# AppStoreSpy review (2026): is the free plan enough? > App market research with install estimates and a Play Store extension Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. AppStoreSpy is a web-based database of App Store and Google Play apps for market and competitor research. It filters apps and developers by daily installs, revenue estimates, chart ranks and release dates, tracks changes to rivals' listings, and finds keywords and niches. A Chrome extension adds install and revenue figures to app cards on the Google Play website. - **Category:** App Store Optimization (ASO) - **Made by:** MBR Property Listing Ltd - **Website:** https://appstorespy.com - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you browse a lot, as plans cap app views a day at 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 50,000. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, AppStoreSpy has a free plan, and paid plans start at $15 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 1 user, 100 app views a day, Google Play keyword analysis, 1 collection of 5 apps and 100 API credits a month. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 1 user, 100 app views a day, keyword analysis on Google Play and tracking for 5 apps. | | Premium | $15 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | Mainly for the Chrome extension: daily installs and revenue estimates, 1,000 app views a day and 100 apps in a collection. | | Pro | $79 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | 1 user and 10,000 app views a day, with niche finder, keyword analysis, competitor ad creatives, removed apps and developer contacts. | | Business | $159 per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly) | 3 users, 50,000 app views a day, 100 private collections of up to 10,000 apps, CSV export and 100,000 API credits a month. | Read from https://appstorespy.com/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AppStoreSpy before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): AppStoreSpy's pricing page gives a 20% discount for paying annually: Pro is $79 a month billed annually ($948 a year) against $99 monthly. Source: https://appstorespy.com/pricing ## Key features - **Market Explorer:** Search apps and developers with more than 30 filters, including daily installs, revenue estimates, chart ranks by country, ratings, updates and reviews. - **Collections:** Save niches, apps and developers into collections that keep their metrics up to date on your dashboard. - **Niche and keyword finders:** Analyze a niche from a few keywords, and generate keyword lists ranked by popularity with metrics for each term. - **App Timeline:** Follow changes to competitors' descriptions, icons and screenshots over time, alongside their growth. - **Ad creatives and SDKs:** See competitors' active ads and creatives with their social media pages, and look up which SDKs apps have integrated. - **Chrome extension for Google Play:** Shows installs, revenue and download estimates, release dates and developer totals directly on app cards in the Play Store website. ## Good for - Developers hunting for app niches from install and revenue data - Researching Google Play competitors while browsing the store - Sales teams building lists of app developers to contact ## Worth knowing - Every plan caps how many app records you can view a day: 100 on Free, 1,000 on Premium, 10,000 on Pro and 50,000 on Business. - Premium and Pro are single-user plans; extra users and CSV export come only with Business. - The Chrome extension works on the Google Play website only, not the App Store. - The pricing table lists API credits on every plan, but the API page says the API is Business-only; extra credits cost $60 per 25,000. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. AppStoreSpy is a database of App Store and Google Play apps you filter by installs, revenue estimates and chart ranks, with a Chrome extension for the Google Play website. Premium is $15 a month on yearly billing but is meant mainly for the extension; the niche finder, keyword analysis and rivals' ads need Pro at $79. Every plan caps how many apps you can view a day, and its own pages disagree on who gets the API. - **Value for money: D.** Premium is $15 a month billed yearly, but it's mainly for the Chrome extension. The niche finder, keyword analysis and rivals' ads need Pro at $79 a month billed yearly ($99 monthly), past this category's dearest tenth ($49). - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with 1 user, 100 app views a day, Google Play keyword analysis, 1 collection of 5 apps and 100 API credits a month. Enough for a look, but you'll hit the daily cap. - **Features: C.** Market Explorer with 30+ filters, collections, niche and keyword finders, a timeline of rivals' listing changes, ad creatives and SDK lookups. It's market research first: there's no keyword rank tracking or listing editor on record. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Market Explorer has more than 30 filters to learn, and each plan caps how many app records you can open a day. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web, plus a Chrome extension that works only on the Google Play website. No integrations are listed, and the API page says the API is Business-only. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AppStoreSpy's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among app store optimization tools - AppStoreSpy's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 4 of the 42 other app store optimization tools we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 12 of 42) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 14 of the 33 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less. 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 AppStoreSpy 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: 35 of the 42 other app store optimization tools grade higher. It costs $180 a year. - 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: An API that other software can build on. 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, Keyword research, Public API ## Alternatives - [AppMagic](https://toolgpa.com/tools/appmagic): Mobile and Steam market data: revenue, downloads, ads and ASO. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appmagic-vs-appstorespy) - [Apptopia](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apptopia): Mobile app performance data for investors, brands and sales teams. 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