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CashorTradeFace Value Tickets · CASH OR TRADE, INC.
Solid listing with a few clear gaps to close.
Land the top 3 fixes below and this listing reaches 88/100 · 7,787 m (Summit Ridge).
Every failing check as a sticky, ordered by how many points it adds. Start top left.
The title is the heaviest ranking field. You have 19 characters unused: add your strongest keyword after the name, e.g. “CashorTrade: <main keyword>”.
11/30 characters used.
Nobody searches for a name they have never heard of. Append what the app does in the words people type (“Habit Tracker”, “Budget Planner”).
Title is the name alone.
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.
1 language.
On iOS, only the title, subtitle and hidden keyword field count for search. The description does not. Words you only mention there are invisible.
4 unique words. Apple combines them, so “budget” and “planner” also rank for “budget planner”.
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
4Apple returned fewer than five written reviews for this store. Try another country, or come back when more arrive.
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.
“Bug fixes and improvements” tells existing users nothing. Name what changed: it is free re-engagement copy shown in the Updates tab.
Generic notes: “Bug fixes”
Add 1 more. Each screenshot is a free ad panel: one benefit per panel, caption in large type.
7/10 iPhone screenshots.
Apps that ship regularly get re-crawled and keep their ranking. Aim for an update every 4 to 6 weeks, even a small one.
Last update 65 days ago.
The app runs on iPad but shows few or no iPad screenshots. iPad visitors see a weaker listing.
3 iPad screenshots.
12 characters unused. Fit one more keyword phrase in.
18/30 characters used.
Break the wall of text into short sections with bullets. People skim listings on a phone.
0 bullet lines, 4 paragraph breaks.
Title, subtitle and keyword field built from real App Store searches, sized to Apple's limits.
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.
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