# AppBrain review (2026): is it worth it? > Google Play rankings, stats and app promotion for developers Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. AppBrain tracks rankings, ratings and installs for apps on Google Play and lists iOS apps too. It has an intelligence area with a keyword tracker and performance reports, alongside separate tools for buying installs and showing ads in your own app. - **Category:** App Store Optimization (ASO) - **Made by:** AppBrain - **Website:** https://www.appbrain.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you work mainly on iPhone apps, as the intelligence tools are described for Google Play. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing AppBrain's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Performance timelines:** Shows how an app's rankings, install counts and ratings change over time. - **Competitor comparison:** Compares an app with rivals across rankings, categories and countries. - **Keyword tracker and optimizer:** Tracks Google Play keyword rankings; listed under Intelligence in the site menu. - **App performance report:** A one-off PDF report for any app, listed in the Intelligence menu. - **Market statistics:** Free Android and Google Play statistics, such as app counts, average rating and the most used ad SDK. ## Good for - Android developers who focus on Google Play - Looking up any app's ranking and rating history ## Worth knowing - The homepage says exploring is free and a subscription unlocks full history, installs and dashboards; the pricing page could not be read because the site answered with a bot check. - Tracking centers on Google Play; the homepage says it also tracks App Store apps but the intelligence tools are described for Google Play. - Promotion (cost-per-install campaigns) and monetization (an ad SDK) are separate products from the intelligence tools. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. AppBrain shows rankings, installs and stats for Android apps, and says exploring is free. It mostly covers Google Play, the history and dashboards sit behind a subscription, and its pricing page could not be read. - **Value for money: C.** The pricing page could not be read, so no price is recorded and it sits in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The homepage says exploring is free, and a subscription unlocks full history, installs and dashboards. You will hit that wall. - **Features: C.** Timelines, competitor comparison, a keyword tracker, a performance report and market stats. But the tools are described for Google Play, and promotion and the ad SDK are separate products. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A web dashboard with accounts and tracking to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AppBrain's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among app store optimization tools - AppBrain's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 9 of the 45 other app store optimization tools we grade, and level with 11. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/app-store-optimization ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace AppBrain you would be making keyword rankings and popularity scores from both app stores, gathered every day. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 25 of the 45 other app store optimization tools grade higher. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Keyword rankings and popularity scores from both app stores, gathered every day. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - You could not: Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** App store optimization, Rank tracking, Keyword research, Reports ## Alternatives - [AppTweak](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apptweak): App store optimization and Apple Ads platform for apps and games. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appbrain-vs-apptweak) - [AppFollow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/appfollow): App review management with AI replies, plus ASO keyword tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appbrain-vs-appfollow) - [MobileAction](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mobile-action): ASO keyword tools and Apple Ads campaign management for app teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appbrain-vs-mobile-action) - [Appfigures](https://toolgpa.com/tools/appfigures): App analytics, review replies and ASO keyword tracking in one account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appbrain-vs-appfigures) - [Apptopia](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apptopia): Mobile app performance data for investors, brands and sales teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appbrain-vs-apptopia) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.appbrain.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/appbrain Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).