Alternatives

Astro alternatives for indie iOS developers

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

Astro is a popular Mac app for App Store keywords at $108 a year. If you want to pay once, cover more countries or have your listing written into App Store Connect, these are the alternatives.

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

Wow Keywords$109 once, risingMac, Windows betaPaying once, with Windows support and MCP

Asoly€89 a year (Pro), free tierMacA Mac app with MCP access for your AI

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

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

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

HelmFree, or $9.99 a monthMac, iPhoneShipping releases; no rank tracking

Three years of each, cheapest first

Rankmint

$89 once

Wow Keywords

$109

Asoly

€267

MobileAction

$450

Sonar

$870

ASO.dev

$1,044

Cheapest plan with keyword tracking, three years, billed yearly where offered. Astro and Wow Keywords prices checked October 29, 2026; the rest November 3, 2026. Rankmint at its $89 cap.

Why people look for an alternative

$108 every year adds up: $324 over three.
Its keyword data covers 60+ countries, where Apple Search Ads runs.
It doesn't write your listing into App Store Connect.

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

Wow Keywords

Pay once ($109, rising), on Mac and Windows beta, with listing upload to App Store Connect and MCP. Rankmint vs Wow Keywords

Asoly

A Mac app at €89 a year, 115 countries, with MCP. You paste your listing in. Rankmint vs Asoly

ASO.dev

A native App Store Connect client with ranks every 4 hours, $348 a year. Rankmint vs ASO.dev

Sonar

A web tool at $290 a year with Apple's popularity and an API. Rankmint vs Sonar

MobileAction

$150 a year on the web, with Apple Ads tools. Rankmint vs MobileAction

Helm

Not a rank tracker: a native App Store Connect editor that pairs with one. Rankmint vs Helm

How to choose

Want Apple Search Ads popularity today, on a subscription? Stay with Astro.
Want to pay once? Rankmint or Wow Keywords.
Want the listing written and saved for you? Rankmint.

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 Astro alternative?

For paying once and having your listing written, Rankmint. For a pay-once tool on Windows too, Wow Keywords. For another Mac subscription, Asoly.

Is there an Astro alternative for Windows?

Wow Keywords has a Windows beta, and web tools such as Sonar, AppDrift and MobileAction run in any browser. Rankmint is Mac only.