macOS

Know your rank.
Own the chart.

Name: AppRankHero
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AppRankHero tracks your App Store and Google Play keywords every day, on a Mac app that feels like it belongs there. Signed and notarized by Apple.

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AppRankHero dashboard on macOS showing a keyword ranking table with daily rank changes, KPIs and 190 tracked keywords

Every rank.
Every morning.

AppRankHero scans the store results for each of your keywords, every day, on the App Store and on Google Play. Ranks, movements, competitors. All of it lands in one table before your first coffee.

Built to see the whole board.

Rank tracking, research and competitive intelligence. Native on your Mac.

Scanned daily. Both stores.

Every App Store keyword gets a full top‑200 scan each day, every Google Play keyword the top‑30 results that Google Play search returns. You see the exact position, and exactly how it moved.

Keywords · Today

habit tracker1▲ 2

screen time app7▲ 4

app blocker12▼ 3

focus timer23–

digital detox41▲ 9

Research that tells the truth.

Popularity and difficulty for any keyword you consider. Chase terms you can actually win.

Keyword research

Popularity

Difficulty

Popularity

Difficulty

Know the competition by name.

Full competitor fields for every keyword. Who holds each spot, and what they rank with.

"habit tracker" · Top results

№1Streaks Daily4.8

№2HabitKit Pro4.7

№3Loop Habits4.6

Every country that matters.

Track the same keywords across multiple App Store and Google Play countries. Rankings differ. Now you see where.

Countries

USGBDEFR JPBRAUCA

Progress you can count.

Watch your top‑10 count climb, week after week.

In the top 10

keywords, up from 31 last month

MayJunJul

AppRankHero Pro

It works while you sleep.

The free app refreshes while it is open on your Mac. Pro moves the work to our servers. Rankings refresh every morning, even when your Mac is closed, asleep, or in a bag.

Server engine · Overnight

01:00Priority refresh started · 12,480 keywords queued

01:19United States scanned · 214 movements found

01:377 more countries scanned

01:41Done. Fresh ranks waiting on your Mac.

See Pro and Studio

Pro: 10 apps, 10,000 keywords. Studio: 50 apps, 100,000 keywords.

Ask your AI. It knows your charts.

Pro and Studio include an MCP server. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client to your ranking data and ask in plain language. Your license key is the only credential you need.

Your AI

Which keywords dropped out of the top 10 this week?

Two App Store keywords left the top 10: app blocker slipped from 8 to 12 on Tuesday, and focus app went from 10 to 15 after a competitor update. On Google Play, screen time app climbed from 14 to 6.

Anything worth going after?

digital wellbeing looks promising: popularity 64, difficulty 29, and you already rank 41 without targeting it.

Track it in the US and the UK.

Done. digital wellbeing is now tracked in both countries. First ranks arrive with the next morning scan.

One endpoint for every AI

https://apprankhero.com/mcp

Remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP. Nothing to install.

Sign in with your license key

In ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity, add a custom connector with this URL. An AppRankHero page opens, paste your license key there.
Or send it as a header

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and Windsurf send it from their config: Authorization: Bearer ARH-XXXX
Reads and writes

Your AI can list apps, keywords, ranks, history, competitors and reports, search the App Store and Google Play, add apps, and track or untrack keywords.

Requires Pro or Studio. To disconnect, remove the connector or the config entry in your AI tool.

Connect your tool.

Pick your app. Replace ARH-XXXX with your license key.

ChatGPT

In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Apps (Connectors on some plans).
Under Advanced settings, turn on Developer mode, then choose Create.
Name it AppRankHero, paste the URL and set Authentication to OAuth.
Connect. An AppRankHero page opens, paste your license key there.

Needs a plan with developer mode: Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise. Menu names may vary slightly.

Connector URL

https://apprankhero.com/mcp

Claude

Open Settings (Customize in newer versions), then Connectors.
Choose Add custom connector and paste the URL.
Click Connect. An AppRankHero page opens, paste your license key there.

Works on claude.ai and in Claude Desktop. The Free plan allows one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise, an owner adds it in Organization settings.

Connector URL

https://apprankhero.com/mcp

Claude Code

License key header

Run the command in your terminal, with your license key in place of ARH-XXXX.
--scope user makes AppRankHero available in every project.
Start Claude Code and run /mcp to check the connection.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http apprankhero \
  https://apprankhero.com/mcp --scope user \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ARH-XXXX"

Codex

License key header

Add the server block to ~/.codex/config.toml.
Export your license key as ARH_TOKEN. Add the line to ~/.zshrc so it stays.
Restart Codex. Prefer one command? codex mcp add writes the same entry.

The same config covers the Codex CLI, the Codex IDE extension and the ChatGPT desktop app.

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.apprankhero]
url = "https://apprankhero.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "ARH_TOKEN"

~/.zshrc

export ARH_TOKEN=ARH-XXXX

Or in one command

codex mcp add apprankhero --url https://apprankhero.com/mcp \
  --bearer-token-env-var ARH_TOKEN

Cursor

License key header

Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or create it.
Add the apprankhero entry with your license key.
Save. AppRankHero shows up in Cursor Settings under MCP.

For a single project, put the same file at .cursor/mcp.json in the project folder.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apprankhero": {
      "url": "https://apprankhero.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ARH-XXXX"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

License key header

Create .vscode/mcp.json in your project, or run MCP: Open User Configuration to add it everywhere.
Paste the config. VS Code asks for your license key once and stores it securely.
Open Copilot Chat in Agent mode and enable the AppRankHero tools.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "arh-token",
      "description": "AppRankHero license key",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "apprankhero": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apprankhero.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:arh-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

License key header

Run the command with your license key in place of ARH-XXXX.
Or add the same entry to ~/.gemini/settings.json by hand.
Start Gemini CLI and run /mcp to see the AppRankHero tools.

Terminal

gemini mcp add --transport http -s user \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ARH-XXXX" \
  apprankhero https://apprankhero.com/mcp

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apprankhero": {
      "httpUrl": "https://apprankhero.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ARH-XXXX"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

License key header

Open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
Add the apprankhero entry with your license key.
Save, then refresh the MCP servers in Cascade.

Newer installs keep this file at ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json.

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apprankhero": {
      "serverUrl": "https://apprankhero.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ARH-XXXX"
      }
    }
  }
}

Any other MCP client

Header or sign in

Add a remote server with the URL and the Streamable HTTP transport.
Send your license key as Authorization: Bearer ARH-XXXX, or choose OAuth and sign in with it.
Ask your AI to list your apps to check the connection.

Zed, Cline, LM Studio, Perplexity and Raycast work the same way.

Connection details

URL        https://apprankhero.com/mcp
Transport  Streamable HTTP
Header     Authorization: Bearer ARH-XXXX

Start free. Stay as long as you like.

The free app is genuinely useful. Pro is for when one app stops being enough, Studio for when you run a portfolio.

Save 30% with yearly billing

Free

For your first app.

No card required.

1 app
500 keywords
Daily rank scans: top‑200 on the App Store, top‑30 on Google Play
Keyword research and competitors
Refreshes while the app is open on your Mac

Download free

macOS 13 or later. Notarized by Apple.

ProRecommended

For indie developers and growing portfolios.

$4.17/moSave 30%

billed annually. $49.99/year

10 apps
10,000 keywords
Server engine. Refreshes every morning, even while your Mac sleeps
MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude and other AI tools
Email and Slack rank reports

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Studio

For studios and agencies.

$10.42/moSave 30%

billed annually. $124.99/year

50 apps
100,000 keywords
Everything in Pro: server engine, MCP server, email and Slack reports
Room for client and portfolio apps, with team roles
Priority refresh

Get Studio

Cancel anytime.

Your license key appears right after checkout and we email it to you, it is also in your Polar customer portal. Paste it in the app (Account, Upgrade) or use it for the MCP server.

Know your rank.Own the chart.

Every rank.Every morning.

Built to see the whole board.

Scanned daily. Both stores.

Research that tells the truth.

Know the competition by name.

Every country that matters.

Progress you can count.

It works while you sleep.

Ask your AI. It knows your charts.

Connect your tool.

ChatGPT

Claude

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

VS Code

Gemini CLI

Windsurf

Any other MCP client

Start free. Stay as long as you like.

Your rank is moving.See where.

Know your rank.
Own the chart.

Every rank.
Every morning.

Your rank is moving.
See where.