sonarAppFigures alternatives
An AppFigures alternative built for agentic ASO.
Both are indie-friendly and fairly priced — pick by what's on your daily dashboard: sales and revenue, or keyword rankings.
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Which one to choose
Choose Sonar if…
- ASO is your primary lever and you want the deepest keyword and rank data
- You want thousands of tracked keywords across several apps without upcharges
- You want agent and CLI access without per-call credit metering
Choose AppFigures if…
- Your daily dashboard is sales, downloads, revenue, and reviews
- You want App Store Connect and Play Console data in one dashboard
- You'd rather pay one tool for analytics and ASO than two
We build Sonar (trysonar.app), so weigh this accordingly. AppFigures's plans and features were checked against its public pages on Oct 19, 2026, and this page says plainly when AppFigures is the better pick.
Feature by feature
How Sonar and AppFigures compare
Checked against AppFigures's public pages on Oct 19, 2026.
| Feature | Sonar | AppFigures |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and access | ||
| Public, self-serve pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial without sales call | Yes: 7 days, full access | Yes: No-card trial |
| 10 apps on entry plan | Yes | No |
| ASO core | ||
| Keyword research (volume + difficulty) | Yes | Yes |
| Daily rank tracking | Yes | Yes |
| 2,500 tracked keywords | Yes | Limited: 2,500 on Amplify ($1,399.99/mo) |
| Competitor keyword gap analysis | Yes | Yes |
| Autocomplete keyword suggestions | Yes | Yes |
| Transparent difficulty methodology | Yes: Documented scoring algorithm | Limited |
| App metrics and reviews | ||
| Own-app sales / downloads dashboard | Limited: App Store Connect sales, iOS | Yes: Via App Store Connect & Play Console connect |
| Revenue tracking | Limited: iOS proceeds via App Store Connect, plus estimates | Yes |
| Review monitoring & reply | Limited: App Store only, for your own iOS apps | Yes |
| API, CLI and agents | ||
| REST API included | Yes | Yes |
| Native CLI | Yes | Yes: Official @appfigures/cli |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes | Yes: Official hosted MCP server (OAuth) |
| CSV / JSON export | Yes | Yes |
The other side
When to choose AppFigures instead
Both are indie-friendly and reasonably priced. Pick by what's on your daily dashboard: rankings (Sonar) or revenue (AppFigures).
Where AppFigures is stronger
Built for: Solo developers and small studios who want a single dashboard for app metrics — sales, downloads, revenue, reviews — plus ASO features.
- Excellent revenue and download dashboards via store integrations
- Up to 5 users on any plan at no extra cost
- Official CLI and a hosted MCP server that works in Claude and Cursor
- 1,000 API requests a day on every account; your own apps' data costs nothing extra
- Review monitoring and reply features
- Market intelligence with download and revenue estimates on its Explorer plans
What Sonar doesn't do
- No analytics dashboard like Appfigures': your own App Store Connect sales appear only if you connect a key, and there is no Google Play sales import.
- No download or revenue estimates you could use for market sizing; Sonar's revenue figures are rough per-app estimates.
- One seat on Indie; Appfigures includes up to 5 users on any plan.
- Apple reports a popularity of 5 for most long-tail iOS searches, so Sonar's number below that floor (and every Google Play popularity) is its own calibrated estimate, not an Apple figure.
- Sonar is young and founder-led: keyword history starts when Sonar began tracking a term (2026 at the earliest), and there are no account managers or managed services.
The shortlist
Other AppFigures alternatives
Sonar isn't the right switch for everyone. Depending on the job, one of these may fit better.
- AppTweak
Best for ASO teams that want deeper keyword, market and ad intelligence than an analytics-first tool offers. Sonar vs AppTweak
- Sensor Tower
Best for enterprise-grade download, revenue and ad intelligence across the whole market. Sonar vs Sensor Tower
- Astro
Best for iOS-only indies on a Mac who only need keyword research and rank tracking. Sonar vs Astro
Pricing
What each one costs
Sonar
Self-serveIndie
10 apps, 2,500 keywords, MCP, CLI and API · $290/yr billed annually
$29/mo
Agency
50 apps, 10,000 keywords, 5 seats · $1,490/yr billed annually
$149/mo
API credits
Pay per call, no subscription · 50 free credits to start
From $10
Indie and Agency start with a 7-day free trial. Full pricing
AppFigures
Self-serveFree
Free plan for your own apps
Free
Connect
$7.99/mo billed annually · analytics for your own apps
$9.99/mo
Monitor
$35.99/mo billed annually · 100 tracked keywords
$44.99/mo
Optimize
$119.99/mo billed annually · 500 tracked keywords
$149.99/mo
Boost / Amplify
1,000 to 2,500 keywords
$399.99–$1,399.99/mo
No-card trial unlocks Optimize features. Up to 5 users on any plan. Market intelligence (Explorer) is sales-led from $599.99/mo.
Published pricing as of Oct 19, 2026 — confirm on AppFigures's site.
Why Sonar
Where Sonar is different
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tools in the hosted MCP server
Your agent can run it
A hosted MCP server, a CLI and a REST API, on every plan.Both stores, one plan
The App Store and Google Play side by side, with every country included.
App Store popularity- habit tracker56
- habit tracker app16
Apple's own numbers
Apple's Search Popularity where Apple reports it, and Apple's true search order for iOS ranks.- habit tracker
FAQ
Switching from AppFigures, answered
For ASO use cases — keyword research, rank tracking, competitor analysis — Sonar is a focused AppFigures alternative with 2,500 keywords across 10 apps on one flat plan. For app analytics, sales and revenue dashboards, and market estimates, AppFigures remains the better fit.
Yes, for iOS. Connect an App Store Connect API key in Settings → Connections and Sonar shows your daily downloads, re-downloads, and approximate proceeds — plus impressions and product page views with an Admin-role key — next to your rankings. Google Play Console import isn't available yet, and AppFigures remains the fuller sales and analytics platform across both stores.
They overlap more than you'd think. Both show Apple's own popularity values for iOS — in our October 2026 test Appfigures' numbers matched Apple's, including Apple's floor of 5. Sonar adds a difficulty score with a visible breakdown, a calibrated estimate below Apple's floor and for Google Play, and 2,500 tracked keywords on Indie; Appfigures caps tracking by plan (100 on Monitor, 500 on Optimize) and is less transparent about how its competitiveness score is built.
Yes — many indie developers do. AppFigures handles their daily revenue and download dashboard, and Sonar handles their keyword strategy and rank tracking. Each tool's API can feed the other.
Bring your AppFigures keywords over
Add your app and paste in the keywords you track today — Sonar starts tracking them the same day.
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