AndroidRank vs Apptopia (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AndroidRank grades higher than Apptopia: 2.8 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AndroidRank grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. Apptopia grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Apptopia
Mobile app performance data for investors, brands and sales teams
Free trial
Which one is for you
Pick AndroidRank if
- Fits if you want an Android app's install milestones and rating history without paying
- Works for researchers who need Google Play data going back to 2011
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if keyword research or rank tracking is what you need, as it has neither
- Not for you if your app is on the App Store, since it covers Google Play only
- Tight if your app is new, as apps under 100 ratings aren't listed and can't be added by hand
- Watch out: install figures past Google Play's public thresholds are AndroidRank's own estimates
- Watch out: custom data exports are a separate service, priced on request
Pick Apptopia if
- Fits if you're an investor tracking public companies through their apps' downloads and usage
- Works for brands that want rivals' download and usage figures and can buy through sales
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to improve your own store listing, as there are no keyword or listing tools
- Not for you if you want a price up front, since every product is quoted after a demo
- Tight if you want to try it alone, as the trial or sample data has to be arranged with Apptopia's team
- Watch out: downloads, revenue and usage are Apptopia's modelled estimates and panel data, not figures from the stores
- Watch out: ad, review, audience and SDK data are add-ons on top of the main products
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAAndroidRankGood | 2.0GPAApptopiaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree outright: the site says there are no premium accounts, and every visitor gets all the rankings, app and developer pages and history charts. Only custom data exports are priced, on request. | CNo price is published. Base, Advanced, Market Explorer and Publisher Prospector are all enterprise services, and the price is only given on a sales call after a demo. |
| Free plan and trial | AEverything is free with no account needed, and there's no cap on record. The one paid thing is a custom data export, which you'd have to ask about. | CNo free plan. A free, no-commitment trial or sample data can be arranged, but only by asking Apptopia's team, and its length isn't stated. |
| Features | DOne narrow function: Google Play rankings by ratings and installs, with each app's history and developer totals. There's no keyword research or rank tracking, nothing for the App Store, and apps under 100 ratings aren't covered. | DDownloads, revenue, DAU, MAU and time spent for 14 million+ apps in 160+ countries, an API with 40+ endpoints and an MCP server. For store optimization it has no keyword research, rank tracking or listing tools, so you'd need another product. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but it's a website you open and search, with no account to make and nothing to set up. | CNo rating on record. It's sold as an enterprise data service with a demo first, and much of it arrives as API feeds or warehouse deliveries to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no app, no integrations and no API on record. The most-popular list downloads as a CSV file, and anything more is a custom export on request. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Data goes out over an API and to Snowflake, AWS, BigQuery, Redshift, Azure and Postgres, and it links to Bloomberg Terminal, Salesforce, Claude and ChatGPT. |
| Best for | free Google Play install and rating history | app download and revenue estimates for investors |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AndroidRank and Apptopia. How we grade
Where they differ
- AndroidRank also covers app store optimization.
- Apptopia also covers reports.
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At a glance
| AndroidRank | Apptopia | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free trial |
| Starts at | Free | Not published |
| Free plan | Everything is free: the site says there are no premium accounts and every visitor gets all of its features and data. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free, no-commitment trial or sample data, arranged with Apptopia's team on request |
| Web | ||
| Made by | androidrank.org | Apptopia |
| Price read from | androidrank.org | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AndroidRank
- It covers Google Play only, and only apps with at least 100 ratings; apps cannot be added by hand.
- There is no keyword research or keyword rank tracking, only rankings by ratings and installs.
- Custom data exports are a separate service, priced on request.
- Install figures beyond Google Play's public thresholds are AndroidRank's own estimates.
Apptopia
- No prices are published: Base, Advanced, Market Explorer and Publisher Prospector are all described as enterprise-level services sold after a demo.
- It is a market-intelligence data product, not a keyword research or listing optimization tool for ASO.
- Downloads, revenue and usage figures are Apptopia's modelled estimates and device-panel data, not figures from the stores.
Key features
AndroidRank
- Category rankings
- Top lists for each Google Play category, sorted by total ratings, with installs, average rating, 30- and 60-day growth and price.
- App history pages
- Each app page shows total ratings, the star breakdown, estimated installs and the dates it passed each install milestone.
- Developer pages
- A publisher's page lists all its apps with their ratings and installs, and totals its ratings and installs across them.
- Market growth charts
- Charts of installs, ratings and active app counts across Google Play over time, with distributions by installs and rating.
- CSV list download
- The most-popular list can be downloaded as a CSV file, and custom data exports are available on request.
Apptopia
- Market Explorer for brands
- A web tool with app store data on more than 14 million apps: downloads, revenue, DAU and MAU, sessions and time spent in 160+ countries.
- Apptopia Base and Advanced for investors
- Base covers 3,500+ tickers with daily estimates and up to 10 years of history; Advanced adds churn, retention and user overlap for 525+ tickers.
- Sector data packages
- The same investor data sold for one sector or a themed group of sectors, with a dashboard, the MCP server and a Mobile Performance Index.
- MCP server
- Connects Apptopia data to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot so analysts can ask about a ticker, app or metric in plain language.
- API and data feeds
- An API with over 40 endpoints and data delivered to Snowflake, AWS Data Exchange, S3, Redshift, BigQuery, Azure, Google Cloud or Postgres.
- Ad, review and SDK intelligence
- Add-ons cover competitors' advertising, review analysis, audience demographics and which SDKs apps install or remove.
Plans
AndroidRank
Free$0
All rankings, app and developer pages, and history charts, with no account needed.
Apptopia
Pricing could not be confirmed. See apptopia.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AndroidRank or Apptopia?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AndroidRank is free, and Apptopia has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, AndroidRank or Apptopia?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AndroidRank has a free plan. Apptopia does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.