Chess ∙
Board
Your score
Shaky. 11 of 43 checks need attention.
Chess ∙
Games · US
- Discoverability46.8
Top 5 for 1 of 6 terms · 18% of characters
- First impression62.9
icon 83, shot 1 75, subtitle 30 of 100
- Credibility66.5
4.5★ from 206k ratings
- Clarity100
6 of 6 viewers described it correctly
- Competitiveness55.5
Shelf picks flipped on order, no preference · 49th pct
Working
- You have a subtitle. Good, most indie apps don't.
- No filler words in your name or subtitle. That puts you with the top-ranked apps, where stop words show up in under 3.2% of titles.
Not working
- Your app name is only 7 characters. 23 of your 30 highest-value indexed characters are doing nothing. A brand name alone gets found by people who already know you. Add the words everyone else searches.
- Your subtitle is only 5 characters. You're leaving 25 of 30 indexed characters empty in your second-strongest field.
Leaderboard rank
- #21Headspace: Sleep & Meditation73.4

- #22Chess ∙this app63.9

- #23Eat UNC63.7

The shelf
3 of 3 simulated users picked a rival off this row.
Search results · US · Games
They were asked to find: “You want something to play in the twenty minutes you spend on the bus.”
Your taps
Where the taps went
- Chess ∙you2/6
- Chess - Offline Board Game2/6
- Coin Master - Board Adventure1/6
- Board Kings-Board Dice Games1/6
Fix these first
5 changes, in order of impact.
App name character use
Your app name is only 7 characters. 23 of your 30 highest-value indexed characters are doing nothing. A brand name alone gets found by people who already know you. Add the words everyone else searches. Spend the rest of your 30 characters on one specific word people actually search for.
visibilityApple-documentedCategory name repeated in name or subtitle
Your name or subtitle repeats your category almost verbatim ("Board"). Apple indexes your primary category already and explicitly tells you not to repeat those words. Spend those characters on something your category doesn't cover. Drop the category words. Your primary category is already indexed, so repeating it buys nothing.
visibilityApple-documentedCross-index locales unused
You're publishing in one language, and the United States storefront supports 9 more. Each missing one is another 30-character name, 30-character subtitle and 100-character keyword field: 1,440 indexable characters you're leaving on the table in the same storefront, without translating your app. Missing: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Mexico), Vietnamese. Add metadata in your storefront's additional supported languages. Each one is another 160 indexable characters (30 name + 30 subtitle + 100 keywords) in the same storefront.
visibilityIndustry consensusNo functional word in name + subtitle
Nothing in your name or subtitle says what the app actually does. It reads as a brand plus adjectives. Those 60 characters are the only text on your search card, so a stranger has to guess, and Apple's text matching has nothing to work with. Put one word in your name or subtitle that says what the app does: the verb or the noun someone would type into search.
visibilityIndustry consensusSubtitle character use
Your subtitle is only 5 characters. You're leaving 25 of 30 indexed characters empty in your second-strongest field. Fill the subtitle out to near 30 characters. Unused characters are indexable space you are giving away.
visibilityApple-documented
What simulated users said
2 of 6 would tap your card; 0 of 6 would install.
Skeptical Researcher
38, product manager · reads the one-stars first (the control persona)
“I don't see any complaints flagged here, the rating is solid with a huge number of people weighing in, and the screenshots show a straightforward chess board with no red flags.”
- The card
- would tap
- The page
- would not install
Skeptical Researcher
38, product manager · reads the one-stars first (the control persona)
“The one-star review tells me the AI doesn't play right and there are ads I didn't want to hear about, so I'm out.”
- The card
- would not tap
- The page
- would not install
Deal-Driven Gamer
22, mid-core player · hunts the monetisation model
“No video means I'm scrolling past — I can't tell what this actually plays like from still screenshots alone.”
- The card
- would not tap
- The page
- would not install
Deal-Driven Gamer
22, mid-core player · hunts the monetisation model
“No video means I'm backing out — I can't tell how it actually plays from screenshots alone.”
- The card
- would not tap
- The page
- would not install
Impulse Scroller
19, student · installs several apps a week, deletes most of them
“The icon looks fresh, the first screenshot shows an actual chess board that's easy to understand, and 4.5 stars with over 200k ratings is solid, so I'm tapping it.”
- The card
- would tap
- The page
- did not open it
Impulse Scroller
19, student · installs several apps a week, deletes most of them
“This looks like something I'd have installed five years ago, not something I'm downloading today.”
- The card
- would not tap
- The page
- did not open it