Question 1

Is Apptonomy more than a wrapper on ChatGPT or Claude?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The methodology is the product; AI is the runtime that makes it scale. Each audit runs 100+ expert-crafted prompts cross-validated across multiple frontier models — when models disagree, the consistency check filters the recommendation out. The per-engine methodology pages are public, and the DIY-LLMs comparison page lets you run the same prompts against ChatGPT and Claude on your own app to see the architectural gap with your own eyes.

Question 2

How current is the methodology? Who maintains it?

Accepted Answer

Apptonomy's methodology is reviewed and updated every week by an in-house senior ASO expert. The cadence is operational, not aspirational — when Apple ships an algorithm tweak or Google rolls out a Play Store change, the affected engines' frameworks are reviewed and updated within a week, and every customer audit after that point runs against the updated framework. Release Notes ship a methodology entry each week as proof.

Question 3

What data sources does the audit run on?

Accepted Answer

Live store listings (App Store + Google Play), keyword volume + Apple Search Ads popularity + Google Trends, App Store Connect + Play Console analytics (when connected), direct queries to ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / Perplexity / Google AI Overviews, Reddit and open-web probing for AI-discovery signal, and review APIs for sentiment. No synthetic data; where AI runs, it runs on data with an external source we can name.

Question 4

Can I see the methodology before I sign up?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every engine has a public methodology page. Plain-language reasoning accompanies every recommendation in product. And the free audit on your own URL is the honest test — five minutes, no account, the output is the methodology applied to your app.

Question 5

What does the daily audit actually check?

Accepted Answer

The audit runs ten specialized engines daily: Keywords & Clusters, AI Discoverability, User Intent, Competitors, Store Text, Screenshots, Icon, User Sentiment, Localization Analysis, and Policy Checker, scoring your listing across four pillars: Discoverability, Conversion, Retention, and Trust. Recommendations from all four daily streams (audit, competitor, AI/web, store intel) converge into one Weekly Revision Plan per app.

Question 6

Can I publish directly to App Store and Google Play?

Accepted Answer

Yes. One-click publish to iOS and Google Play from inside the Weekly Revision Plan. Both stores, no copy-paste, no console hunting. The verified competitor scan shows no other AI-native ASO platform offers equivalent one-click publishing to both stores.

Question 7

Do I need to drop my current ASO tool to use Apptonomy?

Accepted Answer

No. Apptonomy is additive, not forklift. Many teams run Apptonomy alongside an existing keyword tracker or rank monitor and use Apptonomy for the daily expert audit, the Weekly Revision Plan, and the one-click publish. The free tier is the lowest-risk way to evaluate it next to what you already use.

Question 8

Will Apptonomy still be around in two years?

Accepted Answer

We document our methodology weekly, ship continuously, and operate as a real engineering company — multi-frontier-model architecture, named co-founders with senior ASO and platform-engineering pedigrees, public roadmap with stage markers (not vague "coming soon" tags). See /about for the team, /release-notes for the weekly cadence, and /roadmap for the trajectory.

Question 9

Does this work for a portfolio of many apps?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Multi-app projects organized into portfolios. Same effort for 5 apps or 50. The four daily intelligence streams run on every app in the portfolio simultaneously; each app gets its own Weekly Revision Plan, each publishes independently. No per-app seat tax, no per-locale price penalty.

Question 10

How many markets can I cover?

Accepted Answer

Localization Analysis runs across 22 commercially significant languages today, with per-market scoring that rolls up into one portfolio view. Full Localize across 88 languages and 170+ markets is on the roadmap. Every market and every store is included in your plan — no per-locale pricing penalty.

Question 11

Will the recommendations sound like my brand?

Accepted Answer

Every recommendation is reviewed in the Weekly Revision Plan before it ships. Approve, edit, or decline per row. Plain-language reasoning per recommendation lets you understand the why before adjusting tone or copy. Nothing publishes without your explicit approval.

Question 12

Is there a free tier?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Free tier (€0, no credit card required) for the first audit. Paid tiers start at Basic €49/mo, with a 30-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan. Pro (€149) is the wedge tier; Elite (€399) is the agency tier; Enterprise is custom.

Question 13

Where does my data go? Who can see it?

Accepted Answer

Public store listings are read for any app you submit; additional signals (search terms, console analytics) require an OAuth connection on your account. Audit results are private to your account by default; PDF exports and shareable links are opt-in per audit. We don't sell your data and we don't train third-party models on it. Encryption in transit and at rest. SOC 2 in progress.

Question 14

Is AI Discoverability included or extra?

Accepted Answer

Included in every plan, including Free. AI and web monitoring (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Reddit, open web) ships as one of the four daily streams on every audit. We do not gate AI as a separate enterprise product the way some competitors do.

Question 15

How is Apptonomy different from AppTweak, Sensor Tower, AppFollow?

Accepted Answer

The methodology + the Weekly Revision Plan convergence + the one-click publish action. Most ASO tools surface data and leave the rest to you; Apptonomy converges signals across four daily streams into one publishable artifact per app per week, and publishes it to both stores in one click. See /vs/apptweak for a head-to-head comparison.

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