ASOGrade vs. Astro

A single Astro license includes unlimited keyword tracking, daily rank tracking with historical graphs, competitor keyword extraction, and popularity/difficulty scoring built on Apple Search Ads data, the same underlying data source ASOGrade uses. DeepL-powered translation is built in for localizing metadata.

Astro covers 60+ App Store countries. For an app targeting its top markets, that's likely enough coverage without needing all 109 storefronts.

Rank tracking is a real feature ASOGrade doesn't have: Astro shows how your app's position for a keyword moves over time, not just a point-in-time difficulty score.

Astro requires a Mac and a local install. If you work across Windows, Linux, or want to check a keyword list from a phone or a shared team machine, a native macOS-only app is a real constraint ASOGrade doesn't have.

60+ storefronts is meaningfully fewer than ASOGrade's 109, which matters specifically for the long tail of smaller or emerging markets where difficulty tends to be lowest.

A single Mac license is scoped to one machine; sharing research across a team means either sharing one login on one computer or buying more licenses, whereas ASOGrade runs in any browser on any device tied to one account.

If you're on a Mac, want rank tracking, and 60+ storefronts covers your target markets, Astro is a legitimate, similarly-priced alternative built specifically for indie iOS developers.

If you work across multiple operating systems, want the full 109-storefront range including smaller emerging markets, or want to check keywords from any device without installing anything, ASOGrade fits that instead.

Neither tool is meaningfully cheaper than the other at this point; the honest choice is platform (installed Mac app versus browser tool) and whether you need rank tracking, which only Astro of the two provides.