App store optimization tools · RankedAstro
Astro is an app store optimization tool for keyword research and rank tracking on iOS apps · astro.build ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
App Radar is first at 16%.
AppTweak is first at 51%.
Sensor Tower is first at 46%.
Why models recommend it
“iOS-only indie pick and the cheapest serious option if you only ship on iOS”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Best for iOS-Focused Teams: Astro”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Overhyped keyword trackers with vague metrics (e.g., Astro and many smaller ASO-specific tools)... can waste budget on ineffective optimizations.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“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 question · warning
“Some tools (like the one called "Astro" mentioned in Reddit discussions) present opaque scores that don't clearly explain what they measure”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“more reliable than relying on tools like Astro, where a popularity score of 50 doesn't clearly convey what it actually signifies”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Astro, over the 24 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 5 | View → | |
| 20 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 2 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 3 | View → | |
| 10 | 5 | View → | |
| 10 | 3 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 2 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 24 of the 24 answers that named Astro and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-two of the ninety-two domain citations in answers naming Astro came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 196 | 6 | 2026-09-03 | ||
| News or press | 19 | undated | |||
| Case study | 7 | 1 | 2026-09-08 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-08Evil martians case study
- 2026-09-03Astro 730 blog
- 2026-09-02Starlight 042 blog
- 2026-08-31Whats new august 2026 blog
- 2026-08-06Astro 7.2 | Astro blog
- 2026-07-31Whats new july 2026 blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page astro.build exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.