Applyra vs AsoBeast (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick AsoBeast: it is second in our ranking of app store optimization tools, and it grades higher too, 2.6 against 2.4.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AsoBeast grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Applyra
Flat-price ASO keyword tracker for the App Store and Google Play
AsoBeast
Open-source ASO rank tracker for both app stores, hosted or self-run
Which one is for you
Pick Applyra if
- Fits if you're an indie developer tracking lots of keywords on both stores for one price
- Works for developers who want to ask an AI assistant about their ranks through MCP
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, as Free stops at 1 app, 5 keywords, 1 competitor and 7 days of history
- Watch out: 'unlimited' is subject to a fair-use policy, and the API stops at 10,000 requests a month
- Not for you if you're a team or an agency, as there's no team or enterprise plan
- Skip it if you need review replies or download estimates, as neither is on record here
- Watch out: the price is 9.99 in your own currency, so €9.99 or £9.99 rather than a converted figure
Pick AsoBeast if
- Fits if you track up to 5 apps on both stores and want to pay $10 a month
- Makes sense if you'd rather run your ASO tool on your own server with Docker
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a free hosted plan, as the hosted service is paid after the 7-day trial
- Pricey if you outgrow Indie, since the next plan, Ultimate, jumps to $99 a month
- Watch out: a keyword market is one keyword in one country, so 1,000 markets is 200 phrases in five countries
- Watch out: there's no uptime guarantee or service level agreement
- Watch out: payment goes through Link and shows on card statements as LINK.COM* ASOBEAST
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAApplyraFair | 2.6GPAAsoBeastGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BUnlimited is $8.33 a month billed annually ($9.99 monthly) for unlimited apps, keywords, competitors and history, with exports, MCP and 10,000 API requests a month. That's inside this category's cheaper quarter, which runs to $10. | BIndie is $10 a month ($100 a year) for 5 apps and 1,000 keyword markets, at this category's cheaper quarter, with no per-seat charge. Self-hosting is free but needs your own server, and the next plan, Ultimate, is $99. |
| Free plan and trial | CA permanent free plan with no card: 1 app, 5 keywords, 1 competitor, 7 days of ranking history and 25 keyword inspections a month. Five keywords and a week of history is a cap you'll hit fast. | CNo free hosted plan. The 7-day trial needs no card and runs with Indie limits and 25 AI calls. The AGPL code is free to self-host with every feature, if you run it with Docker. |
| Features | CDaily tracking on both stores, difficulty and traffic scores, competitor alerts, AI listing suggestions and metadata simulators. It does keyword work fully, but that's a smaller job: no review replies or download estimates are on record, and there's no team plan. | BDaily ranks on both stores to depth 200 in every storefront, competitor and listing-change alerts, a listing audit, keyword research, an Action Center of ranked tasks and AI metadata drafts. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You add your apps, keywords and competitors before the dashboard shows anything useful. | CNo rating on record. Hosted, you add apps, keywords and countries before it says much; self-hosting needs Docker, about 2.5 GB of memory and 5 GB of disk. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to App Store Connect, has a REST API capped at 10,000 requests a month, and an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and Codex. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. A REST API and an MCP server come with both plans, and alerts go to Slack, Discord, email or a webhook. |
| Best for | unlimited keyword tracking at a flat price | rank tracking on both stores, hosted or self-run |
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: Applyra and AsoBeast. How we grade
Price against what you get
Applyra starts at $8.33 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. AsoBeast starts at $10 a month and scores 2.7.
AsoBeast scores higher, and starts $1.67 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other app store optimization tools on the chart, none scores higher than Applyra for less, and none scores higher than AsoBeast 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
- AsoBeast is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
At a glance
| Applyra | AsoBeast | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8.33 per month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly) | $10 per month for 5 apps and 1,000 keyword markets, billed monthly |
| Free plan | 1 app, 5 keywords, 1 competitor, 7 days of ranking history and 25 keyword inspections a month on both stores. No AI suggestions, exports, API or MCP. | Self-hosting is free with every feature, unlimited apps and keyword markets, and no rate limits; you run it with Docker. There is no free hosted plan after the trial. |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of the hosted service with Indie limits and 25 AI calls, no card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Krnel Studio | Adex77 |
| Price read from | applyra.io | asobeast.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Applyra
- The free plan keeps only 7 days of ranking history and stops at 1 app, 5 keywords and 1 competitor.
- "Unlimited" is subject to a fair-use policy in the terms; the API is capped at 10,000 requests a month.
- There is no team or enterprise plan; the site describes it as built for indie developers and small studios.
- The price is 9.99 in the buyer's local currency, such as €9.99 in the eurozone and £9.99 in the UK.
AsoBeast
- The hosted service has no free plan after the 7-day trial; the free route is self-hosting with Docker, about 2.5 GB of memory and 5 GB of disk.
- A keyword market is one keyword in one country, so 1,000 markets is 200 phrases tracked in five countries.
- Plans are sold through Link, a Stripe affiliate, which appears on card statements as LINK.COM* ASOBEAST.
- Uptime is best effort with no service level agreement.
Key features
Applyra
- Daily keyword tracking
- Tracks rankings for any keyword on the App Store and Google Play every day, across countries and languages, with rank history.
- Difficulty and traffic scores
- Each keyword gets a difficulty and a traffic score, and the Keywords Inspector gives a deeper look at one term (25 a month on Free).
- Competitor intelligence
- Shows which competitors rank above you and on which keywords, with head-to-head views and alerts when a rival changes its listing.
- AI listing suggestions
- On the paid plan, AI suggests titles, subtitles, keyword fields and descriptions, and an AI listing writer drafts three scored listings.
- Metadata and autocomplete simulators
- Score a listing before publishing it and read real store autocomplete suggestions; Free has 10 and 50 a month.
- MCP server and REST API
- An MCP server with 30 tools lets ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or Codex read your ranks and scores; the REST API allows 10,000 requests a month.
AsoBeast
- Daily rank tracking on both stores
- Each keyword is checked daily to position 200 in every country added, across 175 App Store and 225 Google Play storefronts, with a year of history.
- Competitor and listing-change alerts
- Finds competitors from search results, flags the day a rival changes its title, icon or version, and shows keyword gaps. Alerts go by email, Slack, Discord or webhook.
- Action Center
- 15 rules watch the ranking history and queue tasks by estimated impact, such as a winnable keyword the listing never mentions.
- Listing audit and keyword research
- Scores a listing out of 100 with fixes ranked by points gained, and suggests keywords from search, competitors, similar apps, seasonality and reviews.
- MCP server and REST API
- An MCP server with 27 read tools and 5 opt-in write tools works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others, and the REST API is documented with OpenAPI.
- AI assist and exports
- AI drafts metadata and analyzes icons and screenshot captions within a monthly call allowance; any table exports to CSV, or the workspace to JSON.
Plans
Applyra
Free$0
1 app, 5 keywords, 1 competitor and 7 days of history on the App Store and Google Play, with no card needed.
Unlimited$8.33
per month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly)
Unlimited apps, keywords, competitors and history under a fair-use policy, AI listing suggestions, CSV and PDF export, MCP and 10,000 API requests a month.
AsoBeast
Self-hosted$0
The AGPL-3.0 code on your own server with Docker: every feature, unlimited apps and keywords, no rate limits. You host and back it up yourself.
Indie$10
per month for 5 apps and 1,000 keyword markets, billed monthly
Hosted: 10 competitors per app, all countries, 200 AI calls a month, the REST API and MCP server. $100 a year if billed yearly.
Ultimate$99
per month for 50 apps and 10,000 keyword markets, billed monthly
Hosted: 25 competitors per app, 2,000 AI calls a month and higher API rate limits. $990 a year if billed yearly.
Ways to pay less
Applyra
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Applyra's pricing page offers $99.99 a year, or $8.33 a month, instead of $9.99 billed monthly.
AsoBeast
- Annual discount
Save 17% with yearly billing
AsoBeast's pricing page lists Indie at $100 a year instead of $120 and Ultimate at $990 instead of $1,188 when paid yearly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Applyra or AsoBeast?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Applyra is cheaper to start with: $8.33 a month, against $10 a month for AsoBeast. Applyra starts at $8.33 per month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly), and AsoBeast starts at $10 per month for 5 apps and 1,000 keyword markets, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Applyra or AsoBeast?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Applyra and AsoBeast have a free plan.
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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.