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Step-by-step guides with pictures for every part of IndieTower, and answers to common questions.

New here? Start with these

  1. 1Your first ten minutesSet up your niches, read your dashboard and learn where everything is.
  2. 2Check an app idea with Niche ExplorerSee how crowded a niche is, who you would compete with and what launched lately.
  3. 3Track your own app and your competitorsMark your app, pick competitors and see everything they change on one timeline.

Getting started

Set up and find your way around

Your first ten minutes Set up your niches, read your dashboard and learn where everything is.3 min read Check an app idea with Niche Explorer See how crowded a niche is, who you would compete with and what launched lately.4 min read

Discover

Launches, soft launches, breakouts and charts

See every new app, day by day Use Launches to browse what came out today, filter it and go back in time.3 min read Spot soft launches before they go worldwide Find the apps and games studios are quietly testing in a few countries.2 min read Breakouts: new apps that are already taking off A feed of recent launches that passed 10K, 100K or 1M downloads.2 min read Top charts: movers, side by side and creatives See who is climbing in any country’s chart and how the top apps present themselves.3 min read

Research

Niches, keywords, reviews and questions

Gaps: find niches where new apps are winning A ranked list of niches by how well apps launched in the last 30 days did.3 min read Track where your app ranks in search Follow keywords every day, find new ones and watch competitors on the same terms.4 min read Read reviews faster, and find what users still want Browse any app’s reviews, get an AI summary and compare complaints across competitors.4 min read Ask IndieTower a question IndieType a question in plain words and get the answer from our data.2 min read Compare apps side by side Put up to three apps next to each other: rating, price, updates and more.2 min read

Your apps

Track your app and your competitors

Track your own app and your competitors Mark your app, pick competitors and see everything they change on one timeline.4 min read Improve your store page with Listing check A score and a list of fixes for your title, subtitle, description and screenshots.3 min read Lookalike radar: when a new app looks like yours IndieGet told when a newly released app has a name, icon or screenshots close to your own.2 min read

Alerts and connections

Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram and AI assistants

Morning email and alerts in Slack, Discord or Telegram Choose how and when IndieTower tells you something changed.3 min read Connect Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant StudioLet your own assistant look things up in IndieTower while you work.3 min read

Account and billing

Plans, payments and your data

Plans, payments and cancelling How to choose a plan, change it, cancel it and find your invoices.3 min read What the numbers mean, and where they come from Which figures are the stores’ own, which are our estimates, and how fresh they are.3 min read

Common questions

Short answers

What is IndieTower for?

It shows makers what is new on the App Store and Google Play: every launch, quiet tests, apps taking off, and how a niche, a keyword or a competitor is moving. People use it to pick what to build, to position it, and to keep an eye on their market.

Do I need to connect my App Store or Google Play account?

No. IndieTower only reads public store pages. You never give us a store login.

Where does the data come from?

From the public pages, charts, search results and reviews of the App Store and Google Play. What the numbers mean lists which figures are the stores’ own and which are our estimates.

Why is an app missing, or showing up late?

App Store apps usually appear the day after release. Google publishes new apps more slowly, so Google Play apps can take days or longer. If you search for an app we do not hold yet, we fetch it from the store while you wait.

Why does “today” look empty in the morning?

Days follow India time and fill up as the stores publish. The newest complete day is usually yesterday.

Why is there no search volume for keywords?

Apple and Google do not publish one. Tools that show a number are estimating it. We show what we can stand behind: where apps rank, how strong the top ten is, and whether the store’s own search box suggests the term.

How accurate are the download and revenue estimates?

They are ranges, with a chip saying how sure we are. Google Play downloads use Google’s own install counter, so those are solid. App Store downloads and all revenue figures are estimates: good for comparing apps, not exact.

Can I trust the AI summaries and answers?

They are written from real data: review text for summaries, IndieTower’s own data for answers. AI can still misread or miss something, so every answer links to its sources. Open them before making a big decision.

Can I track an app that is not mine?

Yes. Save any app to see its versions and store page changes, and add it as a competitor of your own app.

I lowered my plan. Did I lose what I was tracking?

No. Everything you saved stays. You just cannot add more until you are under the plan’s limit or move back up.

How do I stop the emails?

Every digest and alert has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. You can also switch them off in Settings.

Is there a free trial?

There is a Free plan instead, with no time limit: today’s and yesterday’s launches, Niche Explorer checks and a small amount of tracking. Move to a paid plan when you want history, estimates and the AI tools.

Can I get a refund?

No, payments are not refunded. You can cancel at any time and keep the plan until the end of the period you paid for. See the Refund policy.

How do I delete my account?

At the bottom of Settings. It removes your account and everything you tracked at once. If you have a paid plan, cancel it first in Billing.

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