Ascope review (2026): is it worth $7.50 a month, billed yearly?
Mac app that tracks App Store keyword ranks daily in 50+ countries
Ascope report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for App Store keyword ranks kept on your Mac
Ascope is a Mac app that checks your App Store keyword ranks daily to the top 200 in 50+ countries, with Apple's own popularity scores, for $7.50 a month billed yearly. But it's Mac only, it doesn't touch Google Play, ranks only update while the app is running, and there's no free plan or trial to find out if it suits you.
Who Ascope is for
- Fits if you build iPhone or Mac apps and want your ranking data stored on your own Mac
- Works for developers tracking the same keyword across several countries side by side
Who Ascope is not for
- Skip it if you're on Windows or need Google Play, as it's a Mac app for the App Store only
- Not for you if you want to try before paying, as there's no free plan or trial, only a 14-day refund
- Watch out: ranks update once a day, and only while the app is running on your Mac
- Tight if you work on two Macs or an older one, since a license runs on one Mac at a time and needs macOS 14 or later
Why Ascope gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyPro is $89.99 a year, $7.50 a month ($9.99 month to month), inside this category's cheaper quarter, for unlimited apps and keywords. It's one plan with everything in it.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free: no free plan and no trial. A 14-day money-back guarantee is the only safety net, and that isn't a trial.
- CFeaturesDaily ranks to the top 200 in 50+ countries, Apple's popularity scores, difficulty, keyword ideas, competitors from the You Might Also Like row and a local MCP server. It covers App Store keyword work only; Google Play isn't tracked.
- BEase of useNo rating on record. It's a Mac app you install, paste the license key into and add your apps and keywords to, with no server to run.
- DPlatforms and integrationsMac only, on macOS 14 or later, one Mac per license. It reads Apple Search Ads popularity, and its MCP server works with Claude, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ascope's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/ascope#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/ascope.svg" alt="Ascope: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Ascope stands among app store optimization tools
Ascope'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 ease of use (B, above 39 of 42) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $7.50 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 1 of the 33 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 43 app store optimization tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Ascope’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 31 of 42, level with 7
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 42, level with 6
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 42, level with 27
- BEase of useAbove 39 of 42, level with 3
- DPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 42, level with 1
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 36 app store optimization tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Ascope, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Ascope 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 $90 a year.
What you could not
- Keyword rankings and popularity scores from both app stores, gathered every day.
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results.
- A real app for macOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Apple Search Ads, Claude and Cursor among them.
What this rests on. Ascope’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Ascope?
Ascope is a Mac app that checks where an app ranks in App Store search every day, to the top 200 results, in more than 50 countries. Each keyword shows Apple's own popularity score from Apple Search Ads, a difficulty score and the day's change. Rankings and keywords are stored on the Mac, and a local MCP server lets AI assistants read and edit the tracked list.
Worth knowing
- It runs only on Macs with macOS 14 Sonoma or later, and one license is active on one Mac at a time.
- It covers the App Store only (iPhone and Mac apps); Google Play is not tracked.
- There is no free plan or free trial; instead there is a 14-day money-back guarantee.
- Rankings update once a day only while the app is running.
Key features
- Daily rank tracking
- Each keyword is checked once a day in the top 200 App Store results, in any of 50+ countries, with the change since yesterday and full history.
- Apple popularity scores
- Shows the 5 to 100 popularity score Apple reports in Apple Search Ads, refreshed at most every five days, with marked estimates where Apple has none.
- Difficulty and keyword ideas
- A 0 to 100 difficulty score from the ratings of apps already ranking, and related searches with popularity and difficulty filled in.
- Competitors from Apple's own picks
- Pulls the You Might Also Like row from the App Store, with download and revenue estimates for iPhone apps, and tracks any of them in one click.
- Local MCP server
- A server on the Mac lets Cursor, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex or Gemini CLI read rankings, research terms and change what is tracked.
Ascope pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ascope is a paid product, starting at $7.50 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $7.50 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | $7.50per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) | $89.99 a year. Unlimited apps and keywords, daily ranks in 50+ countries, popularity and difficulty, suggestions and the MCP server. |
Read from ascope.app on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Ascope before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 25% with yearly billing
Ascope's pricing page lists Pro at $89.99 a year, or $7.50 a month, against $9.99 billed month to month.
Stated on ascope.app
Works with
- Apple Search Ads
- Claude
- Cursor
- Codex
- Gemini CLI
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Common questions
Does Ascope have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Ascope is listed for macOS.
Does Ascope have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Ascope is listed for macOS.
Is Ascope open source?
Ascope is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.