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What is new in AppRankHero.

Every Mac app release and every notable website and server change, newest first.

Latest Mac app: 1.0.3 (9) Studio plan, Get started checklist and Help, October 6, 2026
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October 2026

Mac app Latest

AppRankHero 1.0.3 (9)

Studio plan, Get started checklist and Help

Upgrade to Pro or Studio from inside the app, see exactly how many apps and keywords you have left, and get set up with a short checklist.

New

  • Studio plan for studios and agencies: 50 apps and 100,000 keywords.
  • The Upgrade window shows Pro and Studio side by side, monthly or yearly, and accepts discount codes at checkout.
  • When you reach a limit, the app tells you which one and what the next plan allows.
  • Account shows your plan (Free, Pro or Studio) and how many apps and keywords you have left.
  • Get started checklist on the Dashboard: add an app, add keywords, get first ranks, connect your AI, set up reports.
  • Connect your AI: copy the MCP address for ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor and more.
  • Help menu and a Help link in Settings open the Help Center.

Improved

  • Plan limits come from your account instead of fixed numbers in the app.
Mac app

AppRankHero 1.0.2 (8)

Google Play, automatic updates and Serbian Latin

AppRankHero now tracks Google Play apps next to your App Store apps, updates itself, and fits every one of its 34 languages on screen.

New

  • Google Play support: add Android apps by name or package name, track keywords in every Google Play country to the top 30, with popularity from Google Play autocomplete.
  • Store picker and App Store or Google Play labels on apps, competitors and dashboard movers.
  • Google Play ASO fields in versions: Title, Short description and Full description.
  • Automatic updates. The app checks once a day and installs new versions for you. Check now with App Rank Hero, Check for Updates, or in Settings, App Updates.
  • Reports in Settings: scheduled keyword ranking reports by email or in Slack, daily, weekly or monthly.
  • Remote MCP server for Pro and Studio: connect ChatGPT, Claude and other AI tools with your license key, and keywords they add are ranked by our server within minutes.

Improved

  • Serbian now uses the Latin script, with consistent terminology.
  • Every remaining English text in the interface is translated into all 34 languages.

Fixed

  • Long translations no longer overflow the sidebar, toolbar, menus, dialogs, chips, KPI cards and pill buttons.
  • Dashboard movers keep the right icon when an App Store app and a Google Play app share a keyword.
  • Plural forms for the worker count in Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian.
Website and server

Help Center, changelog and status page

Searchable guides for every part of AppRankHero, this changelog with an RSS feed, and a live status page.

New

  • Help Center with searchable articles on setup, keywords, Google Play, reports, teams, billing, MCP and troubleshooting.
  • Changelog with an RSS feed at /changelog.xml.
  • Status page with live checks of the API, database, scheduled jobs and rank scanning workers, also as JSON at /status.json.
Website and server

Studio plan, remote MCP server and Google Play on the server

A Studio plan for portfolios and agencies, an MCP server any AI tool can connect to, and Google Play across the server.

New

  • Studio plan: 50 apps and 100,000 keywords for $14.99 a month or $124.99 a year. Pro now covers 10 apps and 10,000 keywords.
  • Remote MCP server at https://apprankhero.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP. ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity sign in with your license key through OAuth, developer tools send it as a header.
  • MCP tools for Google Play: search the store, add Android apps, track their keywords and see competitors.
  • Server side Google Play scanning through our workers, with autocomplete popularity.
  • Rank reports show Google Play depth, store links and store markers in email and Slack.
  • Comparison, alternatives, best ASO tools, keyword tracking and startup program pages on the website.

Improved

  • Plans are checked against Polar every day, so a lost payment notification never changes your plan by mistake.
  • The cookie banner only appears for visitors from Europe. Everyone can change analytics in Cookie settings.
Mac app

AppRankHero 1.0.4 (10)

Reliability

Crash reports help us find and fix problems faster. They contain the error, the app version and your macOS version, never your email or your tracked data.

New

  • Crash reports help us find and fix problems faster. They contain the error, the app version and your macOS version, never your email or your tracked data.
  • You can turn crash reports off in Settings, Privacy.

September 2026

Website and server

Scheduled reports and MCP write tools

Rank reports by email and Slack, and an MCP server that can change your tracking, not only read it.

New

  • Scheduled keyword rank reports per team, by email or in Slack, daily, weekly or monthly, at the hour and time zone you choose.
  • MCP write tools: track and untrack keywords, add apps and search the App Store from your AI tool.
  • Keywords added outside the Mac app are ranked by our server within about a minute.

Improved

  • MCP rankings and history are scoped to a team, with a choice of team per request.

July 2026

Mac app

AppRankHero 1.0.1 (6)

New look, feedback and plan limits

A new app icon, a way to tell us what you think, a redesigned Settings and Account, and a smoother path to Pro. Summary of builds 2 to 6, July 13 and 14.

New

  • New AppRankHero app icon and logo.
  • Send Feedback in the sidebar for ideas, bugs and feedback.
  • Upgrade to Pro card in the sidebar for Free accounts.
  • Ten team avatars to choose from.

Improved

  • Settings in two columns and a redesigned Account page.
  • Automatic Keyword Update is on by default at 11:00, with tuned worker defaults: 4 workers, an 8 second pause, a 3 second stagger and 5 retries.
  • The Free plan limits of 1 app and 500 keywords open the upgrade dialog instead of failing, for every way of adding keywords.

Fixed

  • Keywords imported from competitors, CSV files and transfers are ranked and saved right away.
  • Competitor imports reuse rank data that was already fetched.
  • Feedback and upgrade texts show real words instead of internal keys, in every language.
Website and server

Plans per person and feedback

Subscriptions move from teams to people, and feedback from the app reaches us directly.

New

  • Feedback sent from the app is stored and reaches the team right away.
  • Polished team avatars.

Improved

  • Billing is per person. A team gets the limits of the lowest plan among its members.

June 2026

Website and server

MCP API, morning server refresh and legal pages

The first MCP endpoints for AI tools, ranks refreshed by our server every morning on Pro, and a privacy policy and terms.

New

  • MCP API with license key sign in, so AI tools can read your apps, keywords, ranks, history and competitors.
  • Server side rank refresh every morning for Pro, through our scanning workers, even when your Mac is off.
  • Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Improved

  • Downloads served from shared storage so the app is always available during website updates.
Mac app

AppRankHero 1.0.0

AppRankHero for macOS

The first public release: a native Mac app for App Store keyword tracking, signed and notarized by Apple.

New

  • Daily App Store keyword ranks to the top 200 in every storefront, with 24h, 7d and 28d changes.
  • Popularity, difficulty and a relevance column you rate yourself.
  • Keyword Discovery and Advanced Keyword Discovery from your store listing.
  • Competitors for every keyword, with keyword import and rank history lines.
  • Versions with the App Store ASO fields per country, automatic version checks and text export.
  • Teams with owners, members and viewers.
  • Rank history charts, a Statistics tab, a Dashboard and CSV export.
  • Pro upgrade through Polar with a license key.

Updates arrive on their own.

From version 1.0.2 the Mac app installs new versions for you. Questions about a release? See the Help Center or the system status.