Appfigures vs Astro (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Appfigures and Astro share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and Appfigures starts cheaper, at $7.99 a month against $9 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Appfigures grades higher on features and platforms. Astro grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Appfigures
App analytics, review replies and ASO keyword tracking in one account
Astro
Mac app for App Store keyword research and daily rank tracking
Which one is for you
Pick Appfigures if
- Fits if you want every store's sales, downloads and payouts for up to 5 apps in one free dashboard
- Works for small teams tracking about 100 keywords who also want unlimited review replies
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want the $7.99 plan for keywords, as tracking starts at Monitor, $35.99 a month
- Pricey if you want competitors' downloads and revenue, which start at Boost, $449.99 a month billed annually
- Tight if you have more than 5 apps, as each extra one costs $1.99 while it's active
- Watch out: hourly keyword updates and competitors' keywords start at Optimize, $119.99 a month
- Watch out: Connect caps review replies at 150, and wider market and SDK research are separate plans
Pick Astro if
- Fits if you're an indie iOS or Mac developer doing your own keyword work
- Works for people tracking thousands of App Store keywords who want one flat yearly price
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your app is on Google Play too, as the pages read only cover Apple's App Store
- Not for you if you work on Windows or in a browser, as it runs only on Macs with macOS 14 or later
- Watch out: ranks only update while the app is open on your Mac, and a license covers one Mac at a time
- Tight if you stay free, since the free version tracks 10 keywords without popularity or difficulty
- Watch out: billing is yearly only at $108, and suggestions come from Astro users' searches, so niche apps may get few
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAppfiguresFair | 2.2GPAAstroFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CConnect is $7.99 a month billed annually, but it has no keyword tracking. For store optimization, Monitor is $35.99 a month for 100 keywords, between this category's middle ($19) and its dearer quarter ($49), and Optimize is $119.99 for 500. | B$108 a year, about $9 a month, for unlimited apps and keywords, inside this category's cheaper quarter, which runs to $10. Billing is annual only, and the license works on one Mac at a time. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe free plan tracks downloads, revenue, subscriptions and payouts for 5 apps, but does no keyword tracking or review replies. The Optimize trial needs no card; its length isn't stated. | CThe free version tracks up to 10 keywords with daily updates, but leaves out the popularity and difficulty scores, which is most of the point. No trial is on record. |
| Features | BStore analytics, keyword rank tracking and research, review replies with translation, category rank and featuring alerts, and from Boost competitors' downloads, revenue and SDKs. It covers the whole job, with tracking daily on Monitor and hourly from Optimize. | CPopularity and difficulty scores, daily rank tracking, keyword suggestions, competitors' keywords, ratings across every country's store and a local MCP server. It does App Store keyword work fully, but that's a smaller job, and Google Play isn't mentioned. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You connect your store accounts first, then pick keywords and competitors before the ASO side shows much. | BNo rating on record. It's a Mac app you install, then you search a keyword or paste an App Store link and add your app, with no store account to connect. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no API on the listing. The named integrations are Apple Ads and Slack, beside the store accounts it reads from. | DMac only, on macOS 14 or later, one Mac per license. It links to Apple Ads and DeepL, and its MCP server works with Claude, Cursor and VS Code. |
| Best for | store sales and downloads with keyword tracking on top | App Store keyword research on a Mac |
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: Appfigures and Astro. How we grade
Price against what you get
Appfigures starts at $7.99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Astro starts at $9 a month and scores 2.0.
Appfigures scores higher and starts $1.01 a month lower. Of the other app store optimization tools on the chart, none scores higher than Appfigures for less, and 4 score higher than Astro for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Appfigures also covers reports.
At a glance
| Appfigures | Astro | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $7.99 per month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly) | $9 per month, billed annually ($108 a year) |
| Free plan | Connect up to 5 apps and track their downloads, revenue, subscriptions, ad revenue, campaign spend and payouts. No keyword tracking or review replies. | The free version tracks up to 10 keywords, without the popularity and difficulty scores. |
| Free trial | Free trial of the Optimize plan with no credit card; length not stated, and the account moves to the free plan after | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Made by | Appfigures | 28 bit S.R.L. |
| Price read from | appfigures.com | tryastro.app |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Appfigures
- Keyword tracking starts at Monitor, with daily updates; hourly updates start at Optimize.
- Each plan includes 5 connected apps; more cost $1.99 each, charged only while active.
- Competitor download and revenue estimates and paid keyword data start at Boost, $449.99 a month billed annually.
- Market research and SDK intelligence for the wider app market are separate Market Intelligence plans.
Astro
- It runs only on Macs with macOS 14 or later, and each license is active on one Mac at a time.
- It covers Apple's App Store (iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS apps); the pages read make no mention of Google Play.
- Billing is annual only, at $108 a year; refunds can be requested within 14 days.
- Rankings update only while the app is open on the Mac.
Key features
Appfigures
- Store analytics in one place
- Downloads, revenue, subscription KPIs, ad revenue, campaign spend and payouts for all of your apps across stores, with email reports from Connect.
- Keyword rank tracking
- Track rankings by country and store, updated daily on Monitor and hourly from Optimize, with alerts when a keyword's rank changes.
- Keyword research
- Keyword scores, ranked-keyword discovery and automatic keyword translation, with AI suggestions and competitors' keywords from Optimize.
- Review management
- Read and reply to reviews for your apps and competitors with translation, search and templates; replies are capped at 150 on Connect.
- Competitor intelligence
- From Boost, download and revenue estimates, audience demographics, installed SDKs, custom product pages and paid Apple Ads keywords for competitors.
- Category ranks and featuring
- Hourly category rankings in all countries and stores, with alerts when an app's rank moves or it is featured anywhere.
Astro
- Popularity and difficulty scores
- Popularity comes from Apple Ads; difficulty is Astro's own estimate of how hard it is to reach the top 10. Both need the paid license.
- Daily keyword rank tracking
- Keywords are re-checked every 24 hours while the app is running, with position changes and a day-by-day ranking chart.
- Keyword suggestions
- Lists keywords an app ranks or has ranked for, drawn from searches made by all Astro users, so new or niche apps may get few suggestions.
- Competitor keywords
- Paste a competitor's App Store link to see the keywords it ranks for in a chosen store, sorted by popularity and difficulty.
- Ratings across stores
- A ratings view sums ratings from every country's App Store, with daily changes, per-store counts and a chart over time.
- MCP server (beta)
- A local MCP server, switched on in Settings, lets AI assistants such as Claude, Cursor and VS Code Copilot query Astro's data.
Plans
Appfigures
Free$0
5 connected apps with download, revenue, subscription, ad and payout tracking.
Connect$7.99
per month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly)
Adds email reports, hourly category ranks, featuring and rating tracking, and 150 review replies. No keyword tracking.
Monitor$35.99
per month for 100 keywords, billed annually ($44.99 monthly)
Keyword rank tracking updated daily, keyword scores and alerts, performance alerts to Slack, and unlimited review replies.
Optimize$119.99
per month for 500 keywords, billed annually ($149.99 monthly)
Hourly keyword updates, AI keyword suggestions, competitors' keywords and the Keyword Inspector for live search results.
Boost$449.99
per month for 1,000 keywords, billed annually ($599.99 monthly)
Adds premium competitors with download and revenue estimates, audience demographics, SDK data and competitors' Apple Ads keywords.
Amplify$999.99
per month for 2,500 keywords, billed annually ($1,399.99 monthly)
Everything in Boost with unlimited premium competitors.
Astro
Free version$0
Up to 10 keywords with daily rank updates; popularity and difficulty scores are left out.
Single Mac License$9
per month, billed annually ($108 a year)
Unlimited apps and keywords, popularity and difficulty data, suggestions, competitor keywords, ratings analysis and translations.
Ways to pay less
Appfigures
- Annual discount
About 20% off with annual billing
Appfigures' pricing page says annual billing saves about 20%: Optimize is $119.99 a month billed annually instead of $149.99 billed monthly.
Astro
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Appfigures or Astro?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Appfigures is cheaper to start with: $7.99 a month, against $9 a month for Astro. Appfigures starts at $7.99 per month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly), and Astro starts at $9 per month, billed annually ($108 a year).
Which has a free plan, Appfigures or Astro?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Appfigures and Astro have a free plan.
Which platforms do Appfigures and Astro run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Appfigures lists a web app and only Astro lists a macOS app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.