App Store storefront checker
Search the App Store as it looks in any of its ~175 country storefronts, or take one app and compare it across every market at once — localized title, price, rating and availability. Useful when you're doing ASO, checking a competitor's localization, or working out why a link opened the wrong store.
| Storefront | Title shown there | Price | Rating | Link |
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Why storefronts differ
The App Store isn't one store. It's 175 country storefronts, each with its own catalogue, pricing, ratings and — if the developer localized them — its own titles and subtitles. The same app can be called something different, cost a different amount, sit at a different rating, or not exist at all depending on which storefront you're looking at.
That causes three practical problems this tool helps with:
- ASO checks. Your localized title and subtitle are keyword real estate. Seeing them as each market renders them catches truncation and untranslated strings fast.
- Competitor research. Which markets has a competitor actually localized for? That tells you where they're investing.
- Broken links. An
apps.apple.comlink without a country code sends people to a storefront guessed from their account, which is a common cause of "the link says the app isn't available."
Getting store links right
App Store URLs take the form apps.apple.com/<country>/app/<slug>/id<number>. Two rules worth knowing:
- Only the id matters for resolution — the slug is cosmetic and can be anything.
- Omitting the country code lets Apple pick, which is usually what you want for a public link. Forcing a country code sends everyone to that storefront, which is what you want for a market-specific campaign and definitely not what you want on your homepage.
FAQ
Can I use this to track keyword rankings?
No, and be sceptical of anything that claims you can with this data. The public Search API orders results by its own relevance logic, which doesn't match the ranked list in the App Store app. Use it for presence, metadata and availability — not rank.
Why does an app show a different name in another country?
Because the developer localized its App Store listing. Title and subtitle are per-locale fields, and they're prime keyword space — most serious ASO work happens there.
Is anything sent to your servers?
No. Your browser calls Apple's public iTunes Search API directly. This page has no backend and stores nothing.
Why is the full sweep so slow?
Apple rate-limits the Search API at roughly 20 calls per minute per IP, and comparing every storefront means one call per market. Going faster just gets requests refused, so the full sweep is paced to stay under the limit — several minutes for ~175 markets. The 30-market option covers most real questions in seconds, and you can stop a sweep at any point and keep whatever has loaded.
How many search results do I get?
Up to 200, which is the maximum Apple returns in a single request. If you see exactly 200 there are probably more matches beyond that ceiling.
Data from Apple's public iTunes Search API. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple. Related: Best AI video generator apps for iPhone · All free tools