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Astro review (2026): is the free plan enough?

Mac app for App Store keyword research and daily rank tracking

Free plan · from $9/moASOChecked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
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Astro report card

2.2GPA

Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026

Best for App Store keyword research on a Mac

Astro is a Mac app that shows App Store keyword popularity from Apple Ads with its own difficulty score, tracks your ranks every day and finds the keywords competitors rank for, at $108 a year for unlimited apps and keywords on one Mac. It doesn't cover Google Play, it needs macOS 14 or later, and ranks only update while the app is open.

Who Astro is for

  • Fits if you're an indie iOS or Mac developer doing your own keyword work
  • Works for people tracking thousands of App Store keywords who want one flat yearly price

Who Astro is not for

  • Skip it if your app is on Google Play too, as the pages read only cover Apple's App Store
  • Not for you if you work on Windows or in a browser, as it runs only on Macs with macOS 14 or later
  • Watch out: ranks only update while the app is open on your Mac, and a license covers one Mac at a time
  • Tight if you stay free, since the free version tracks 10 keywords without popularity or difficulty
  • Watch out: billing is yearly only at $108, and suggestions come from Astro users' searches, so niche apps may get few
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Why Astro gets a 2.2

Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.

  • BValue for money$108 a year, about $9 a month, for unlimited apps and keywords, inside this category's cheaper quarter, which runs to $10. Billing is annual only, and the license works on one Mac at a time.
  • CFree plan and trialThe free version tracks up to 10 keywords with daily updates, but leaves out the popularity and difficulty scores, which is most of the point. No trial is on record.
  • CFeaturesPopularity and difficulty scores, daily rank tracking, keyword suggestions, competitors' keywords, ratings across every country's store and a local MCP server. It does App Store keyword work fully, but that's a smaller job, and Google Play isn't mentioned.
  • BEase of useNo rating on record. It's a Mac app you install, then you search a keyword or paste an App Store link and add your app, with no store account to connect.
  • DPlatforms and integrationsMac only, on macOS 14 or later, one Mac per license. It links to Apple Ads and DeepL, and its MCP server works with Claude, Cursor and VS Code.

What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Astro'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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Where Astro stands among app store optimization tools

Astro's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 18 of the 42 other app store optimization tools we grade, and level with 11.

It stands best on ease of use (B, above 39 of 42) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 5 of the 33 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 43 app store optimization tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Astro’s own letter is outlined.

  • BValue for moneyAbove 31 of 42, level with 7
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 12 of 42, level with 22
  • 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

C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessAstro

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • The best score at each price
  • Has a free plan
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The full chart, and the best app store optimization tools at every price

Keep Astro, or make your own?

Keep it

To replace Astro 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 costs $108 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 Ads, DeepL and Claude among them.

What this rests on. Astro’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 Astro?

Astro is a Mac app for App Store optimization. It shows keyword popularity taken from Apple Ads and its own difficulty score, tracks where an app ranks for each keyword every day, and suggests keywords an app or a competitor already ranks for. One annual subscription covers unlimited apps and keywords on a single Mac.

Worth knowing

  • It runs only on Macs with macOS 14 or later, and each license is active on one Mac at a time.
  • It covers Apple's App Store (iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS apps); the pages read make no mention of Google Play.
  • Billing is annual only, at $108 a year; refunds can be requested within 14 days.
  • Rankings update only while the app is open on the Mac.

Key features

Popularity and difficulty scores
Popularity comes from Apple Ads; difficulty is Astro's own estimate of how hard it is to reach the top 10. Both need the paid license.
Daily keyword rank tracking
Keywords are re-checked every 24 hours while the app is running, with position changes and a day-by-day ranking chart.
Keyword suggestions
Lists keywords an app ranks or has ranked for, drawn from searches made by all Astro users, so new or niche apps may get few suggestions.
Competitor keywords
Paste a competitor's App Store link to see the keywords it ranks for in a chosen store, sorted by popularity and difficulty.
Ratings across stores
A ratings view sums ratings from every country's App Store, with daily changes, per-store counts and a chart over time.
MCP server (beta)
A local MCP server, switched on in Settings, lets AI assistants such as Claude, Cursor and VS Code Copilot query Astro's data.

Astro pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, Astro has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month, billed annually ($108 a year).

Starts at
$9 per month, billed annually ($108 a year)
Free plan
The free version tracks up to 10 keywords, without the popularity and difficulty scores.
Free trial
None listed
Free version$0Up to 10 keywords with daily rank updates; popularity and difficulty scores are left out.
Single Mac License$9per month, billed annually ($108 a year)Unlimited apps and keywords, popularity and difficulty data, suggestions, competitor keywords, ratings analysis and translations.

Read from tryastro.app on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Astro before you buy.

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Common questions

Does Astro have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Astro is listed for macOS.

Does Astro have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Astro is listed for macOS.

Is Astro open source?

Astro 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.