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App market intelligence, $8K a month, self-reported; founder-reported Dec. 8, 2023

AppstoreSpy helps mobile teams search app data, track competitors, find keywords, and connect market intelligence to their workflows. Its $8K a month was reported by the founder in an interview (not independently verified), as of December 8th, 2023.

What it actually sells

AppstoreSpy is mobile market intelligence and app analytics software for app marketers, app developers, and mobile market sales teams. It helps users find apps and developers with more than 30 parameters, monitor competitor descriptions, icons, and screenshots, and generate popularity-ranked app store keywords with detailed metrics.

It also covers competitor ads, creative assets, and social media pages. Users can collect Android and iOS app metadata through API suites, while the site says its real-time data covers over 18 million apps.

How it charges

The official site shows its pricing as follows: Free: $0; Premium: $19; Pro: $99; Business: $199. Prices are as shown on the site on 2026-10-01 and may change.

Where customers come from

The site shows several product-led access points. A Chrome Extension lets users access Google Play app information without moving through app pages, including revenue estimates, installs, and release dates. The free plan gives users a way to try keyword analysis and app tracking.

It also offers API integration with custom API keys for syncing AppstoreSpy data with a user's tech stack.

What stands out

The product combines search, competitor monitoring, keyword analysis, ad discovery, social-page discovery, and app metadata access in one mobile market intelligence tool. Its own site describes finding apps and developers with more than 30 parameters.

The distribution surfaces are also visible: a Chrome Extension for Google Play intelligence, API access for workflow integration, and a free plan for limited tracking and keyword analysis. The site presents over 18 million apps as its real-time data coverage.

From the official site

I am Hanif Marwat from ASOBuzz. I am professional App marketer
it generates a list of keywords ranked by popularity, with detailed metrics for each.
No more clicks to app pages - Get the app information in Play Store: revenue estimates, installs and release dates etc.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

AppstoreSpy's $8K a month is higher than 64% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

In my view, the buyer would be an app marketer, app developer, or mobile sales team that needs repeated app research and competitor monitoring. Demand would come from teams doing keyword work, market research, and app-store positioning. Distribution would need to reach those users through search, app-marketing communities, integrations, and direct product trials.

The difficult parts are maintaining reliable app data, keeping competitor and keyword information current, supporting both Android and iOS workflows, and handling the technical load of APIs and extensions. You would also face competition in app analytics and SEO tooling, while paid support expectations could grow with larger customers. Regulation is less central than data access and platform changes, but both can affect the product.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

The clearest lesson is to package several research tasks into one focused workflow, then give users direct access through a free tool, browser extension, and API. That is a product shape, not a promise of revenue or a forecast of customer demand.

Sources

  1. AppstoreSpy official website, fetched October 1, 2026
  2. AppstoreSpy pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
  3. Starter Story founder interview: revenue reported by the founder in an interview (not independently verified), as of December 8th, 2023

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure

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