AppTweak vs Qimai (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Qimai grades higher than AppTweak: 2.6 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Qimai grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AppTweak
App store optimization and Apple Ads platform for apps and games
Which one is for you
Pick AppTweak if
- Fits if you run store optimization for up to 5 apps on both stores and $79 a month is in the budget
- Works for teams running Apple Ads under $25,000 a month, as the campaign manager is free up to that
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it without a card, as the 7-day trial charges you unless you cancel
- Tight if more than one person needs a login, since Essential, Grow and Expand each include one seat
- Pricey if you follow lots of apps: Essential is $79, $99 or $149 a month for 5, 10 or 20 apps on yearly billing
- Watch out: organic installs per keyword start at Grow, $299 a month, and AI Visibility is listed under Enterprise
- Watch out: review replies, the API and download estimates are separate products with their own plans
Pick Qimai if
- Fits if you're launching or promoting an app in mainland China and read Chinese
- Works for teams that need rankings from Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and other Chinese Android stores
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you don't read Chinese, as the whole site is in Chinese only
- Watch out: VIP, SVIP and Enterprise prices show only after you sign in, so you can't compare costs first
- Tight if several people share one login, since each account works on 2 to 5 devices at once and blocks the rest
- Tight if you track more than 10 apps or 100 keywords per app on the free edition
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAppTweakFair | 2.6GPAQimaiGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DEssential is $79 a month for 5 apps billed annually, $99 monthly, past the $49 where this category's dearest tenth starts, for one seat and 500 keywords. Organic installs per keyword need Grow at $299, and the creative explorers need Expand at $549. | CNo price is published to the public. The VIP, SVIP and Enterprise memberships show their prices only to signed-in users, so there's nothing to set against this category's $19 middle. |
| Free plan and trial | DThe ASO tools have only a 7-day trial, and it needs billing details: the card is charged unless you cancel. The free Starter plan covers download and revenue estimates, not the ASO tools. | BA free edition with 10 apps, 100 keywords per app (1,000 in all) and 10 competitors. One person watching a few apps could stay on it, though the list of what's free only shows after you sign in. |
| Features | BOver 12 keyword research tools, daily App Store volumes, rank tracking, competitors' metadata history, A/B tests and creatives, and Reporting Studio dashboards. It covers the whole job. Review replies, the API and Apple Ads management are sold as separate products. | BLive App Store charts and change alerts, keyword expansion and a keyword index, download and revenue estimates, competitor comparison, Apple Ads tools, and rankings from Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, VIVO and four more Chinese Android stores. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's a platform of many tools priced by the apps you follow, and there are apps, competitors and keyword lists to set up before the reports mean much. | CNo rating on record. The site is in Chinese only, sign-in is by password or a WeChat QR code, and each account works on 2 to 5 devices at once depending on the membership. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to App Store Connect, Google Play Console, Apple Ads, Zendesk and Slack, and an API is sold as a separate product. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Apple Ads tied in through the same company's AppSA campaign tool. No desktop app is on record, and Apple Ads is the only integration listed. |
| Best for | keyword and creative research on both app stores | data on China's App Store and Android stores |
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: AppTweak and Qimai. How we grade
Where they differ
- AppTweak also covers reports and AI search visibility.
At a glance
| AppTweak | Qimai | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $79 per month for 5 apps, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | Not published |
| Free plan | None | A free edition sits beside the VIP, SVIP and Enterprise memberships: 10 apps, 100 keywords per app (1,000 in all) and 10 competitors. The comparison shows only after signing in. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of each product; billing details are required and the card is charged unless you cancel | None listed |
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| Made by | AppTweak | Beijing Qimai Technology Co., Ltd. |
| Price read from | apptweak.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AppTweak
- Essential, Grow and Expand each include one seat; Enterprise, priced through sales, sets a custom number.
- Prices rise with the number of apps followed: 5, 10 or 20 on the listed plans.
- The AI Visibility add-on, covering ChatGPT and Gemini only, is listed under the Enterprise plan.
- Download and revenue estimates have their own free Starter plan; the ASO tools have only the 7-day trial.
Qimai
- The site is in Chinese only, with sign-in by password or a WeChat QR code.
- Prices for the VIP, SVIP and Enterprise memberships are shown only to signed-in users, so none are listed here.
- Each account can be signed in on 2 to 5 devices at once depending on the membership, and the site blocks logins beyond that.
Key features
AppTweak
- Keyword research and tracking
- Over 12 keyword research tools on a database AppTweak puts at 30 million keywords in 100+ countries, with daily App Store volumes and estimated Google Play volumes.
- Competitor metadata and creatives
- See any app's metadata history, A/B tests, screenshots, icons and videos; Expand adds a searchable library of creatives and custom product pages.
- Organic installs per keyword
- From Grow, estimates how many organic downloads each keyword brings in, split into brand and generic searches, and measures the effect of keyword changes.
- Reporting Studio
- Dashboards that combine AppTweak data with App Store Connect, Google Play and mobile measurement partner data, with an agent that builds them from a prompt.
- AI visibility for apps
- An add-on that tracks how often ChatGPT and Gemini recommend your app, using 10,000 prompts localized for five markets, with the sources each answer cites.
- Apple Ads campaign manager
- A separate product for managing Apple Ads campaigns, free up to $25,000 of monthly ad spend and 4% of spend above that.
Qimai
- Live charts and store monitoring
- Real-time App Store charts, trending searches, featured picks, and alerts when apps are listed, removed, updated or dropped from charts and keywords.
- Keyword tools
- A keyword optimization helper, keyword expansion, search suggestion lookups and a keyword index that can compare terms side by side.
- Download and revenue estimates
- Download and revenue charts and estimates for apps, which Qimai says covers more than 13 million apps and 20 million keywords.
- Competitor comparison
- Follow apps and their keywords and add competitors to compare; how many depends on the membership level.
- Chinese Android stores
- Rankings from eight Android stores in China, including Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, VIVO, Tencent's store, Baidu and 360.
- Apple Ads tools
- Apple Ads bid monitoring on Qimai, AppSA for running Apple Ads campaigns yourself, and a managed campaign service.
Plans
AppTweak
Essential$79
per month for 5 apps, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
500 tracked keywords, 1 seat, 6 months of history and the keyword research tools. $99 a month for 10 apps or $149 for 20, billed annually.
Grow$299
per month for 5 apps, billed annually ($359 billed monthly)
1,500 keywords, 1 seat, 12 months of history, organic installs per keyword and long-tail keywords. $349 for 10 apps or $499 for 20, billed annually.
Expand$549
per month for 5 apps, billed annually ($659 billed monthly)
3,000 keywords, 1 seat, 24 months of history and the creative, custom product page and in-app event explorers. $639 for 10 apps or $833 for 20.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom apps, keywords and seats, all historical data, the ASO Agent, Apple Ads keyword intelligence and access to the AI Visibility add-on.
Qimai
Pricing could not be confirmed. See qimai.cn.
Ways to pay less
AppTweak
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
AppTweak's pricing page says annual billing saves two months: Essential for 5 apps is $949 a year ($79 a month) instead of $99 a month billed monthly.
Qimai
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AppTweak or Qimai?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AppTweak starts at $79 per month for 5 apps, billed annually ($99 billed monthly), and Qimai has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, AppTweak or Qimai?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Qimai has a free plan. AppTweak does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do AppTweak and Qimai run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Qimai lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web 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.