Alternatives

Appfigures alternatives for indie iOS developers

By Gajendra Singh Rathore, who makes Rankmint · updated November 3, 2026

Appfigures is a good analytics suite, but its keyword tracking starts at $431.88 a year on Monitor. If keywords are what you need, here are the alternatives an indie developer would actually consider, with prices from each tool's own website.

At a glance

ToolPriceRuns onBest for

Rankmint$19 once, rising to $89MacIndie developers who want keywords chosen, the listing written and saved to App Store Connect, and daily ranks, for one payment

FoxData$101 a year (Starter)WebA small monthly budget, with market estimates

MobileAction$150 a year (ASO Lite)WebDevelopers who also run Apple Ads

Astro$108 a yearMacApple Search Ads popularity in a Mac app

Sonar$290 a year (Indie), free tierWeb, CLI, APIAutomating ASO with an API or AI agents

ASO.dev$348 a year (Indie)Mac, iPhone, iPadRunning all of App Store Connect from one app

AppTweak$949 a year (Essential)WebASO teams and agencies on both stores

Three years of each, cheapest first

Rankmint

$89 once

FoxData

$303

Astro

$324

MobileAction

$450

Sonar

$870

ASO.dev

$1,044

AppTweak

$2,847

Cheapest plan with keyword tracking, three years, billed yearly where offered. Rankmint at its $89 cap, paid once; the first buyers pay $19.

Why people look for an alternative

Keyword tracking starts on Monitor at $431.88 a year; the Connect plan has none.
Monitor tracks 100 keywords; 500 needs Optimize at $119.99 a month, billed yearly.
Many indie developers need keywords and a better listing, not sales analytics.

The options

Rankmint

A Mac app that chooses the keywords you can win in each App Store country, writes your name, subtitle and keyword field within Apple's limits with your own AI, saves them to App Store Connect after you review them, and tracks your rank daily. $19 for the first 10 buyers, rising $5 every 10 sales to $89, once. It launches on November 5, 2026, and does no Google Play or market estimates. See a real report

FoxData

The cheapest subscription here: $101 a year for 90 keywords, with download and revenue estimates like Appfigures'. Rankmint vs FoxData

MobileAction

$150 a year for 100 keywords and 5 apps, plus Apple Ads campaign tools. Rankmint vs MobileAction

Astro

A Mac app at $108 a year with Apple Search Ads popularity. No listing writing. Rankmint vs Astro

Sonar

A web tool at $290 a year with Apple's popularity, AI listing drafts, an API and Google Play. You paste the listing in yourself. Rankmint vs Sonar

ASO.dev

$348 a year for a native App Store Connect client with rank checks every 4 hours. Rankmint vs ASO.dev

AppTweak

The team option: $949 a year, 100+ countries and both stores. Rankmint vs AppTweak

How to choose

Want sales, revenue and reviews in one place? Stay with Appfigures.
Want the cheapest subscription? FoxData or MobileAction.
Want to pay once and have the listing written? Rankmint.
Run Apple Ads? MobileAction.

Facts about each tool come from its own website; each comparison page links its sources and the date it was checked. Prices change, so check before buying. Rankmint launches on November 5, 2026.

See what Rankmint's output looks like before you decide: the Orate keyword report is a real one, for a real app, in three countries.

Pre-order for $19 See the sample report

Questions

What is the best Appfigures alternative for indie developers?

It depends on the job. For keywords and a written listing for one payment, Rankmint. For the cheapest subscription, FoxData. For Apple Ads too, MobileAction. Each has a comparison page with sources.

Is there a free Appfigures alternative?

AppFollow, ASOMobile, ASOStacks and AppDrift have free plans with a few tracked keywords, and Apple Ads shows Apple's own popularity score for free.