AsoBeast vs RespectASO (2026): which should you pick?

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 RespectASO if

• Fits if you're an indie iOS developer who wants keyword research without a subscription
• Makes sense if you'd rather keep your research data on your own Mac

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you ship on Google Play, as it researches the iOS App Store only
• Not for you if you want Pro on an Intel Mac, Windows or Linux, as it needs Apple Silicon and macOS 12 or later
• Watch out: Pro's AI tools need your own paid LLM key or a local model, whose speed depends on your Mac
• Watch out: Pro is one payment that doesn't renew, business purchases are final, and the price shows in local currency

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.

RespectASO

• It covers the iOS App Store only, using Apple's public data; its pages describe no Google Play research.
• Pro needs the macOS app on Apple Silicon with macOS 12 or later; the Docker edition for Linux and Windows has only the free features.
• Pro's AI features need your own paid LLM API key or a local model, whose speed depends on your Mac.
• Pro is one payment that does not renew; business purchases are final, and private buyers get only the refund rights their country's law gives.

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.

RespectASO

Keyword research in 175 storefronts

Popularity scores and a 1 to 100 difficulty score built from seven factors such as rating volume and dominant apps, for many keywords at once.

Country Opportunity Finder

Shows the App Store storefronts where a keyword has the least competition for your app.

Competitor and rank tracking

See the top 10 apps for any keyword and follow your own app's rank over time, with rankings that refresh every day.

Pro AI workflows

AI Niche Researcher, AI Competitor Analyzer and ASO Score Simulator; drafted metadata is checked against 9 App Store rules for up to 5 rounds.

Your own AI keys or a local model

Pro uses OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter or any compatible endpoint with your own key, or a model on your Mac through Ollama or LM Studio.

Rival Tracker and MCP

Pro follows your app against up to 10 rivals daily and offers 32 ASO tools to Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP assistants.

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.

RespectASO

• Free$0

  The open-source (AGPL-3.0) Mac app: keyword research, difficulty, competitor tracking, daily rank updates and CSV export.

• Pro, 3 months₹1,800

  for 3 months, paid once, with no renewal, plus tax

  AI niche research, competitor analysis, ASO score simulator, bulk research of 1,000 keywords, Rival Tracker and the MCP server.

• Pro, 12 months₹3,700

  for 12 months, paid once, with no renewal, plus tax

  The same Pro features for a year. Price shown to a reader in India; the vendor prices in the buyer's local currency.

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.

RespectASO

• Annual discount

  Lower price for the 12-month licence

  A 12-month Pro licence costs less than four 3-month ones; the pricing page shown in India puts the saving at ₹3,500.