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Listing audit · 🇺🇸 United States
Buddy: Budget Planner App
Bill Tracker & Money Manager · Buddy Budgeting AB
Current altitude
0m
89/100Summit Ridgesummit 8,849 m
Top-tier listing. Defend it and keep shipping.
Land the top 3 fixes below and this listing reaches 97/100 · 8,584 m (Summit Ridge).
7,876 mRating
4.71
★★★★★★★★★★
Ratings
9.5K
all time
Last update
4 days ago
v13.47
Category
Finance
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+4
Ratings: recent reviews are positive
FixLast 40 written reviews average 2.8★.
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).
- 2+3
Screenshots: fills the 10 screenshot slots
Improve7/10 iPhone screenshots.
Add 1 more. Each screenshot is a free ad panel: one benefit per panel, caption in large type.
- 3+2
Title: no wasted words
FixContains filler: “app”.
Words like “app” are indexed for free or carry no intent. Swap them for a real keyword.
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
7 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
4
5Review radar
What the last 100 reviewers said
Grouped by theme from the most recent written reviews. Run this on a competitor and the complaints become your feature list.
AI read of the reviews
Reads the recent reviews in any language and tells you what to fix, and what a competitor could exploit.
2.7recent average
5★
27
4★
8
3★
15
2★
9
1★
41
All-time: 85% five-star across 9.5K ratings.
Phrases in 1–2★ reviews
free trialbudget appcredit cardrecurring transactions
What hurts
On the same mountain
How the neighbours score
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Full checklist
All 20 checks
Title88⌄
- Uses the 30 characters25/30 characters used.Good
- Carries a keyword, not only a brandKeyword part: “Budget Planner App”.Good
- No wasted wordsContains filler: “app”.Words like “app” are indexed for free or carry no intent. Swap them for a real keyword.Fix
Subtitle100⌄
- Has a subtitle“Bill Tracker & Money Manager”Good
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