Guides from the audited catalog
Evidence-led guides to discoverability, user complaints, maintenance risk and app value — grounded in the apps we audit rather than received wisdom.
The highest-return app store optimization tips are the ones most listings skip: add a preview video, use all 30 title characters, and reply to reviews. Across 6,634 listings Bright App Data audited, 84% had no video, 47% had never replied to a review, and titles averaged 21.5 characters.
Read articleThe full Bright App Data valuation model: an audience base on a square-root curve, seven bounded multipliers and a confidence-scored range you can check.
A 12-point checklist separating what a store listing proves from what only console, repo and contract access can confirm, with data from 6,634 audited apps.
The twelve ASO signals, the review-evidence rules and the valuation limits behind every Bright App Data app report — including what public data can never show.
Repeated complaints, developer reply behaviour and review recency expose product risk long before the star rating moves. Findings from 6,634 audited apps.
What a public-signal app valuation range can honestly tell you, what it structurally cannot, and how to use one before real acquisition due diligence starts.
