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App store optimization tools · November 2026 Edition

MobileAction vs Sensor Tower

Zero of fourteen models named MobileAction first on the direct prompt; zero named Sensor Tower. MobileAction was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Sensor Tower by fourteen and MobileAction carries 34 labels and Sensor Tower 54, so the shares are not directly comparable.

MobileAction

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Sensor Tower

criticized challenger

United States, founded 2013. Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%37%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3454A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, MobileAction reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AppTweak was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. AppTweak vs MobileAction · AppTweak vs Sensor Tower · AppFollow vs MobileAction

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the app store optimization tools page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MobileActionFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSensor Tower
Direct001 against MobileAction · 7 against Sensor Tower
Paraphrase306 against Sensor Tower
Comparative10
Budget-constrained201 against MobileAction · 4 against Sensor Tower
Scale-constrained01
Negative011 against MobileAction · 3 against Sensor Tower
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, MobileAction and Sensor Tower were named in the same answer sixty-four times, of the 107 answers naming MobileAction and the 184 naming Sensor Tower. In those answers Sensor Tower took the first choice seven times and MobileAction five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where MobileAction and Sensor Tower stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
MobileAction Sensor Tower first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, MobileAction on the left and Sensor Tower on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where MobileAction and Sensor Tower stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5AppTweak alternatives: App Radar, MobileAction
GPT-5.4 miniAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, Sensor Tower, StoreMaven
Qwen 3.7 FlashAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, MobileAction
GPT-6 LunaAppTweak alternatives: AppFollow, MobileAction

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAppTweak alternatives: AppFollow, Mobile Action
Perplexity SonarAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, AppFollow, SplitMetrics Optimize
Grok 4.20AppTweak alternatives: SplitMetrics Optimize
Mistral SmallAppTweak
DeepSeek V4 FlashAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, Appfigures, FoxData
Llama 4 MaverickAppTweak
Kimi K2AppTweak alternatives: AppFollow
GLM 4.7 FlashXAppTweak
MiniMax M2.5AppTweak alternatives: SplitMetrics Optimize
Muse Glimmer 30BAppTweak

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
MobileAction leads by eight points.
MobileAction8%#6 of 12
Sensor Tower0%#12 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
MobileAction leads by eight points.
MobileAction10%#3 of 10
Sensor Tower2%#5 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Sensor Tower leads at enterprise.
Sensor Tower46%#1 of 11
MobileAction2%#6 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about MobileAction

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Avoid premium tools like AppTweak (~$79+/month), Sensor Tower, or MobileAction unless scaling up” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“almost all major ASO tools (e.g., AppTweak, MobileAction, Sensor Tower, AppFigures, Astro) offer proprietary metrics... these metrics are not transparent.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“MobileAction (from $12.50/mo), but these tend to be more suitable for smaller teams or indie developers” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend AppTweak or MobileAction as the top choices for a mid-sized B2B company” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If your budget is limited, MobileAction Lite is probably the best value starting point.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Best low-cost paid pick: MobileAction Lite. It's $15/month” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Sensor Tower

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid premium tools like AppTweak (~$79+/month), Sensor Tower, or MobileAction unless scaling up” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Sensor Tower for mid-market—it's enterprise-focused at $5,000+/month.” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-tier tools like Sensor Tower, AppTweak ($79+/mo)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Sensor Tower: The industry leader for market intelligence. Best for revenue estimates, ad intelligence, and understanding high-level market trends.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“AppTweak, Sensor Tower, or Mobile Action: These are frequently recommended in 2023–2024 reviews” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“More focused on large-scale market analysis than day-to-day listing execution; often excessive for small apps.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.