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RankBoost

An indie ASO tool whose ranking data broke when Apple shifted the ground underneath it

R.I.P.
FEB '2024 – AUG '2024
FailedComposite examplePlatform Dependency

WorkedThe keyword difficulty scoring was useful and indie devs appreciated having data they coul…

NeedsRebuild thesis: Do not revive RankBoost as a scraped ASO rank tracker.

Revenue
$1,750 total (35 users at $49.99 one-time)
Users
~220 signups for the free keyword research tool, 35 paid for the full optimizer
Built in
3 months
Had revenueHas users