# RespectASO review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Open-source Mac app for App Store keyword research, with AI Pro tools

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA.

RespectASO is a macOS app for App Store keyword research that keeps all research on your own Mac, with no account or cloud service. The free, open-source edition covers keyword popularity and difficulty in 175 storefronts, competitor and rank tracking and a country opportunity finder. Pro, sold as a one-time licence for 3 or 12 months, adds AI niche and competitor research that runs on your own API key or a local model.

- **Category:** App Store Optimization (ASO)
- **Made by:** Loheden AI Solutions AB
- **Website:** https://respectaso.com
- **Runs on:** macOS
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you ship on Google Play, as it researches the iOS App Store only.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, RespectASO has a free plan, and paid plans start at ₹1,800 for 3 months, paid once, with no renewal.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free open-source edition: keyword research in 175 storefronts, difficulty scores, competitor and rank tracking, opportunity finder and CSV export, with no account.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | The open-source (AGPL-3.0) Mac app: keyword research, difficulty, competitor tracking, daily rank updates and CSV export. |
| Pro, 3 months | ₹1,800 for 3 months, paid once, with no renewal, plus tax | AI niche research, competitor analysis, ASO score simulator, bulk research of 1,000 keywords, Rival Tracker and the MCP server. |
| Pro, 12 months | ₹3,700 for 12 months, paid once, with no renewal, plus tax | The same Pro features for a year. Price shown to a reader in India; the vendor prices in the buyer's local currency. |

Read from https://respectaso.com/pricing/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with RespectASO before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Lower price for the 12-month licence** (Annual discount): A 12-month Pro licence costs less than four 3-month ones; the pricing page shown in India puts the saving at ₹3,500. Source: https://respectaso.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Keyword research in 175 storefronts:** Popularity scores and a 1 to 100 difficulty score built from seven factors such as rating volume and dominant apps, for many keywords at once.
- **Country Opportunity Finder:** Shows the App Store storefronts where a keyword has the least competition for your app.
- **Competitor and rank tracking:** See the top 10 apps for any keyword and follow your own app's rank over time, with rankings that refresh every day.
- **Pro AI workflows:** AI Niche Researcher, AI Competitor Analyzer and ASO Score Simulator; drafted metadata is checked against 9 App Store rules for up to 5 rounds.
- **Your own AI keys or a local model:** Pro uses OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter or any compatible endpoint with your own key, or a model on your Mac through Ollama or LM Studio.
- **Rival Tracker and MCP:** Pro follows your app against up to 10 rivals daily and offers 32 ASO tools to Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP assistants.

## Good for

- Indie iOS developers who want free keyword research
- Developers who prefer research data kept on their own Mac
- People who want ASO software without a recurring subscription

## Worth knowing

- It covers the iOS App Store only, using Apple's public data; its pages describe no Google Play research.
- Pro needs the macOS app on Apple Silicon with macOS 12 or later; the Docker edition for Linux and Windows has only the free features.
- Pro's AI features need your own paid LLM API key or a local model, whose speed depends on your Mac.
- Pro is one payment that does not renew; business purchases are final, and private buyers get only the refund rights their country's law gives.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. RespectASO is an open-source Mac app for App Store keyword research that keeps everything on your machine, with no account. The free edition covers popularity, difficulty, rank tracking and an opportunity finder in 175 storefronts, and Pro is a one-off licence for 3 or 12 months. It does no Google Play research, and Pro's AI tools need your own API key or a local model.

- **Value for money: A.** The free, open-source Mac app does keyword research, difficulty, rival and rank tracking and CSV export with nothing to pay. Pro is one payment for 3 or 12 months, shown here in rupees (₹1,800 or ₹3,700), with no dollar price on record.
- **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright: the open-source edition has no account, no trial clock and no caps on record. Pro adds the AI tools, bulk research of 1,000 keywords and the MCP server.
- **Features: C.** Keyword popularity and difficulty in 175 storefronts, an opportunity finder, rival and daily rank tracking, and AI workflows on Pro. It covers the iOS App Store only, with no Google Play research on its pages.
- **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but it's a Mac app you install and use with no account or keys for the free features. Pro's AI needs your own LLM key or a local model.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** A Mac app, plus a Docker edition with the free features for Linux and Windows. Computers only, with no web or phone version; Pro connects to OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama and MCP clients.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RespectASO'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

- RespectASO's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 42 of the 42 other app store optimization tools we grade.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 40 of 42) and worst on features (C, above 2).
- Its paid plans start at about $6.20 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 0 of the 33 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.

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 RespectASO 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 3.0 is higher than 42 of the 42 other app store optimization tools we grade. It costs $74.43 a year. RespectASO 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: A real app for macOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini among them.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, Claude Desktop, Cursor

**Tags:** App store optimization, Keyword research, Rank tracking, Open source, Local-first, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Astro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/astro): Mac app for App Store keyword research and daily rank tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/astro-vs-respectaso)
- [ASO.dev](https://toolgpa.com/tools/aso-dev): App Store Connect manager with unlimited ASO keyword tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aso-dev-vs-respectaso)
- [ASOTool](https://toolgpa.com/tools/asotool): Keyword research and rank tracking for App Store and Google Play. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/asotool-vs-respectaso)
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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026:

- https://respectaso.com/pricing/
- https://respectaso.com/
- https://respectaso.com/terms/
- https://github.com/respectlytics/respectaso

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/respectaso
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