// ASO capability · Keyword Strategy

Demand mapped across App Store and Google Play.

We rebuild your keyword architecture around demand you can actually own — not vanity terms. Every keyword sits on an opportunity map with volume, difficulty, ownership and a verdict our team is accountable to.

• App Store + Google Play• Client-owned accounts• Measured releases
// Keyword opportunity map
KeywordVolumeDifficultyWe ownVerdict
meditation app9284 12%Attack
sleep meditation7461 44%Compound
breathwork daily4132 68%Compound
anxiety journal3828 8%Attack
calm mind6371 5%Park
guided sleep5844 51%Compound
Stores
App Store + Google Play, always
800+
Keywords tracked
Per app, per market
90d
Re-index rhythm
One wave, one re-map
5
Locales avg.
Localised, not translated
// How we think about it

Principles this practice runs on.

These aren't slogans — each principle maps to a decision we make weekly inside the release wave.

Principle · 01

Own before you attack.

We compound on terms where you already index in the top 30 before we spend a single release attacking a term where you're not visible at all.

Principle · 02

Both stores, always.

App Store title/subtitle/keyword field and Google Play short/long description behave differently. We plan them as one architecture, not two projects.

Principle · 03

Localise, don't translate.

A market gets its own opportunity map. We rewrite for how people actually search in that language, not through a translator's dictionary.

// Inside the wave

The 90-day cadence for this practice.

Every practice is scheduled through the same four-beat wave. Here is what those beats look like inside this one.

Diagnose · Weeks 1–2

Map demand

Volume, difficulty and ownership pulled across both stores and all live markets. Every term gets a verdict.

Opportunity map
Ship · Weeks 3–8

Rewrite architecture

Metadata rewrite for each market, staged into release windows without blowing up existing rankings.

Locale plan
Read · Weeks 9–10

Read the re-index

We measure movement per term, per store, per market against the pre-write baseline captured in week two.

Re-index read
Compound · Weeks 11–13

Extend the map

Winning clusters get more real estate. Losing terms get parked. The map is rewritten for the next wave.

Wave 2 brief
// Inputs we need
  • App Store Connect + Play Console read access
  • Priority markets and languages
  • One founder / PM as decision owner
// Outputs you get
  • Opportunity map per market, per store
  • Metadata rewrite brief per release
  • Weekly re-index read + verdict log
  • Wave-over-wave keyword compounding chart
// Tools we run
AppTweakData.aiSearchAdsCustom studio

We bring the stack. You never buy or manage tools to work with us.

// Questions

Questions we get about this practice.

Do you guarantee #1 rankings?+

No serious operator can. We commit to compounding movement on the terms we chose together — measured every wave and rewritten if we're wrong.

What if we're indexed for nothing today?+

We start on the attack side of the map and stage a first wave built for indexing coverage, then move to ownership from wave two onwards.

How is this different from a keyword report?+

A report is a snapshot. This is a running architecture our team ships against every 90 days and defends in your review meetings.

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