# AsoBeast review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Open-source ASO rank tracker for both app stores, hosted or self-run Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. AsoBeast checks an app's keyword positions on the App Store and Google Play every day, to a depth of 200, and watches competitors' listings for changes. An Action Center turns that history into a task list ranked by estimated impact, and an MCP server lets AI assistants query the data. The code is AGPL-3.0 and free to self-host; the hosted service is a paid subscription. - **Category:** App Store Optimization (ASO) - **Made by:** Adex77 - **Website:** https://asobeast.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a free hosted plan, as the hosted service is paid after the 7-day trial. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, AsoBeast has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per month for 5 apps and 1,000 keyword markets, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial of the hosted service with Indie limits and 25 AI calls, no card needed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://asobeast.com/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AsoBeast before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 17% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): AsoBeast's pricing page lists Indie at $100 a year instead of $120 and Ultimate at $990 instead of $1,188 when paid yearly. Source: https://asobeast.com/pricing ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Indie developers tracking a handful of apps on both stores for $10 a month - Developers who would rather run their own ASO tool on their own server - Studios and agencies that want no per-seat charges ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. AsoBeast tracks keyword positions daily on the App Store and Google Play to position 200, watches competitors' listings and turns the history into a ranked task list, with an API and MCP server on both plans. Hosted Indie is $10 a month. There's no free hosted plan after the 7-day trial, though, and the free route means running it yourself with Docker. - **Value for money: B.** Indie 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** No 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. - **Features: B.** Daily 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No 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. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web 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. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AsoBeast'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 - AsoBeast's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 37 of the 42 other app store optimization tools we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 31 of 42) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 8 of the 33 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. 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 AsoBeast 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. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 37 of the 42 other app store optimization tools we grade. It costs $120 a year. AsoBeast is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - 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. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Slack, Discord and Claude Code among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Slack, Discord, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenAI, Apple Ads, Railway **Tags:** App store optimization, Keyword research, Rank tracking, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API, AI features ## Alternatives - [Sonar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sonar): ASO keyword data and rank tracking that AI agents can use over MCP. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asobeast-vs-sonar) - [Applyra](https://toolgpa.com/tools/applyra): Flat-price ASO keyword tracker for the App Store and Google Play. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/applyra-vs-asobeast) - [ASOTool](https://toolgpa.com/tools/asotool): Keyword research and rank tracking for App Store and Google Play. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asobeast-vs-asotool) - [Appfigures](https://toolgpa.com/tools/appfigures): App analytics, review replies and ASO keyword tracking in one account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appfigures-vs-asobeast) - [RespectASO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/respectaso): Open-source Mac app for App Store keyword research, with AI Pro tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asobeast-vs-respectaso) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://asobeast.com/pricing - https://asobeast.com/ - https://asobeast.com/self-host - https://asobeast.com/terms Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/asobeast Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).