# AppstorePulse

> AppstorePulse is a Shopify App Store intelligence platform that turns the App Store from a black box into an observable system, tracking keyword rankings, listing changes, competitor moves, and per-app analytics for every public app on the Shopify App Store.

AppstorePulse continuously monitors the entire Shopify App Store and indexes keyword rankings, listing changes (price, tagline, screenshots, badges, categories, feature tags), review velocity, and category positions. App developers use it to answer concrete questions: "where do I rank for X keyword today vs last week," "did my top competitor just drop their price," "how does my listing health score compare to the category leader," "how many new apps shipped in my category this month," and "which traffic surfaces actually drive installs."

The product is built for: independent Shopify app developers, app marketing teams at commerce agencies, partner-development teams at established commerce SaaS, and Shopify Partners researching the market before building.

Listing analytics is the only honest install funnel for the Shopify App Store, it captures real completed installs alongside browser-side visitor and click counts, so the gap that EU cookie consent and ad-blockers create on browser-side measurement is closed.

## Product

- [Homepage](https://appstorepulse.com/): product overview, feature highlights, social proof
- [Pricing](https://appstorepulse.com/pricing): Free ($0), Starter ($29/mo), Pro ($99/mo); full feature matrix with limits per tier
- [Free Listing Audit](https://appstorepulse.com/audit): unauthenticated 100-point listing health check for any public Shopify app, no signup required
- [Shopify Partner Polls](https://appstorepulse.com/shopify-partner-polls): public polls and discussion threads on App Store changes affecting partners

## What AppstorePulse tracks

- **Keyword rankings**: daily snapshot of every tracked app's position for any chosen keyword across the Shopify App Store search index. Full history on Starter+; trend lines, drop alerts, and keyword volume estimates.
- **Listing changes**: prices, taglines, descriptions, screenshots, badges, category placements, feature tags, supported languages, integrations, diffed daily on the user's app and tracked competitors. Visible as a unified Activity feed.
- **Reviews**: rating, review-count velocity, sentiment shifts, Built for Shopify badge gains/losses.
- **Category and developer leaderboards**: who ranks where, who launched this week, who got removed, top developers by app count or review volume.
- **Listing analytics (per app)**: honest install funnel for the Shopify App Store, visitors, install clicks, real completed installs, and install CVR joined into one view. Per-keyword conversion attached to your current rank. Breakdowns by surface, search keyword, country, traffic source, and locale. Includes a day-of-week × hour visitor heatmap.
- **App Store Insights**: market-wide view of Shopify App Store launches over any date range, with side-by-side range comparison. Surfaces total launches, daily trends, pricing splits, AI-keyword mentions, removed apps, top categories, top developers.
- **Niche Explorer**: discover under-served keyword niches by intersecting search volume with current top-app rating + review depth.

## Plans

- **Free**: 1 tracked app, 3 keywords, 1 competitor; current keyword rank (no history); basic listing score.
- **Starter ($29/mo)**: 1 tracked app, 20 keywords, 5 competitors; full keyword history + trends; Listing Analytics; App Store Insights; Niche Explorer; weekly digest emails.
- **Pro ($99/mo)**: 5 tracked apps, 100 keywords per app, 10 competitors per app; multi-workspace teams (Admin / Member / Viewer roles); everything in Starter.

## Features

- [Features index](https://appstorepulse.com/features): every AppstorePulse feature with one-paragraph description and link to a deep-dive page
- [Keyword rank tracking](https://appstorepulse.com/features/keyword-rank-tracking): daily Shopify App Store keyword rank tracking with full history, drop alerts, side-by-side competitor positions
- [Competitor monitoring](https://appstorepulse.com/features/competitor-monitoring): 24-hour alerts when a competitor changes price, badge, screenshots, tagline, categories or supported languages, across 8 change types
- [Listing Analytics](https://appstorepulse.com/features/listing-analytics): per-app Google Analytics 4 joined with Shopify Partners' server-side install attribution into one funnel (limited beta)
- [100-point listing audit](https://appstorepulse.com/features/listing-audit): free Shopify App Store listing health check with prioritized recommendations and category-leader comparison, no signup required
- [App Store Insights](https://appstorepulse.com/features/app-store-insights): market-wide view of launches, removals, pricing splits, AI mentions, top categories and top developers across any date range, with side-by-side range comparison
- [Niche Explorer](https://appstorepulse.com/features/niche-explorer): discover under-served Shopify App Store keyword niches by intersecting search volume with current top-app rating and review depth
- [Apps Gallery](https://appstorepulse.com/features/apps-gallery): browse every public Shopify app with filters Shopify doesn't expose (review count range, launch date, badge status, AI mentions)
- [Reviews Intelligence](https://appstorepulse.com/features/reviews-intelligence): review velocity, sentiment trends and AI-classified theme clustering across your app and competitors (open beta on Starter+)
- [Teams & multi-app workspaces](https://appstorepulse.com/features/teams-and-workspaces): multiple Shopify apps in one account with workspace switcher, Admin/Member/Viewer roles, secure invite flow, per-app data scoping
- [Alerts & email digests](https://appstorepulse.com/features/alerts-and-digests): daily competitor digest, weekly listing-analytics digest, weekly reviews-intelligence digest, keyword drop alerts, granular per-type opt-out controls, admin-only delivery

## Research

- [Research & Reports index](https://appstorepulse.com/reports): monthly and quarterly data-backed reports on the Shopify App Store, all free to read and cite, with downloadable CSV datasets.
- [State of the Shopify App Store, May 2026 report](https://appstorepulse.com/reports/state-of-shopify-app-store-may-2026): snapshot of 21,509 live apps, 2,713 May launches (23.8% mentioning AI), 21,254 new May reviews (+4.0% MoM), top categories by app count and review volume, top developers, and the top 10 most-reviewed apps. CSV: https://appstorepulse.com/reports/state-of-shopify-app-store-may-2026.csv.

## Optional

- [Privacy](https://appstorepulse.com/privacy)
- [Terms](https://appstorepulse.com/terms)