App Radar vs Sensor Tower
Two of fourteen models named App Radar first on the direct prompt; zero named Sensor Tower. Both were named by all fourteen models and App Radar carries 47 labels and Sensor Tower 48, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
United States, founded 2013. Named in four categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the app store optimization tools page.
By framing
App RadarFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSensor Tower
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, App Radar and Sensor Tower were named in the same answer eighty-three times, of the 124 answers naming App Radar and the 176 naming Sensor Tower. In those answers Sensor Tower took the first choice fourteen times and App Radar eleven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
App Radar Sensor Tower first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, App Radar on the left and Sensor Tower on the right.The direct prompt
App Radar first, Sensor Tower not the choice
2 of 14 modelsSensor Tower was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
App Radar11%#2 of 11Sensor Tower0%#11 of 11App Radar7%#4 of 9Sensor Tower7%#5 of 9Sensor Tower47%#1 of 8App Radar0%#8 of 8What the models said about App Radar
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“starts at €69/month (~$75) ... Better if you have a slightly larger budget.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“the results do not position it as strongly for mid-market B2B as AppTweak” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Lacks the deep market intelligence B2B needs” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Reputable options include: AppTweak, App Radar, ASODesk, and AppFollow” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
“points to AppTweak and AppRadar as the leading choices” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“suggested: AppTweak, App Radar, or Sensor Tower for enterprise” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Sensor Tower
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Enterprise pricing (custom, typically $25K+/year), overkill for mid-market needs” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Overkill and overpriced for a mid-sized B2B company focused on ASO execution.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“high-tier Sensor Tower or MobileAction are incredible resources for massive marketing teams. However, they often lock their most useful keyword tools behind expensive enterprise-level subscriptions” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Leads in keyword research with the most comprehensive keyword database, real-time difficulty scores, and search volume estimates.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“Prioritize tools like Sensor Tower, data.ai (App Annie), AppTweak, or App Radar, which often suit enterprises with custom pricing” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“The dominant player in mobile market intelligence... depth of market intelligence (Sensor Tower is the clear leader)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.