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Listing audit · 🇺🇸 United States
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Current altitude
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76/100High Campsummit 8,849 m
Well optimised. What's left is fine-tuning.
Land the top 3 fixes below and this listing reaches 93/100 · 8,230 m (Summit Ridge).
6,725 mRating
4.73
★★★★★★★★★★
Ratings
2.6K
all time
Last update
4 mo ago
v202605.40
Category
News
Free
Your route up
The 6 fixes worth the most altitude
Ordered by how many points each one adds to the score. Start at the top.
- 1+6
Screenshots: fills the 10 screenshot slots
Improve5/10 iPhone screenshots.
Add 3 more. Each screenshot is a free ad panel: one benefit per panel, caption in large type.
- 2+5
Reach: localised listing
Fix1 language.
Each localisation adds a new title, subtitle and 100-character keyword field. Even without translating the app, localise the listing for ES, DE, FR, PT-BR and JA.
- 3+5
Freshness: updated recently
FixLast update 127 days ago.
Apps that ship regularly get re-crawled and keep their ranking. Aim for an update every 4 to 6 weeks, even a small one.
Keyword map
What Apple indexes, and what it ignores
On iOS, only the title, subtitle and hidden keyword field count for search. The description does not. Words you only mention there are invisible.
Indexedtitle + subtitle
4 unique words. Apple combines them, so “budget” and “planner” also rank for “budget planner”.
Storefront
5 of 10 screenshot slots used
The first three do most of the selling: they appear directly in search results. Read them as a stranger would, in two seconds.
1 · in search
2 · in search
3 · in search
4Review radar
Not enough written reviews yet
Apple returned fewer than five written reviews for this store. Try another country, or come back when more arrive.
On the same mountain
How the neighbours score
Apps Apple shows next to this one, run through the same audit.
Full checklist
All 20 checks
Title100⌄
- Uses the 30 characters30/30 characters used.Good
- Carries a keyword, not only a brandTitle is the name alone.Good
- No wasted wordsNo filler words.Good
Description72⌄
- Opens with a tight hookFirst paragraph is 236 characters.Only about three lines show before “more”. Put the single strongest benefit in the first 170 characters.Improve
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Audit of the public listing as of today. The hidden 100-character keyword field cannot be read from outside App Store Connect, so it is not scored.
