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App store optimization tools · October 2026 Edition

ASOMobile vs Sonar

Zero of fourteen models named ASOMobile first on the direct prompt; zero named Sonar. ASOMobile was named by nine of the fourteen models and Sonar by nine and both carry 11 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

ASOMobile

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Sonar

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share5%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1111Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ASOMobile reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AppTweak was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. AppTweak vs ASOMobile · AppTweak vs Sonar · Appfigures vs ASOMobile

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ASOMobileFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSonar
Direct001 against Sonar
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained311 against ASOMobile · 1 against Sonar
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, ASOMobile and Sonar were named in the same answer eleven times, of the 30 answers naming ASOMobile and the 29 naming Sonar. In those answers Sonar took the first choice one time and ASOMobile three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ASOMobile and Sonar stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
ASOMobile Sonar first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ASOMobile on the left and Sonar on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ASOMobile and Sonar stood in it.

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5AppTweak, Appfigures alternatives: AppFollow, Lengreo, Sensor Tower
GPT-5.4 miniAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, MobileAction, SplitMetrics Optimize
Gemini 3.5 FlashAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, AppFollow, MobileAction
Perplexity SonarAppTweak alternatives: MobileAction
Grok 4.1 FastAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, AppFollow, Mobile Action
Mistral SmallGuideflow alternatives: AppFollow, Applytics, MobileAction
DeepSeek V4 FlashAppTweak alternatives: App Follow, MobileAction
Llama 4 MaverickApplytics alternatives: AppFollow, AppTweak, Guideflow
Qwen 3.7 FlashApp Radar, AppTweak alternatives: AppFollow
Kimi K2AppTweak alternatives: AppFollow, MobileAction
GLM 4.7 FlashXAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, AppFollow, Appfigures
MiniMax M2.5App Radar, AppTweak alternatives: ASO.dev, AppFollow, MobileAction
GPT-6 LunaMobileAction ASO Intelligence Pro alternatives: AppTweak Grow
Muse Glimmer 30BAppTweak alternatives: App Radar, Applytics

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ASOMobile leads by five points.
ASOMobile7%#6 of 11
Sonar2%#8 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
ASOMobile leads by four points.
ASOMobile5%#7 of 9
Sonar2%#8 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
ASOMobile0%#– of 8
Sonar0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ASOMobile

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“solid but start paid and lack fully free equivalents matching AppFollow's breadth” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“The best app store optimization tool for a company with a limited budget is ASOMobile” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Best All-Around Budget Pick: ASOMobile” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“ASOMobile - Best Overall Value” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Sonar

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“solid but start paid and lack fully free equivalents matching AppFollow's breadth” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“Too lightweight for B2B needs (from $29/mo)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“If you have ~$30/month: Go with Sonar. It offers the cleanest search volume/difficulty data for the price” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Best for Indie Developers: Sonar ... Excellent value, covers all core ASO tasks” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · alternative
“If you are a solo/indie developer: Start with Sonar or ASOMobile.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.