AsoBeast vs ASOTool (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 2.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AsoBeast grades higher on value for money, features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AsoBeast
Open-source ASO rank tracker for both app stores, hosted or self-run
ASOTool
Keyword research and rank tracking for App Store and Google Play
Which one is for you
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
Pick ASOTool if
- Fits if you're an indie developer researching keywords for both stores on a small budget
- Works for agencies keeping one shared workspace per client app on Pro
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want reviews, ad monitoring or download estimates, as it covers keywords and metadata only
- Watch out: Google Play popularity is always an estimate, since Google publishes no search volume
- Tight if you're staying free, as Free allows 10 searches a day, 1 app and 10 saved keywords, with no Optimize
- Not for you if you want yearly billing, as Pro is sold monthly only
- Watch out: the 7-day trial takes a card at checkout, and there are no integrations or API on record
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAAsoBeastGood | 2.0GPAASOToolFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CPro is $12.99 a month including VAT for unlimited apps, keywords, competitors and searches, just above the $12 where this category's cheaper quarter starts. It's sold monthly only, with no yearly price on the pages read. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | CA free plan with 10 searches a day, 1 app, 10 saved keywords and 2 competitors on both stores, with a daily rank email and full history. You'll hit 10 keywords fast. The 7-day Pro trial takes a card at checkout. |
| Features | 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. | CKeyword discovery from store autocomplete, popularity and difficulty scores with estimates marked, rank tracking in 175 storefronts and an Optimize tool for metadata. It does keyword work fully, but that's a smaller job, with no reviews, ad monitoring or download estimates. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. You can search a keyword straight away, but tracking means adding your app, saving a keyword list and picking storefronts first. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app, no integrations named and no API on record. Data leaves as CSV, or a whole workspace as JSON. |
| Best for | rank tracking on both stores, hosted or self-run | keyword research on a small budget |
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: AsoBeast and ASOTool. How we grade
Price against what you get
AsoBeast starts at $10 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ASOTool starts at $12.99 a month and scores 2.0.
AsoBeast scores higher and starts $2.99 a month lower. Of the other app store optimization tools on the chart, none scores higher than AsoBeast for less, and 7 score higher than ASOTool 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
| AsoBeast | ASOTool | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $10 per month for 5 apps and 1,000 keyword markets, billed monthly | $12.99 per month, including VAT, billed monthly |
| Free plan | 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. | 10 searches a day, 1 app, 10 saved keywords and 2 competitors, with a daily rank email and full history on both stores. No Optimize or team workspaces. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of the hosted service with Indie limits and 25 AI calls, no card needed | 7-day free trial of Pro; a card is taken at checkout |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Adex77 | ASOTool |
| Price read from | asobeast.com | asotool.dev |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
ASOTool
- It covers keyword research, rank tracking and metadata only, with no review management, ad monitoring or download estimates.
- Google Play popularity is always an estimate, since Google publishes no search volume.
- The free plan stops at 10 searches a day, 1 app and 10 saved keywords; Optimize and team workspaces need Pro.
- Pro is sold only monthly; the pages read show no yearly price.
Key features
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.
ASOTool
- Keyword discovery
- Start from a keyword, an app name or a store link and expand through store autocomplete into related terms, each scored for popularity and difficulty.
- Marked estimates
- App Store popularity comes from Apple Search Ads where Apple publishes a figure; modelled values, including every Google Play term, are marked with a ~.
- Rank tracking
- Ranks are read from live search results in the storefront you pick, with 7, 30 and 90-day change and a history that shows gaps on unmeasured days.
- Optimize
- Reads the live listing and proposes a title, subtitle and keyword field within each store's character limits, scored against your keyword list. Pro only.
- Team workspaces and export
- Pro adds shared workspaces with email invites; keywords, scores and rank history export to CSV, and a workspace downloads as JSON.
Plans
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.
ASOTool
Free$0
10 searches a day, 1 app, 10 saved keywords and 2 competitors on both stores and all 175 storefronts.
Pro$12.99
per month, including VAT, billed monthly
Unlimited apps, keywords, competitors and searches, Optimize, competitor watchlists, team workspaces and CSV export.
Ways to pay less
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.
ASOTool
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AsoBeast or ASOTool?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AsoBeast is cheaper to start with: $10 a month, against $12.99 a month for ASOTool. AsoBeast starts at $10 per month for 5 apps and 1,000 keyword markets, billed monthly, and ASOTool starts at $12.99 per month, including VAT, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, AsoBeast or ASOTool?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both AsoBeast and ASOTool 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.