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Listing audit · 🇺🇸 United States
The Times: UK & World News
Global view, live updates · Times Media Limited (Apps)
Current altitude
0m
78/100High Campsummit 8,849 m
Well optimised. What's left is fine-tuning.
Land the top 3 fixes below and this listing reaches 97/100 · 8,584 m (Summit Ridge).
6,902 mRating
1.91
★★★★★★★★★★
Ratings
34
all time
Last update
4 days ago
v12.8.0
Category
News
Free · in-app purchases
Your route up
The 5 fixes worth the most altitude
Ordered by how many points each one adds to the score. Start at the top.
- 1+9
Ratings: rating of 4.5 or higher
Fix1.91 average.
Conversion drops sharply below 4.5. Ask for a rating with SKStoreReviewController right after a success moment, never on launch.
- 2+5
Ratings: enough ratings to be trusted
Fix34 ratings.
Rating volume feeds ranking and trust. Add an in-app prompt at a positive moment; most apps collect 1 to 3 percent of active users this way.
- 3+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.
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
7 unique words. Apple combines them, so “budget” and “planner” also rank for “budget planner”.
Invisibledescription only
Storefront
10 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 characters26/30 characters used.Good
- Carries a keyword, not only a brandKeyword part: “UK & World News”.Good
- No wasted wordsNo filler words.Good
Subtitle100⌄
- Has a subtitle“Global view, live updates”Good
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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.
