13. Free keyword difficulty and traffic data, no account

    Applyra opens its keyword data to everyone: difficulty, search traffic and the apps ranking on any App Store or Google Play keyword, free and no account.

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  14. AI keyword suggestions now speak the store's language

    Suggestions for a Japanese, Korean or German listing come back in that language, transcreated for how people search there rather than translated word for word.

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  15. Keyword suggestions ranked by real opportunity

    Adding keywords now starts from a suggested list built on your app's own data, ordered by KEI so the winnable terms surface before the crowded ones.

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  16. AI insights on any competitor, grounded in your data

    Each competitor page opens on a written briefing: keyword gaps, score differences and recent releases, synthesized from measured data, not marketing copy.

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  17. Release tracking: know the day a competitor ships

    Applyra records every change to a tracked listing, marks releases on your rank charts, and emails you when a competitor updates their app.

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  18. Head to head: your app against one competitor

    A new tab in Competitors Analysis puts your app and a single rival side by side: shared keywords, who wins each one, and where each of you ranks alone.

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  19. Competitor suggestions from your own keywords

    Applyra suggests competitors for every tracked app, computed from the keywords you rank on together, so you track the apps really taking your installs.

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  20. Top Charts: the daily top 100 on both stores, free

    Top free, paid and grossing apps by category and country on the App Store and Google Play, updated daily with rank movement, free and without an account.

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  21. Keyword traffic, difficulty and KEI scores, rebuilt

    New formulas behind the three keyword scores: traffic now separates real demand from head terms, and difficulty weighs the strength of the apps already ranking.

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  22. Competitor Finder: your real competitors, free, no account

    Paste any App Store or Google Play app and get the ten apps it truly competes with, derived from the keywords both of them rank on. Free, no signup.

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  23. The API and MCP server now cover the whole product

    Autocomplete, niche analysis, inspection history and favorites are readable over the API, and keywords and competitors can be added or removed remotely.

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  24. Referral program: a free month for bringing a dev in

    Share your referral link, the developer you send gets a discount on their first month, and you get a $9.99 credit once their subscription sticks.

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  25. Favorite keywords, pinned to the top of the tracker

    Star the keywords that matter and pin them to the top of the tracker, so the ten that drive your installs stop drowning in the two hundred you also track.

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  26. Autocomplete Simulator: read the store's own demand signal

    Type a prefix and get what the App Store and Google Play actually suggest in any market, saved run after run so you can see which suggestions are rising.

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  27. Keyword inspections are saved and comparable

    Every keyword you inspect is kept with its traffic, difficulty and the apps that ranked, so a second look tells you how the top of the results has turned over.

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  28. Export a niche analysis to PDF

    Any niche analysis can now be exported as a formatted PDF, keywords, scores and ranking apps included, ready to send to a client or a co-founder.

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  29. A keyword tracker that scales to hundreds of keywords

    Pagination, sorting by trend, rank, traffic or difficulty, and filters on the apps list: the tracker stays fast and readable at several hundred keywords.

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  30. A dashboard that opens on what changed today

    The dashboard home leads with today's insights: the keywords that moved, the scores that shifted and the apps that need a look, readable in fifteen seconds.

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  31. Niche Analysis: size up a category before you build

    Give Applyra a topic and it maps the niche: the keywords behind it, their traffic and difficulty, and the apps already ranking, in one report.

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  32. MCP server: your ASO data inside Claude and Cursor

    Applyra ships an MCP server, so an AI assistant can read your apps, keywords, ranks and competitors and answer ASO questions against your real data.

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  33. Track one app across several markets

    Add the same app in several countries and languages, for your apps and your competitors, and follow rankings market by market from a single account.

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  34. Daily rank tracking you can build a decision on

    The ranking pipeline was rebuilt for resilience: every keyword is retried until it lands, so your App Store and Google Play history has no gaps to explain.

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  35. An ASO knowledge hub for people who ship apps

    Applyra opens a blog on how the stores really index metadata: algorithm changes, keyword mechanics, and comparisons that state every price in dollars.

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  36. AI suggestions for your title, subtitle and keyword field

    Applyra drafts App Store and Google Play metadata from your own tracked keywords and their real difficulty, inside the store's character limits.

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  37. Weekly recap emails

    A short weekly email with what moved: keywords gained and lost, visibility score change, and the positions worth a second look. One email, no digest spam.

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  38. A REST API for your keyword and ranking data

    Every app, keyword and position in Applyra is readable over a versioned REST API with a personal key, so your ranking data can live in your own dashboards.

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  39. Applyra is live: ASO rank tracking for indie apps

    Applyra opens to the public: daily App Store and Google Play rank tracking, keyword difficulty and traffic scores, competitor tracking and a visibility score.

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Track your first app while this list keeps growing

Rank tracking, keyword scores and a competitor on the App Store and Google Play, on a free plan that stays free.