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Pulling metadata, screenshots and recent reviews from the App Store.
Reading the listing…
Pulling metadata, screenshots and recent reviews from the App Store.
Your second brain on the go · Dynalist Inc.
Well optimised. What's left is fine-tuning.
Land the top 3 fixes below and this listing reaches 90/100 · 7,964 m (Summit Ridge).
Ordered by how many points each one adds to the score. Start at the top.
4.49 average.
Conversion drops sharply below 4.5. Ask for a rating with SKStoreReviewController right after a success moment, never on launch.
Last 40 written reviews average 3.4★.
Recent written reviews trend negative, and they are the first ones visitors read. Reply to them and fix the top complaint (see Review Radar below).
332 characters.
Aim for 900+ characters covering features, use cases and proof. It is not indexed on iOS, but it is indexed by Google and it closes undecided visitors.
On iOS, only the title, subtitle and hidden keyword field count for search. The description does not. Words you only mention there are invisible.
5 unique words. Apple combines them, so “budget” and “planner” also rank for “budget planner”.
The description does not repeat any term that is missing from the title and subtitle.
The description keeps coming back to these, but the title and subtitle skip them. Check each one in Keyword Scout and move the winners into the keyword field.
Live position in Apple's search results. Checks are saved in this browser, so the next visit shows what moved.
Positions come from Apple's public search API and can differ by a few places from what a phone shows.
The first three do most of the selling: they appear directly in search results. Read them as a stranger would, in two seconds.
Grouped by theme from the most recent written reviews. Run this on a competitor and the complaints become your feature list.
Reads the recent reviews in any language and tells you what to fix, and what a competitor could exploit.
All-time: 81% five-star across 2.7K ratings.
Apps Apple shows next to this one, run through the same audit.
Metadata Studio checks character limits, wasted words and keyword coverage as you type.
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.
7/10 iPhone screenshots.
Add 1 more. Each screenshot is a free ad panel: one benefit per panel, caption in large type.
Generic notes: “Includes all new features and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.13.7…”
“Bug fixes and improvements” tells existing users nothing. Name what changed: it is free re-engagement copy shown in the Updates tab.
Last update 48 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.
Three title and subtitle options plus a keyword field, each checked against Apple's character limits.
“you hardcoded the path so users have no sync choices despite what documentation says. disappointing. i have my files already and the app just doesn't work for iOS files.”
“It’s a great Idea for an app, but it’s so buggy. Sometimes 10 minutes will pass before I can access a note - even on a very small vault.”
“Hangs at “loading plugins”. Reinstalling and disabling all community plugins in the desktop MacOS app did not resolve”
“Sends new users to their website to pay for a subscription so they don’t have to report in-app purchases”
“Switched phones and after I logged in they tried to charge me 45-over 100$ to import my old notes. This is absolutely one of the craziest scams I’ve ever seen on an app.”
“Need more functions: underline, create a table/collumn for comparision, more font colour, more highlight colour, and maybe (not so necessary... sticky notes/sticker/emo).”
“I have started using this app recently and it is so customizable and makes you feel and assure full control”
“Just fantastic. I’ve been using Obsidian for years now. Godsend, beautiful app. No notes. 10/10. Highly recommend.”
“I spend time in this app when I am away from my desk. I study in Obsidian, write in OBSIDIAN and I think with clarity here. The development team consistently moves this …”
“I can’t tell you how good this app is. Over 3 WEEKS I cured my depression. I wish I could give a hug to the creator.”
“I really like this app, but it disappoints me to find out you can’t change the color of the line and arrow connecting things, but please add that it would be cool”
“The lack of versatility in vault locations on mobile is a real issue. It can ONLY be in their service, in the Obsidian iCloud folder, or local only. Let us pick where our vault is in Files.”