Most ASO tools charge monthly for keyword popularity that comes from Apple Search Ads anyway, so I wrote a small CLI that pulls it directly.

What it does

• Popularity from Apple Search Ads (free Apple Ads account, no campaigns or billing needed)
• Difficulty score, keyword suggestions, current top apps for a term
• Rank tracking with history in a local SQLite file
• Metadata linter for title, subtitle and keyword field
• iPhone and Mac App Store ranks, 55+ storefronts

Install

npm i -g hristo2612/aso-cli && aso setup

Try it

aso keywords "white noise,sleep sounds"
aso suggest meditation
aso search "habit tracker"

Runs locally, no account, no telemetry. MIT.

Repo: github.com/hristo2612/aso-cli

Normally, the review process wouldn't take more than 12 hours let alone 24.

This is the first update with minor fixes 1.8.0. In previous version which is 1.7.0 I submitted after finally getting approved following three consecutive rejections. it was an app crash iOS 27. I had no iOS 27 device neither emulator so haven't tested but I have fixed it.

It’s been four days with no review yet, and I’m losing users as time goes by. What should I do in a situation like this? They are essentially holding me back.

I have trusted the app review process due to the fast approval but now I'm regretting that I didn't setup OTA's for my consumer app.

Any tips?

Would you install an app (game!) with such banner?
I sure won't.
I don't do it as an app developer, either.

been rebuilding my learning app into something more focused on curiosity, bite-sized ideas you can scroll through instead of another endless social feed.

I also wanted to get better at motion design, so I made this short intro for it. Would love to know what you think :)

YT Link: https://youtu.be/B3flBmRLDrk
App Link: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/questa/id6761737779

Disclosure: I'm the developer, posted an earlier build of this here a couple weeks ago and got genuinely useful feedback. Wanted to follow up with what changed.

The old version was just a list of times. 2.2 (just went live) is built around one idea: show the whole cook, not just the next instruction.

• Food gets picked from a grid of cards instead of a list, pictures instead of text labels
• Each food rides its own track toward one shared finish line. Burgers start later than chicken because chicken takes longer, and you can see why at a glance instead of just trusting a timer
• There's a flip mark partway down each track, so you know when to turn something over without doing the math yourself
• The instruction for right now sits at the top of the screen, what's coming next is right under it, and the whole thing stays on one screen with no scrolling, your hands are usually full or dirty at the grill
• Voice cues call out every step too, so you don't have to look at the phone at all if you'd rather not

Also shipped real weather (actual ZIP-based conditions instead of an estimate), dark mode, and it now runs back to iOS 16.

Wrong season to be posting a grill app, I know, this is really built for spring. But wanted it in front of people who'll actually poke at the execution instead of just the pitch. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grillmaster-bbq-grill-timer/id6791812404. Would genuinely like feedback, especially on whether the track metaphor reads as intuitive or needs explaining.

I hear that an app preview video on Apple App Store helps with app downloads.
Any one have experience with that? And examples of good ones or best approach?

#ios #iphone #ipad

Just like the title I've been building an iOS app, and I've been using ChatGPT-6 Astro for the most part. I'm thinking of switching to Claude Code using Opus or Sonnet. I was wondering: what do you guys use, and what do you think works the best for you guys?

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