Aurélien Weiss

Building @applyra — ASO tool for indie devs 📲
Helping apps rank higher on App Store & Google Play.
Indie hacker · Building in public

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

I spent months building an ASO tool that indie devs can actually afford.
Most ASO tools charge $65 to $2,000+/mo.
I built @applyra for $9.99/mo. With a free plan.
Here's what it does and why I built it 🧵

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@stinkyelectric Your subtitle is great brand voice but it's doing zero ASO work, none of those words are what guys actually search for. Move that line to your screenshots and use the subtitle for actual searched terms. Same with the title, you've got 12 unused chars there.

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@brivael Nice one! Ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: you're already #2 on "viral video creator" (difficulty 40), and "ai video engine" (diff 40 too) looks basically unclaimed.

Full breakdown if useful:
https://t.co/1Ekcpxib8E

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@VendorsSpot nice milestone 🎉

ran a quick ASO audit on vendorspot while I was at it: you're already #24 on "verified vendors" (diff 23), and "online marketplace" (diff 41) looks basically unclaimed.

full breakdown:
https://t.co/tNKKxa0FIJ

rooting for you

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@martialbot Congrats on shipping martialbot, nice!

ASO audit here if it helps:
https://t.co/8JCf5jrV8n

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@KeugeneLee nice one on shipping wingmate, congrats

ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: you're already #5 on "confidence coach" (diff 37).

full breakdown if useful:
https://t.co/EVuEM7S10S

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@EdwinHoAU Nice one! Ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: "japanese learning" (diff 41) looks pretty open if you want an easy win.

https://t.co/RpahqYIvaA

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@CompilerChamp nice one, congrats

ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: "watchlist builder" (diff 35) looks pretty open if you want an easy win.

full breakdown if useful:
https://t.co/hzSygKkhem

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

Yeah totally fair, way too early to judge actual rankings. But the audit's more useful for spotting what to AIM for than what's currently working, "newsletter reader" being open is the kind of thing you'd want to bake into your metadata now, then watch it over 3-4 weeks as Apple settles. So treat it as a planning tool now, evaluation tool later.

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@FalconAI_TV fellow indie here 🙌

ran a quick ASO check on falconai in case it's useful: "streaming service" (diff 36) looks pretty open if you want an easy win.

full audit:
https://t.co/MtrAL31BFQ

keep shipping

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@metropol Nice one on shipping WPM Arena, congrats! Ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: you're already #3 on "reading speed" (difficulty 53/100).

Full breakdown if useful:
https://t.co/sCyEBG6PtY

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@DanielMiara Congrats on shipping DroneFly, nice!

ASO audit here if it helps:
https://t.co/UbVqoS1m8y

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@stinkyelectric You're welcome! Create your free account (takes 30 seconds, no credit card) and start tracking daily the keywords from the audit. A few metadata tweaks could get you ranking for those low-difficulty terms and bring in organic downloads. Let me know if you need help!

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

WWDC 2026 keynote is Monday. My ASO prediction: Apple ships an AI search layer that ranks apps by what they do, not what their metadata says.

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@nielsnicholas nice one! ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: "task manager" (diff 38) looks pretty open if you want an easy win.

https://t.co/Uga3KsA9ou

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@McSaint_Ebolom nice one on shipping lockedin force, congrats

ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: "productivity tools" (diff 34) looks pretty open if you want an easy win.

full breakdown if useful:
https://t.co/ZUaxKxOyO8

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@DynastyRanker nice one, congrats! ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: you're already #29 on "ppr rankings" (diff 27).

https://t.co/5TmkMJhIgN

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@PouchdUSA Congrats! Ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: "pouch tracker" (difficulty 41/100) looks pretty open if you want an easy win: https://t.co/2VUsLnjA08

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@DoktorMirabilis nice one on shipping storycodex, congrats

ran a quick ASO pass out of curiosity: "audiobook reader" (diff 44) looks pretty open if you want an easy win.

full breakdown if useful:
https://t.co/CCNmsLEPgG

(built this because I needed it for my own apps)

[Aurélien Weiss @AurelienWeiss]

@ihmdbr nice milestone 🎉

ran a quick ASO audit on riseloop while I was at it: "productivity app" (diff 36) looks pretty open if you want an easy win.

full breakdown:
https://t.co/VJxGAhNlAF

rooting for you