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Sensor Tower alternatives
Since absorbing data.ai in 2024, Sensor Tower is effectively the last full-suite mobile market intelligence platform standing. It is genuinely good at what it does, and it is priced for enterprises: contracts are quote-based and annual, with most reported between $30,000 and $150,000 a year (Vendr's tracked median is about $74,000), and API access is typically a separate line item.
People searching for an alternative usually mean one of two things. Either the budget doesn't survive procurement — or they were paying market-intelligence prices for the ASO slice: keyword ranks, keyword research, review monitoring, top charts. Those are different problems with different answers, so this page treats them separately.
third-party facts checked July 2026 · pricing is reported, not quoted — verify before buying
When Sensor Tower is the right answer
If the job is competitor download and revenue estimates, usage and engagement panels, ad creative intelligence, SDK detection, or audience insight across both stores, buy the suite. That data comes from proprietary panels and modeling that no free tool replicates — openaso included. openaso has no download estimates, no usage data, no ad intelligence, and no Google Play coverage.
When you don't need it
If what actually got opened every week was keyword ranks, search suggestions, listing audits, reviews, and charts, that slice doesn't need an enterprise contract. openaso serves it free from Apple's public endpoints, per storefront, as an MCP server and CLI built for AI agents — with keyword demand from Apple's real Search Ads popularity index where Apple carries a signal, and labeled independent estimates where it doesn't.
Sensor Tower vs openaso, honestly
The wider field
One honest line each, with entry pricing as reported in July 2026 — these move, verify before buying.
The ASO suite most teams graduate to: keyword research, metadata workflows, and growing market-intelligence modules.
The budget path to download and revenue estimates — the closest substitute for the market-intelligence side.
ASO tooling plus Apple Search Ads intelligence; strongest when paid search is half your problem.
Own-app analytics and reporting first, ASO features second; the indie-friendly option.
Review management and reply workflows with keyword tracking; the free plan is genuinely free.
This site: the agent-first ASO API. Ranks, suggestions, demand, audits, reviews, charts, revenue bands — Apple only, no download estimates.
Questions people actually ask
Is there a free Sensor Tower alternative?
Not for market intelligence — download estimates, usage panels, and ad intelligence come from proprietary data that costs real money to produce. For the ASO workflow — ranks, keyword research, audits, reviews, charts — openaso is free at 500 tool calls a day, and AppFollow's free plan covers review workflows.
How much does Sensor Tower cost?
There is no public price list. Reported contracts mostly fall between $30,000 and $150,000 per year — Vendr's tracked median is about $74,000 — with API access often a separate $5,000–$20,000. Numbers move; treat these as order of magnitude.
Did Sensor Tower buy data.ai?
Yes, in March 2024. The data.ai platform (formerly App Annie) was folded in through 2025 and no longer exists as a standalone product.
Does openaso estimate downloads or revenue?
No downloads at all. Revenue is served only as order-of-magnitude bands modeled from public top-grossing ranks, and every response labels itself an estimate and shows its band. If you need investment-grade market sizing, that is Sensor Tower's job, not ours.
if the free slice is your slice
openaso is free in early access — 500 tool calls a day, no card. Connect it to Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client, or call the JSON API directly.