Sensor Tower does not publish a price. Its pricing page says it customises a plan for each customer, and Vendr's record of 40 purchases puts the median contract at $75k a year with most deals between $30k and $150k and API access another $5k to $20k on top. An indie developer needs three or four of the things inside that contract, and each one sells on its own for $9.99 to $99 a month. This page lists them by price with what the money buys, checked on every vendor's pricing page on 18 September 2026.
What Sensor Tower costs
The contract is built from modules, seats, markets and how far back the history goes, so two buyers rarely pay the same number. Vendr's median of $75k a year comes with a range of $30k to $150k, and enterprise deployments run past $250k. API access is billed separately at $5k to $20k a year depending on call limits.
The cheap way in used to be AppMagic. Sensor Tower bought it in May 2026 and runs it as the small-team plan, AppMagic publishes no price either, and in January 2026 it moved narrow genre tags and the trending chart behind the paywall. The affordable Sensor Tower is now quote-only too.
Sensor Tower alternatives for indie developers covers what each tool does.
Under $100 a month, by price
| Tool | Monthly | Billed yearly | Free | What the money buys | The job |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appfigures Connect | $9.99 | $7.99 a month | Free plan for your own apps | Your downloads, revenue and subscriptions in one dashboard, five apps | Your own numbers |
| MobileAction Lite | $15 | $12.50 a month | 7-day trial; the Apple Search Ads manager is free to $10k of monthly spend | 100 keywords, five apps, three competitors each, three months of history | Keywords and Apple Search Ads |
| AppFollow ASO | $19 a month billed yearly | same | Free for two apps with 100 manual replies a month | Keyword tracking, ten competitors, review replies, two apps | Review inbox on a budget |
| Sonar Indie | $29 | $24.17 a month | 7-day trial, 50 API credits on signup | Ten apps, 2,500 keywords, unlimited competitors, API and CLI | Keyword rank tracking |
| Appaloma | $59 | $499 a year, $41.58 a month | One plan, no trial | 30,000+ USPs, 4,000 named niches, 50,000 apps over $5k a month, screens, prices, ads, one star reviews pooled | Named niches and USPs |
| AppTweak Essential | $79 | $949 a year, $79.08 a month | 7-day trial | 500 keywords, six months of history, metadata and competitor tools, one seat | ASO as a daily job |
| AppBird Scout | $99 | Not listed | 3-day trial | Downloads, rankings, competitor tracking, live ad creatives | A market dashboard without the sales call |
Prices are each vendor's published plan on 18 September 2026 in US dollars, monthly billing unless the column says yearly. AppBird's row carries its August 2026 figure.
Where the price climbs on each tool
Appfigures is $9.99 for your own apps and stays under $50 for keyword monitoring, then jumps. The first plan that shows another app's downloads and revenue is Boost at $599.99 a month with two competitors, and Amplify at $1,399.99 lifts the competitor cap. Everything an indie wants to know about someone else's app sits between those two tiers.
MobileAction runs $15 for 100 keywords, $69 for 500 and $239 for 1,500. The Apple Search Ads manager stays free until $10k of monthly spend. Ad Intelligence, the part with competitor creatives, is quote-only.
Sonar has one indie plan at $29 with the API and CLI included, an agency plan at $149, and API credit packs from $10 with no subscription.
Appaloma is $59 a month or $499 a year, one plan: 30,000+ USPs, 4,000 named niches, 50,000 apps over $5k a month, screens, prices, ads, and one star reviews pooled per niche. Revenue is a researched band, $5–10k through $250k+, because every vendor's exact figure on an indie app is a model of the same public signals.
AppTweak's Essential at $79 covers an indie. Grow at $249 adds installs per keyword and a year of history, Grow Plus at $499 doubles the limits, and the market data lives on Enterprise, quote-only.
AppFollow is free for two apps, $19 a month billed yearly on the ASO plan, $179 a month or $129 billed yearly on Essential for five apps, and every plan carries unlimited users.
What $59 to $99 a month does not buy
No self-serve tool under $100 gives you a download number for any app, a revenue number for any app and cross-channel ad spend in one place. That bundle is what the $75k contract pays for. The cheapest self-serve route to a competitor's download and revenue estimate is Appfigures Boost at $599.99 a month, and AppMagic, which used to be that route for free, now answers with a quote.
Pay for Sensor Tower when you run paid acquisition across several channels and need competitor spend and creatives. Do not pay for it for the next build or acquisition: its unit is the category and the top chart, and indie money lives three levels below that. Appaloma holds 4,000 named niches, 30,000+ USPs and full intel on the apps in each, at $59.
Prices checked on the vendors' own pages: Sensor Tower, Vendr's Sensor Tower data, Appfigures, MobileAction, Sonar, AppTweak, AppFollow.
FAQ
How much does Sensor Tower cost?
Sensor Tower publishes no price and quotes each customer. Vendr's data from 40 purchases puts the median contract at $75k a year, most between $30k and $150k, with API access adding $5k to $20k. Modules, seats, markets and history depth move the number.
What is the cheapest Sensor Tower alternative?
Appaloma is $59 a month for 4,000 named niches and 30,000+ USPs. Appfigures Connect is $9.99 for your own numbers, MobileAction Lite $15 for keywords and Apple Search Ads, Sonar $29 for rank tracking. A competitor's download and revenue estimate starts at Appfigures Boost, $599.99 a month.
Is there a free Sensor Tower alternative?
Appfigures has a free plan for your own apps, AppFollow is free for two apps, MobileAction's Apple Search Ads manager is free to $10k of monthly spend, and Sonar gives 50 API credits on signup. AppMagic's free tier still exists, but Sensor Tower has owned it since May 2026 and moved its narrow genre tags and trending chart behind the paywall in January 2026. The limits on each free tier are on free app research tools. Appaloma's free lookup returns the niche for any concept with its app count and leader band at no cost.
Is AppMagic still the affordable Sensor Tower?
No. AppMagic publishes no price since the acquisition and sells customised plans, the same way its parent does. Its free features shrank in January 2026.
What does Appaloma cost?
$59 a month or $499 a year, one plan. It holds 30,000+ USPs, 4,000 named niches with every app in each, the prices they charge, the angles they lead with, the ads they run and their one star reviews pooled per niche. Revenue is a researched band.