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AppKittie vs Gummicube
Both figures below were read from each vendor’s own pricing page, September 5, 2026 for AppKittie and August 21, 2026 for Gummicube. We sell an App Store tool of our own and it is not in this table.
| Feature | AppKittie | Gummicube |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $588 a year billed yearly, or $79 a month | Not published agency engagement, quoted per client |
| Pricing model | One plan, 3 seats and 5,000 API credits included | Managed service with a data platform |
| Stores | App Store and Google Play | App Store and Google Play |
| Free option | Free plan (10 app searches a day, no keyword tools) | No |
| API and agent access | MCP server and REST API, metered by credit | Not advertised |
| Delivery | Web app | Agency plus web app |
The short version
What the choice actually turns on.
Only the rows where these two genuinely differ. Everything they answer the same way is left out, because it cannot decide anything.
- 01
Trying it. AppKittie: free plan. Gummicube: none. A permanent free plan and a trial that expires are not the same offer.
- 02
Scripting and AI access. AppKittie: mcp. Gummicube: none.
- 03
Where it runs. AppKittie: web. Gummicube: agency.
- 04
Price. AppKittie publishes $588 a year billed yearly, or $79 a month; Gummicube publishes nothing and quotes on request.
- 05
Who each is built for. AppKittie sits in the mid-market tier and Gummicube in the enterprise tier, which usually matters more than any single feature.
In its favour
What AppKittie does well.
- Ad creative intelligence no indie ASO tool carries: the live Meta and Apple Search Ads creatives an app is running, how long each has been live, and estimated spend broken down by country.
- An organic video library across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts, with the creators posting them, which is a whole growth channel that keyword tools do not look at.
- An onboarding and paywall library, so you can read the exact flow a paying app ships rather than guessing at it.
- A database of over 4,500,000 apps across both stores that you can filter by revenue, downloads, growth and launch date, which is the right tool for choosing what to build before there is anything to optimize.
- A documented REST API next to the MCP server, with credit costs published per endpoint, so a script on a server can read the same data an agent does.
- Being on the web, so it works from any machine and any operating system rather than only a Mac.
In its favour
What Gummicube does well.
- They do the work. For a team with budget and no time, that is the entire value and no tool substitutes for it.
- Years of category experience across many clients, which is judgement you cannot buy in software.
- Google Play alongside the App Store, handled by the same team.
- Creative and listing production as part of the engagement, not just the research behind it.
Ours, for the record
There is a third option.
Both cover Google Play, which ASO Studio does not. If your app is iOS only, $59/yr a year covers unlimited apps and keywords on a native Mac app, and you can score your listing free first.
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