# RankBlob

> RankBlob is a free App Store and Google Play keyword checker for indie builders — people shipping apps and agents, with discovery research, travel-agent field notes, and a free builder community.

The free checker supports one app and up to five keywords in the US store. Apple checks use the public iTunes Search API in the browser, with up to 200 returned results. Google Play beta uses a server-side first-page web search in US English, cached up to 15 minutes; each card states the actual result count and source time. Positions are source-specific snapshots, not official ranks, download estimates, or search-volume scores. Android beta does not include Pro monitoring or ownership verification. Agent field notes are sourced editorial research, not hands-on benchmark results. Checks require JavaScript; guides and research are static HTML.

Pro covers Apple app tracking; the free Google Play beta is separate. Free community accounts use email verification and a public handle; builders can commit to opportunities and optionally attach apps. Ownership verification requires a one-time code in the live App Store description. Published board snapshots show apps that rank in the App Store, not registered RankBlob members. Dates on studies describe when the data was checked; ranks can change.

## Product and methodology
- [Coding agents, by discoverability — Agent Standings · RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/agents/coding): The coding agents people actually find: directory standings measured Oct 21, 2026, plus the case for judging agents on what builders vouch for, not just what ranks.
- [Customer service agents, by discoverability — Agent Standings · RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/agents/customer-service): The customer service agents people actually find: directory standings measured Oct 21, 2026, plus the case for judging agents on what builders vouch for, not just what ranks.
- [Agent standings — which agents get found · RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/agents/): Discovery standings for AI agents by task, measured from public directories — plus effectiveness as reported by the builders who run them.
- [Sales agents, by discoverability — Agent Standings · RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/agents/sales): The sales agents people actually find: directory standings measured Oct 21, 2026, plus the case for judging agents on what builders vouch for, not just what ranks.
- [Guides & Studies — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/): Data-backed App Store search guides, listing teardowns, and rank studies from RankBlob — every number measured live from Apple's public search data.
- [RankBlob — Free App Store & Google Play Rank Checker](https://rankblob.com/check/): Check keyword positions on the App Store or Google Play. Free US checks, competitor icons, and clearly labeled search coverage.
- [October 2026: Habits & routines — RankBlob Community](https://rankblob.com/community/collections/2026-10): October 2026 collection of habit and routine app ideas, with dated keyword evidence. Revisit any idea and join its free keyword room.
- [Community — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/community): Find App Store keyword opportunities where smaller apps rank. Commit to an idea, create a free builder account, join its keyword room, and optionally add your app.
- [RankBlob vs Astro vs Appfigures — Honest Comparison](https://rankblob.com/compare): An honest comparison of App Store keyword rank tools: RankBlob, Astro and Appfigures — price, platform, research data and monitoring, from each vendor's own pages.
- [RankBlob — Know where your app ranks, in 10 seconds](https://rankblob.com/): Free App Store and Google Play keyword checks for indie builders. Explore competitors across travel, languages, music, habits, and focus, plus agent field notes.
- [The Library — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/library): The RankBlob library: talks, teardowns and tools we'd send a friend — a founder talk with real numbers, our own measured guides, and the tools we'd pair with RankBlob, each summarized in our words and linked to the source.
- [How RankBlob ranks work — Methodology](https://rankblob.com/methodology): How RankBlob checks Apple App Store and Google Play keyword positions, including search coverage, caching, and the limitations of each source.
- [App Store Listing Teardown — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/teardown): Send us your App Store link; get a data-backed teardown of your listing — where you rank, who beats you, and exactly what to change first. $79 one-off, 48-hour delivery.

## Research and guides
- [Appfigures: put your ranks in context — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/appfigures-app-analytics): Understand Appfigures analytics and ASO tools, when broader app data helps, and how to investigate a change without confusing correlation with growth.
- [asc: a calmer way to ship your app — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/asc-app-store-connect): Understand asc, the App Store Connect CLI: what it automates, when it helps indie developers, and a practical metadata workflow.
- [Astro: turn keyword guesses into a shortlist — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/astro-keyword-research): What Astro does for App Store keyword research, how to evaluate its signals, and a practical workflow for choosing relevant terms.
- [The Cheapest Way to Track App Store Keyword Rankings (An Honest Comparison) — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/cheapest-rank-tracking): Rank data itself is free — Apple's public index. What you're paying for is automation. An honest ladder from $0 DIY and the free asc CLI, through Astro ($108/yr) and Appfigures ($44.99/mo), to RankBlob — including where each competitor beats us.
- [App Store Creative Assets: Search Results Just Became a Visual Contest — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/creative-assets): Apple's new creative assets put a brand image or looping video in App Store search results — under guideline 2.3.14, which bans prices and unverifiable claims. What changed, what's allowed, and what an indie should do first.
- [Spotify's App Store Listing, Torn Down — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/famous-app-teardown): A public teardown of Spotify's App Store listing from live data: #1 for 'songs' and 'playlists', #3 for 'podcasts' despite having it in the name, #135 for 'audiobooks', invisible for 'sleep sounds'. What 42.7M ratings buy — and what they don't.
- [10 Keywords, 5 Habit Apps: What Actually Ranks — RankBlob Data Study](https://rankblob.com/blog/habit-apps-data-study): A live data study of the habit-tracker category: 5 apps, 10 keywords, checked Oct 21, 2026. A 766k-rating app invisible on 6 of 10 terms, a 2,494-rating indie at #2, and top-10 slots held by apps with 0 ratings. Which keywords a small app can actually take.
- [Opportunity Notes: Habits & Routines — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/opportunity-report-001): Public notes on habit and routine App Store keywords: dated evidence of smaller apps ranking, three ideas to explore, and free keyword rooms for builders.
- [Airbnb's Listing, 2010–Today: The Title Never Changed — RankBlob Time Machine](https://rankblob.com/blog/time-machine/airbnb): Airbnb's App Store title has been one word for 16 years. Its subtitle tells the strategy story: from 'space for rent' to 'Vacation rentals & Experiences' to 'Homes, experiences, services'. Reconstructed from archived App Store pages, with today's ranks measured live: #2 for 'vacation rentals', 703,023 ratings.
- [App Store Time Machine: Duolingo — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/time-machine/duolingo): Duolingo's App Store listing, reconstructed from archived pages: what its title and subtitle were courting in 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and today — and how its ratings grew from 79,610 to 5.5 million.
- [Keyword First or Brand First? Everlance's Listing Has Answered Both Ways — RankBlob Time Machine](https://rankblob.com/blog/time-machine/everlance): Everlance's App Store story in its own listings: 'Mileage & Expenses' in 2019, a keyword-first flip in 2022, brand-first again in 2024, keyword-first today. Reconstructed from archived App Store pages, with today's ranks measured live — #2 for 'mileage tracker', invisible for 'expense tracker'.
- [App Store Time Machine — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/time-machine/): Explore Airbnb, Duolingo, Everlance, and Uber through their archived App Store listings, with dated keyword rank snapshots and lessons for app builders.
- [Uber's Listing, 2010–Today: From “Private Driver” to Platform — RankBlob Time Machine](https://rankblob.com/blog/time-machine/uber): Uber's App Store story in its own words: 'EVERYONE'S PRIVATE DRIVER' in 2010, 'ridesharing app' by 2017, keywords in the title by 2023, and 'Uber - Rides, Eats, Hotels' today. Reconstructed from archived App Store pages, with today's ranks measured live — including the food-delivery keyword its title claims but its listing doesn't win.
- [Travel Agent Field Notes: Lola, Mindtrip & Layla — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/travel-agent-field-notes): A sourced first look at Lola, Mindtrip and Layla: how travel agents differ, what builders can learn, and our shared task-testing plan. Research notes, not benchmark scores.
- [How Vaultaire Found Its Audience — Builder Field Notes — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/vaultaire-builder-field-notes): A reading companion to Rasty Turek’s Vaultaire growth guide: distribution, localization, measurement, and questions to bring to your own app.
- [Why Your App Isn't Showing Up in App Store Search (And How to Actually Check) — RankBlob](https://rankblob.com/blog/why-app-not-showing): Your app isn't invisible for one reason — it's one of six. The top-200 wall, keyword indexing, exact-match gravity, ratings gravity, category effects and metadata lag, each with the exact check that proves which one is yours.

## Discovery
- [XML sitemap](https://rankblob.com/sitemap.xml)

## For agents (MCP)
- [RankBlob MCP server](https://rankblob.com/mcp): Free MCP endpoint (streamable HTTP) with two read-only tools: find_app (resolve an app name to its App Store id) and check_rank (an app's rank for one keyword in one of 170+ storefronts, top 200). Answers are cached for a few hours and carry their measured-at time. Anonymous use is rate-limited; a free token, issued instantly on the connect page, raises the limits. Discovery card: https://rankblob.com/.well-known/mcp