Transform launch chaos into clear daily progress.
Kickstart breaks down shipping apps into small, practical tasks to work through daily, so it's easier to stay focused on what needs doing now instead of trying everything at once.
Get the difference between shipping and succeeding
You know how to code. Now learn how to ship.
Kickstart brings the business around your app into one place: live keyword rankings, Apple Ads performance, pricing, reviews, analytics, marketing, TestFlight, and a practical daily roadmap that keeps everything moving.
Free to download. Advanced growth features are available as an optional subscription.
Keyword Tracking
Know exactly where your app ranks.
Stop guessing whether your App Store optimization worked. Kickstart tracks the search results behind every keyword and makes movement easy to see.
- Rankings that move. Watch 30-day trends and see when a term climbs, falls, or stays stuck.
- The real competition. Open the live App Store results behind each keyword and see which apps own the top positions.
- Every market that matters. Track the same term across countries and across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac App Stores.
Why Kickstart
Grow every part of your app from one place.
You don't need more tabs, more notes, or more half-finished launch docs. Kickstart replaces scattered workflows with one practical workspace for launch, growth, and all the work indie app developers need to get their app noticed.
Turn App Store data into specific next moves.
Track revenue, subscriptions, downloads, installs, crashes, reviews, and more, then use built-in guidance to spot risks, opportunities, and the decisions that matter most right now.
Create assets that get your app noticed.
Write App Store copy, build websites, draft launches, create promo videos, and keep your positioning aligned without jumping between multiple disconnected tools.
Daily Roadmap
Know what to work on next.
Kickstart turns launch, marketing, and maintenance into a practical daily plan, so the next meaningful move is always visible.
- Start with a new idea or import an existing app and get a plan matched to where you are now.
- See today's focus, overdue work, upcoming tasks, and completed progress without maintaining another launch spreadsheet.
- Use app health and data to focus on the work most likely to improve your launch or growth.
Smart Global Pricing
Price every market without guesswork.
Kickstart's Price Parity Calculator compares territories, exchange rates, and local purchasing power so your global pricing is intentional.
- Start with an App Store price point and see how its value changes from market to market.
- Spot countries where your app feels accidentally expensive or unnecessarily cheap.
- Use parity as context alongside positioning instead of applying one worldwide price.
App Promo Videos
Create standout promo videos.
Turn screen recordings, device renders, text, voiceover, music, and animation into App Store previews and social clips without leaving Kickstart.
- Work with a live preview, multi-track timeline, device clips, shapes, callouts, and app-focused animation presets.
- Start with sizes for App Store Connect, TikTok, Reels, portrait, square, 1080p, and 4K.
- Add narration, subtitles, social safe areas, stock media, and animated feature callouts.
Private By Design
Your project stays yours.
Kickstart keeps your project data, service credentials, and built-in AI under your control.
No analytics or tracking
Kickstart does not monitor how you work or collect analytics about which features you use.
No project data on our servers
Your project stays in your iCloud account rather than being stored on our servers.
Private AI
Apple's Foundation Models run on your Mac or securely through Private Cloud Compute.
Apple Ads
See what works – then do more.
Bring campaigns, keywords, spend, installs, and trends into one workspace for your app business.
- Compare campaign performance with previous periods without turning check-ins into reports.
- Filter and sort the keyword workspace by status, match type, installs, spend, bid, or performance.
- Connect traffic with revenue, analytics, product pages, and localizations, then create tasks.
Review Intelligence
Turn feedback into smart decisions.
Read, summarize, translate, and reply to reviews without letting customer support swallow your day.
- Turn a wall of feedback into clear pros, cons, sentiment, and repeated themes.
- Translate reviews, draft thoughtful replies, and keep reusable response templates close at hand.
- Find praise worth sharing and complaints worth turning into the next task on your roadmap.
TestFlight
Ship a better release.
Keep builds, tester groups, screenshots, crashes, feedback, and What to Test notes together while there is still time to act on them.
- Filter feedback, screenshots, and crashes, then mark items complete or turn them into tasks.
- Inspect versions, processing state, testing status, expiration, and beta groups without losing context.
- Keep What to Test focused and use the AI Assistant to summarize patterns across feedback.
Analytics And Revenue
Understand what changed – and what to improve.
Bring revenue, subscriptions, downloads, installs, engagement, crashes, territories, sources, and devices into one clear view of your app business.
- Follow revenue and subscriptions without exporting or joining App Store reports.
- Trace impressions to downloads, then connect weak spots to keywords, ads, screenshots, pricing, or retention.
- Use Move One Number when every metric looks important and you need one action for the week.
More Than A Checklist
Kickstart covers the full arc from launch prep to ongoing growth.
The screenshots show the headline workflows, but Kickstart goes wider: store optimization, competitor tracking, analytics, reviews, launch assets, and developer tools all live in one app, with privacy-first AI running on your Mac or through Private Cloud Compute.
Shape the store presence that wins first impressions.
Handle metadata, keywords, pricing, localizations, in-app events, and even editorial nominations from one workspace instead of scattered docs and copied notes.
Track the keywords and apps you're up against.
Compare competitors, spot keyword opportunities, watch ranking trends by platform, and keep your messaging sharp when the category gets crowded.
Track the signals that actually drive growth.
Follow revenue, subscriptions, downloads, installs, crashes, and automatic daily sales reporting so you can see what changed and why.
Learn what users want without drowning in comments.
Summaries, translations, reply drafting, complaint patterns, and feature requests all make it easier to learn from feedback while you still have time to act.
Build launch assets, websites, and campaigns from one project.
Draft press outreach, build Product Hunt launches, make video hooks, create a press kit, and publish a polished website without leaving your shipping workspace.
Accelerate your simulator workflow.
Compare UI against mockups, inspect network traffic, send push notifications and deep links, tweak system conditions, and capture polished screenshots or touch-ready videos.
What Users Say
Indie developers are already doing more with Kickstart.
App Store reviews from developers using Kickstart to ship and grow their apps.
“The app is jam-packed with features and provides incredible value.”
“The AI integration is particularly impressive in how and where it’s used.”
“Completely essential for Apple app development and maintenance”
“Save yourself months of time on your next app”
“I’m in awe of the depth and breadth of tools available.”
“Powerful tool for intel on competitive analysis”
Simple Pricing
Start free. Unlock Pro when you need more.
Use Kickstart's core planning, reviews, analytics, TestFlight, marketing, and build tools for free. Pro adds the advanced workflows for growing and promoting your app.
Free
Kickstart Free
$0 (Yes, really.)
Plan, learn, and ship without a subscription.
- Daily roadmap, tasks, journal, and project planning.
- App Store reviews and reply tools.
- Revenue, subscriptions, downloads, and App Analytics.
- TestFlight builds, feedback, crashes, and release checklists.
- Press kits, Product Hunt, Build in Public, and email pitches.
- Icon editor and Kickstart Overdrive for Simulator.
No subscription required.
Pro
Kickstart Pro
$69.99 per year
Power tools for growing, marketing, and managing apps.
- Everything in Kickstart Free.
- Keyword and competitor tracking.
- App Store optimization, management, and Apple Ads.
- Promo video editing and website creation.
- Global price parity and build insights.
- Community discovery and focused marketing actions.
Eligible annual subscribers get a 7-day free trial.
Download free, then upgrade in the app. US pricing shown; local App Store pricing varies. Subscription renews automatically until canceled.
Download Kickstart
The difference between shipping and succeeding.
Kickstart keeps the work around your app from leaking into twenty disconnected tools. You stay closer to the product, clearer on the priorities, and much more consistent about the things that turn good code into a successful launch.
