Astro — App Store optimization tool for Apple developers

Hi Product Hunt community 👋 I'm Matteo, the developer behind Astro. In April 2022 I was looking for an effective way to promote my apps on the app store and searching online I first came across the term App Store Optimization (ASO). From that moment I started studying any information on this topic and actively searching for a tool that would allow me to perform keyword searches for my apps. Unfortunately, on the market I did not find anything that was right for me, all the tools dedicated to ASO had 2 problems: 1) They were complicated 2) They were expensive for an independent developer. Therefore, I decided to start working on my own App Store Optimization software that would allow me to monitor an unlimited number of apps and keywords and have a simple interface. About 7 months later I released the first version of Astro, since that day I have continued to listen to user feedback trying to provide the best user experience when doing keywords research. If you are interested in trying Astro you can download it for free and also unlock the premium version with a 20% discount on the first year subscription by using this code: M1MDCWMQ Thank you! 🙏 😊

just tried this out and it worked great! Easy to find the app, snappy UI and easy to switch between countries or even see keywords across All regions - which was very cool & intuitive to swap between. Will defo keep this in my toolbelt and use for ASO in the future!

I have been using Astro for my keyword research for the last couple of months, and it's a fantastic app. Also Matteo is a very approachable and all around good fellow. You should try this!

Hey @matteo_spada congrats for your launch! I'll be launching my own app on Apple Store in the coming days, so I think that your tool with definitely help me! Astro seems so clean and intuitive 👏

Astro's a best-in-class tool, allowing developers optimize their ASO score. Nothing comes close to how useful it (& Matteo) has been. Give it a shot, I promise you'll like it! @matteo_spada What was the single hardest thing to work thus far, for Astro!? 👀

Great to see Astro here, big fan of this simple yet super effective tool! So glad that lower entry tools like this exist, so that indie devs don't have to start their journey with advanced (and pricey) ASO tools. Fantastic job Matteo! 🙌🏻

Congratulations on making it to 1st Product of the Day @matteo_spada Hopefully, I will also end up on 1st. based on how it's going :)

Stop paying tons of money to marketing companies and hold the keys to ASO for your apps in your own hands!

I know this sounds like a lie, but I was just looking for an ASO tool! Loving the super easy interface. Directly installed

Congratulations, Matteo! I have the same pain points with aso tools that you did. Excited to give Astro a try 🚀

One of the best things about Astro is that it has zero noise. It's clean, to the point, intuitive and powerful 💯

when I started app development I didn't know anything about ASO. Astro changed my app marketing game. using Astro I can track keywords and really understand what keywords are performing well or not. this was the problem I had previously with ASO which Astro solved. the aesthetic of Astro is very clean and easy to understand.

Congrats @matteo_spada on the launch! 👍 Great product, clean website, good intro video, and excellent problem to solve! The balance of free vs paid features also seems quite nice - just enough to try out the free features, and compelling enough to want to upgrade. Esp. for the keyword suggestion feature. One minor nit feedback - after adding a keyword, it doesn't immediately show up in the list. I have to refresh it by either changing the country or using the search for the new keyword to start showing up. Any insightful feedback from early adopters yet?

Congrats on the launch, @matteo_spada! My co-founder has been telling me about your ASO app. I’m excited that Astro includes rankings for Mac, which is something Apptweak doesn’t even have. We’ve been on the lookout for an alternative ASO tool for a while, so looking forward to giving Astro a try!

The app is undoubtedly helpful. I used it before the ProductHunt launch! Also, I recommend you to follow Matteo on Twitter to read much more of his advice for ASO 🚀

I’ve been using Astro for a while and it’s by far the best. Researching keywords for app ideas is my favourite feature.

Great product made by a great indie developer. I am using Astro for my apps and it helped me to earn more money as an indie hacker. I definitely recommend trying Astro 🙂

I’ve been using Astro since 1.0, it’s the main tool I employ to monitor my apps ranking. Clean and straighforward UI, one of the few subscriptions I have.

Who is the ideal customer? Devs with many apps or?

Great tool! Have done a lot of ASO for my app with this simple yet powerful application. Especially, for the price it is a great value!