# What is Fledly? App Store market intelligence for indie iOS developers Facts last checked: November 11, 2026 (2026-11-11). Short dated fact sheet: https://fledly.app/facts/ Canonical: https://fledly.app/about/ ## Fledly in one paragraph Fledly is App Store market intelligence for indie iOS developers. Every day it reads Apple's Top Grossing charts in 23 App Stores, finds the iPhone apps under two years old that already make money, groups them into app ideas and scores each idea on that public evidence. It also tracks your own apps' App Store search ranks, your competitors' listing changes and the keywords worth targeting. It runs in the browser at https://fledly.app/ and inside AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude through its MCP server, and it is free to start. ## Who it is for Solo developers and small teams who build iPhone apps and want to pick an idea that people already pay for, then get that app found in App Store search. Typical questions it answers: which young apps are earning right now, which app ideas several different developers have already made work, what those apps charge, and which searches a small app can realistically rank for. It is not built for analysts who need market-wide download numbers, years of history or Google Play data; see [what Fledly is not](https://fledly.app/about/#what-fledly-is-not). ## What it does - **Proven app ideas.** App concepts that several unrelated young apps already earn from, each scored 0–100 with a Build, Consider or Pass verdict and the reasons behind it ([how the score works](https://fledly.app/about/#how-the-idea-score-works)). - **Outliers: young apps that already earn.** iPhone apps released in the last 24 months that are on the Top Grossing charts today, with estimated monthly revenue ranges, prices, ratings and how fast they gain ratings. Filters by age, revenue, growth and category. - **Top charts.** Today's Top Grossing chart with each app's age, estimated revenue range and rank history. - **Keyword and rank tracking.** Daily App Store search ranks for your apps in 16 storefronts, Apple Ads search popularity, keyword difficulty and keyword suggestions. - **Competitor tracking and change log.** 3, 10 or 25 competitors per app by plan, with a daily log of changes to their name, subtitle, icon, screenshots, price and description, the words they use that you don't, and their positions in your tracked searches. - **Alerts.** Rank alerts when a tracked search enters or leaves the top 10 or moves a lot, idea alerts when a new young app appears in a saved idea, and a Monday email with keyword changes, competitor changes and new young earners. - **Launch plan.** "Start from this idea" turns a scored idea into a plan: the searches to target, a draft name, subtitle and keyword field, the competitors and their prices, a price suggestion and next steps. When the app is live, link its App Store id and Fledly starts tracking it. - **Free tools.** An [App Store metadata checker](https://fledly.app/tools/app-store-metadata-checker/), a [keyword field builder](https://fledly.app/tools/keyword-field-builder/) and [checker](https://fledly.app/tools/keyword-field-checker/), and an [app revenue calculator](https://fledly.app/tools/app-revenue-calculator/), with no sign-up; nothing you type leaves your browser. - **AI assistants.** The same data from ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants through the [MCP server](https://fledly.app/about/#use-fledly-from-chatgpt-claude-and-other-ai-assistants). ## Data coverage - **23 App Stores for charts, young apps and ideas** (since November 11, 2026): United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, Finland, Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. - **Refreshed daily** from Apple's public charts and app pages. On November 11, 2026 Fledly read 69,258 chart positions covering 22,292 different apps across those 23 stores (overall and category charts). - **Keyword rank tracking** in 16 storefronts: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil and Mexico. - **iPhone and iPad apps on the Apple App Store only.** Rank history starts in October 2026. - **Measured** (read from Apple): chart positions, app details (name, developer, price, release date, ratings, in-app purchase prices), your apps' search ranks and Apple Ads search popularity where Apple publishes it. **Estimated** (Fledly's models): revenue ranges, popularity below Apple's published cut-off, keyword difficulty and the idea scores. ## How the idea score works Each app idea is a group of young earning apps that do the same job for the same people. Its score has four parts, each 0–100 relative to the strongest idea of the day: - **Proof (30%)**: the combined estimated revenue of the idea's young apps. - **Repeat (25%)**: how many different developers made it work. One hit could be luck; several unrelated developers are a market. A developer whose app charts only outside the US counts half. - **Pull (25%)**: the fastest app's new ratings per month, a sign of real user demand. - **Window (20%)**: how recently the newest earner launched, so you know whether newcomers still get in. The weighted sum is then adjusted: ideas one developer can't realistically build are marked down, and so are ideas whose revenue looks bought with paid ads (high estimated revenue with very few ratings) or comes from category charts where the revenue mapping is a guess. The verdict is **Build** at 42 or more when one developer can build it, **Consider** from 24 to 41, and **Pass** below that. Every part is shown next to the score, so you can disagree with it. The weights are rules of thumb, not a calibrated model. The score sorts ideas by public evidence; it does not predict how your app will do. ## Revenue numbers are estimates Fledly does not see any app's sales. Its revenue figures are estimates from Top Grossing chart rank: a published power curve for the US (about $70 million a month for the #1 app, falling with rank), shown as a range from a third to three times the curve's value. Category ranks are converted to overall ranks by comparing apps that appear on both charts the same day; deep in a small category that mapping is a guess, and Fledly marks it. In the other stores the US curve is scaled by each store's rough share of App Store spending, so those figures are rougher still. Treat them as an order of magnitude: good for sorting and shortlisting, not for valuing a company or planning a budget. The [app revenue calculator](https://fledly.app/tools/app-revenue-calculator/) shows the same curve, and [How much do Top Grossing apps make?](https://fledly.app/blog/how-much-do-top-grossing-apps-make/) explains it. ## Use Fledly from ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants Fledly has a remote MCP server at `https://fledly.app/mcp` (streamable HTTP, OAuth sign-in with your Fledly account, no API key). It has 18 tools: young earners, app ideas, Top charts, app lookup, App Store search, keyword suggestions, your tracked apps and keywords, tracking apps, keywords and competitors, competitor reports, saving ideas, metadata checks and keyword fields. - **Claude:** add it as a custom connector (Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector) with the URL `https://fledly.app/mcp`, then sign in to Fledly. - **ChatGPT:** on chatgpt.com, add a custom MCP server with that URL and OAuth. OpenAI lists full custom MCP support for Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces and read-only tools on Pro. - **Cursor, Codex, Claude Code and other MCP clients:** the same URL. Fledly is also in the official MCP Registry as `app.fledly/fledly`. - It works on **every plan, including Free**; the plan's data limits apply there too. Step-by-step setup: [MCP setup](https://fledly.app/docs/mcp/). ## Plans and prices (USD, checked November 11, 2026) - **Free: $0.** 1 app, 15 tracked keywords, 3 competitors per app, daily rank checks, the top 3 app ideas and top 3 young apps, MCP access. - **Pro: $9 a month or $79 a year.** 5 apps, 500 tracked keywords, 10 competitors per app, all app ideas, young earners and market views, MCP access. - **Studio: $24 a month or $199 a year.** 20 apps, 2,500 tracked keywords, 25 competitors per app, 3 team seats, MCP access. - Free shows the top 3 app ideas and the top 3 young apps in the US store; Pro and Studio open every idea, young app and store. A tracked keyword is one search term in one App Store country. - Prices exclude VAT or sales tax, which Stripe adds at checkout (Stripe is the merchant of record). Cancel any time; first payments have a 14-day money-back guarantee. Limited launch offers (such as Lifetime Pro at $99 once) appear on the pricing page only while places are left. - Full details and checkout: [Pricing](https://fledly.app/pricing/). ## What Fledly is not - **Not for Android.** Fledly covers the Apple App Store (iPhone and iPad) only. It has no Google Play data. - **No separate REST API.** There are no API keys; programmatic access is the MCP server. - **No Apple Ads management.** It reads Apple Ads search popularity, but it does not create or manage campaigns. - **No private data.** Fledly does not connect to App Store Connect, so it never sees any app's real sales, downloads or analytics, yours or anyone else's. It works from public charts and listings. - **No download estimates or multi-year archive.** Revenue ranges come from chart rank, and history starts in October 2026. - **No native app.** Fledly runs in the browser and inside AI assistants; there is no iPhone, Mac or Android app. ## Who builds it Fledly is made and run by Mika Heinonen, an independent iOS developer who ships iPhone apps as a solo developer and built Fledly to answer two questions that kept coming back: which app ideas are already proven by newcomers, and which keywords a small app can win. Contact: [hello@fledly.app](mailto:hello@fledly.app). What changed lately: [changelog](https://fledly.app/changelog/). ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Fledly free? Yes, the Free plan costs $0 with no time limit and no card: 1 app, 15 tracked keywords, 3 competitors per app, daily rank checks, the top 3 app ideas and top 3 young apps, MCP access. Pro costs $9 a month or $79 a year and opens every idea, young app and store; Studio costs $24 a month or $199 a year. ### Does Fledly support Android or Google Play? No. Fledly covers the Apple App Store (iPhone and iPad) only. ### How accurate are Fledly's revenue estimates? Rough: an order of magnitude. They come from Top Grossing chart rank with a published curve and are shown as a range from a third to three times the estimate. Fledly sees no real sales data, so use them to compare and shortlist, not to plan with. ### How is Fledly different from Sensor Tower, Appfigures or Astro? Sensor Tower and Appfigures estimate downloads and revenue across the whole market (Appfigures also reports your own app's sales); Astro is a Mac app for keyword tracking. Fledly is a self-serve web tool for indie iOS developers that finds young apps already earning, scores the app ideas behind them and tracks your keyword ranks, from $0. Side by side: [Fledly vs Sensor Tower](https://fledly.app/compare/fledly-vs-sensor-tower/), [Fledly vs Appfigures](https://fledly.app/compare/fledly-vs-appfigures/), [Fledly vs Astro](https://fledly.app/compare/fledly-vs-astro/), [Fledly vs Sonar](https://fledly.app/compare/fledly-vs-sonar/). ### Can I use Fledly in ChatGPT or Claude? Yes. Add the MCP server `https://fledly.app/mcp` as a custom connector in Claude or a custom MCP server in ChatGPT and sign in with your Fledly account. It works on every plan, including Free. Setup: [MCP setup](https://fledly.app/docs/mcp/). ### Does Fledly have an API? Not a REST API and no API keys. Programmatic access is the MCP server at `https://fledly.app/mcp`, which any MCP client can call.