Looking for an ASO.dev alternative that runs on your iPhone?
ASO.dev is a capable web console for managing your App Store listing — metadata pushes, bulk screenshots, review replies — built on App Store Connect integration. If what you actually want is keyword research and rank tracking, Keyword Scout does that natively on iPhone & iPad for $9.99 once — no subscription, no account, nothing to link.
Side by side
| Keyword Scout | ASO.dev | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Keyword research & rank tracking app | App Store Connect management console |
| Platform | iPhone & iPad (native) | Web dashboard (companion iOS app) |
| Pricing | Free + $9.99 once, forever | From ~$19/mo; keyword tracking from ~$39/mo (~$468/yr) |
| Free tier | Yes — free keyword scoring every day | 3-day trial, no permanent free tier |
| Account required | None — nothing to connect | Account + App Store Connect API linking for core features |
| Keyword scoring | Difficulty + saturation per keyword, demand from Apple's public autocomplete | Keyword database + rank checks every 4 hours |
| Rank history | Tracked keywords with history, alerts & weekly digest | 30 days (Indie) / 60+ days (Pro) |
| Listing tools | A–F listing grade, optimizer & release impact ("did my update move rankings?") | Metadata editing, bulk screenshot upload, review replies (via ASC) |
| Best for | Indies researching keywords from the phone, allergic to subscriptions | Teams managing many listings from a web console |
Research tool vs management console
The honest framing: these are different products that overlap on keywords. ASO.dev's center of gravity is write access — it connects to App Store Connect so you can edit metadata, push screenshots in bulk, and reply to reviews from one dashboard. That's genuinely useful, and if it's what you need, a console is the right shape for it.
Keyword Scout's center of gravity is the decision before any of that: which keywords are worth your 100 characters. It scores difficulty and saturation from public App Store signals, anchors demand on Apple's own autocomplete (the completions real users see), tracks your ranks over time, and tells you after each release whether your update actually moved them. All of it without an account, from the device already in your hand.
Nothing to authorize, no API keys to mint, no third party holding write access to your store listing. Keyword Scout reads only public App Store data and stores your research on-device. When you're ready to ship a metadata change, you paste it into App Store Connect yourself — the one step that deserves your own hands anyway.
When ASO.dev is the better pick
Fair is fair. If you manage a portfolio of apps across the App Store and Google Play and want to edit metadata, localize across 50 storefronts in one table, bulk-upload screenshots, and run review replies from a single web console — ASO.dev is built for exactly that, and a phone-first research tool won't replace it. Keyword Scout wins when the job is research, tracking, and listing quality — done from anywhere, paid for once.
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