Appfigures alternative for finding what to build (2026)
What each one does
Appfigures connects to your App Store Connect and Play Console accounts. It shows your sales, ratings, reviews and keyword ranks in one place. Its Explorer product adds estimates for apps you do not own.
App Imp does not connect to your accounts. For a market, it counts the apps and how big they are, what people search for, what a click costs, and what the public reviews of every app bring up.
| The question | Appfigures | App Imp |
|---|---|---|
| My app's sales and ratings | Yes, from your own accounts. Free plan covers 5 apps | No. We do not connect to your accounts |
| My app's reviews | Yes, in full, with replies and alerts | Public reviews only, counted by topic |
| My rivals' reviews | Ratings and rank. Not the review text — Apple does not share it | Public reviews, counted across the whole market |
| Does every rival have the same problem? | No | Yes. 11 of 12 apps, with the reviews behind it |
| Rival downloads and revenue | Estimated, in Explorer | Google's exact Android install count where matched. Nothing for iOS. No download estimates |
| Is the market growing? | Estimated trends, in Explorer | New ratings across the whole market, pooled, over up to 90 days |
| Keyword ranks and ASO | Yes, for your own apps | Which apps Apple shows for a market's searches, in 41 countries. No ASO tools |
| Price | Free for 5 apps; $9.99–$299.99/mo. Explorer $299.99–$2,999.99/mo | €0 to read · €20/mo for everything, 7-day free trial |
Prices are as published at the time of writing. They move, so check the vendor.
When to choose Appfigures
- Your app is live. Reading your own reviews properly is the most useful thing you can do, and Appfigures does it well, from a free plan.
- You want sales, ratings and keywords together. One dashboard, both stores, your own data. App Imp has none of that.
- You need rival download estimates. Explorer is built for it. App Imp does not estimate downloads.
When to choose App Imp
- You have not built the app yet. Appfigures has nothing to connect to. App Imp already read the market.
- You want the cross-app number.One app with a sync bug is that team’s backlog. Eleven of eleven apps with a sync bug is a category that has not solved a hard thing. Only public reviews, counted, can show that.
- You want to start free. Every market page and app page on App Imp is free to read, no account. The rest is €20 a month.
Whose reviews
This is the whole difference. The App Store shares full review data only with an app’s owner. Appfigures builds on that, so it is excellent for your app and blind to everyone else’s.
Neither view is better. They are for different moments. Pick the market with App Imp. Run the app with Appfigures.
What App Imp holds
- 2 million public App Store reviews across 13,250 apps, as of 2026-09-02.
- 70 markets with a counted shelf and a ranked gap list.
- Apple’s rating counts captured weekly since 2026-06-13 — 14 captures so far.
- Google Play install counts for the Android twins we could match. No download estimates. The search numbers are Google Ads’ own, and labelled so.
Try it
Start on the ranked ideas board, or open a market like calorie tracking. No account needed to read. The tools comparison covers nine tools, Appfigures included.
Frequently asked
Is App Imp a replacement for Appfigures?
No. Appfigures is the better tool for an app you already own: sales, ratings, reviews and keywords in one place, from a free plan up. App Imp is for a market you have not entered yet. It shows the apps in it, what people search for, what a user costs, and what every rival's reviews bring up. That last part Appfigures cannot do, because Apple only shares full review data with the app's owner.
Does Appfigures show competitor reviews?
It shows competitor ratings and rank. Its Explorer product estimates their downloads and revenue. Full review text is only available for apps you own. That is an App Store rule, not an Appfigures limit. App Imp reads the public reviews instead. So it can count the same problem across a whole market.
How much does Appfigures cost compared to App Imp?
Appfigures starts free for up to five of your own apps, with paid plans from about $9.99 to $299.99 a month at the time of writing. Its market-intelligence product, Explorer, runs from about $299.99 to $2,999.99 a month. Every App Imp market page is free to read, and €20 a month opens everything, with a 7-day free trial.
Can I use both?
Yes, and many people should. Use App Imp to pick the market and the gap. Once your app is live, use Appfigures to watch your own numbers and reviews. They do not overlap much.
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What is this?
The short version, for anyone who landed here from a link.
The second: this sorts each review on its own and then counts the sortings. Pasting a pile of reviews into an LLM and asking it questions gives you fluent, confident answers that drift. Every review figure here is arithmetic, so it can be recounted and it can be wrong in a checkable way.