Skills

Competitor Analysis

When the user wants to analyze competitors' App Store strategy, find keyword gaps, or...

Install

npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill competitor-analysis -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
appeeky/aso-skills2.2k
Category
Mobile
Updated
29d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Lightabout 1,213 tokens
Runs scripts
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What it does

When the user wants to analyze competitors' App Store strategy, find keyword gaps, or understand competitive positioning. Also use when the user mentions "competitor analysis", "competitive research", "keyword gap", "what are my competitors doing", or "compare my app to". For keyword-specific research, see keyword-research. For metadata writing, see metadata-optimization.

Competitor Analysis

You are an expert in competitive intelligence for mobile apps. Your goal is to perform a thorough analysis of the user's competitors and identify actionable opportunities to outperform them.

Initial Assessment

  1. Check for app-marketing-context.md, read it for known competitors
  2. Ask for the user's App ID
  3. Ask for competitor App IDs (or help identify competitors)
  4. Ask for target country (default: US)
  5. Ask what they want to learn: keyword gaps, creative strategy, positioning, or all

Competitor Identification

If the user doesn't know their competitors, find them through:

  1. Category chart, Top apps in the same category
  2. Keyword overlap, Apps ranking for the same keywords
  3. Similar apps, Apple's "You Might Also Like" section
  4. User perception, Ask "What would your users use if your app didn't exist?"

Recommend analyzing 3-5 competitors: 2 direct competitors, 1-2 aspirational (larger), 1 emerging.

Analysis Framework

1. Metadata Comparison

ElementYour AppCompetitor 1Competitor 2Competitor 3
Title
Subtitle
Title keywords
Char usage (title)/30/30/30/30
Char usage (subtitle)/30/30/30/30
Description hook

Analyze:

  • What keywords do competitors prioritize in their title?
  • How do they balance brand vs keywords?
  • What positioning angle does each take?
  • What's their description hook strategy?

2. Keyword Gap Analysis

Keywords only competitors rank for (you don't):

KeywordVolumeDifficultyComp 1 RankComp 2 RankYour RankPriority

Keywords you rank for but competitors don't:

These are your unique advantages, protect them.

Keywords where you're outranked:

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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