# Tear down a competitor’s app and how it grows. Listings, store keywords, ads and TikTok A competitor app teardown shows how a rival positions its app and where its installs come from. With Agentik, your AI reads the app’s listings and Google Play keywords with DataForSEO, its longest-running ads with Adspy.sh and its TikTok presence through ScrapeCreators. - For: Product, growth and app marketing teams - Providers: 3 (DataForSEO, Adspy.sh and ScrapeCreators), 6 tools - Example (One competitor app, its listing on both stores, 100 Google Play keywords, its brand and 20 ads, one TikTok search): at most $0.12, computed from the live catalog - Updated: 2026-10-10 ## Each provider does one part No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection and one prepaid balance. - **DataForSEO** (3 tools, at most $0.08): The app’s listings on both stores and the Google Play keywords it ranks for. - **Adspy.sh** (2 tools, at most $0.05): The app’s longest-running ads on Meta and Google. - **ScrapeCreators** (1 tool, at most $0.0019): TikToks about the app, with their views. ## Give this to your agent ```text Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: competitor app teardown. Tear down a competitor’s app. First ask me for its App Store and Google Play IDs, its name and my country. Read its listings with dataforseo/app-data-google-app-info and dataforseo/app-data-apple-app-info. List the Google Play keywords it ranks for with dataforseo/dataforseo-labs-google-keywords-for-app. Find it in the ad library with adspy/search-brands and read its longest-running ads with adspy/search-creatives. See how it shows up on TikTok with scrapecreators/get-v1-tiktok-search-keyword. Finish with its positioning, store keywords, growth channels, ad angles and creators, and what we should do differently. Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged. ``` ## You provide - The competitor’s App Store and Google Play IDs - Its name - Country ## What you get: an app teardown with what to do differently - Its positioning and store keywords - Its ad angles - How it grows on TikTok - What to do differently ## How to tear down a competitor’s app in Claude or ChatGPT Prices are the most each call can reserve for this example: One competitor app, its listing on both stores, 100 Google Play keywords, its brand and 20 ads, one TikTok search. ### 1. Read its listings DataForSEO reads the app’s Google Play and App Store listings; the results come back in a few minutes, and fetching them is free. - [Google Play app info](/tools/dataforseo/app-data-google-app-info.md) `dataforseo/app-data-google-app-info` (DataForSEO, 1 app): at most $0.0018 - [Google Play app info](/tools/dataforseo/app-data-google-app-info.md) `dataforseo/app-data-google-app-info` (DataForSEO, the results): free - [App Store app info](/tools/dataforseo/app-data-apple-app-info.md) `dataforseo/app-data-apple-app-info` (DataForSEO, 1 app): at most $0.0018 - [App Store app info](/tools/dataforseo/app-data-apple-app-info.md) `dataforseo/app-data-apple-app-info` (DataForSEO, the results): free ### 2. Read its store keywords DataForSEO Labs lists the hundred Google Play keywords the app ranks for. - [Google keywords for app](/tools/dataforseo/dataforseo-labs-google-keywords-for-app.md) `dataforseo/dataforseo-labs-google-keywords-for-app` (DataForSEO, 100 keywords): at most $0.08 ### 3. Read its ads Adspy.sh finds the brand and its twenty longest-running active ads. - [Find brands in the Adspy.sh ad library](/tools/adspy/search-brands.md) `adspy/search-brands` (Adspy.sh, 1 brand): at most $0.001 - [Search ad creatives on Meta, Google and TikTok](/tools/adspy/search-creatives.md) `adspy/search-creatives` (Adspy.sh, 20 ads): at most $0.04 ### 4. See it on TikTok ScrapeCreators returns the best-liked TikToks about the app, with their views. - [TikTok search by keyword](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-tiktok-search-keyword.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-tiktok-search-keyword` (ScrapeCreators, 1 search): at most $0.0019 ### 5. Write the teardown Your AI writes the teardown, the angles that work for them and what to do differently. Example total: at most $0.12. Each call is billed for measured usage; unused reservations are released. ## Ask it your way - Tear down this competitor’s app for me. - Which Google Play keywords does this app rank for? - Which ads does this app run to get installs? - How does this app grow on TikTok? ## Why through Agentik - Store data, ads and TikTok come from DataForSEO, Adspy.sh and ScrapeCreators through one connection. - The keyword lookup is most of the price; the whole example costs about twelve cents. ## Good to know - Adspy shows observed ads, never spend or installs. - App info tasks return results in a few minutes; fetching them is free. ## When to use something else For download and revenue estimates, use an app intelligence platform. This playbook reads positioning, keywords and ads from public sources. ## Competitor app teardown: questions ### Does it show downloads or revenue? No. Adspy.sh shows observed ads, never spend or installs, and store data shows positioning. ### Why TikTok? Many consumer apps grow through creator videos, which store data never shows. ### What does the example cost? At most $0.12, reserved before each call and settled at the measured usage. ## Keep going - [App Store keyword plan](/aso-keyword-plan.md): Your app’s listing, the App Store keywords it and its closest competitor rank for, the competing apps, and the “best app” articles people read, turned into a new title, subtitle and keyword field. - [App feedback digest](/app-feedback-digest.md): Your latest App Store and Google Play reviews with what people say on Reddit and X, sorted into bugs, feature requests and praise with counts and quotes. - [Competitor ad research](/competitor-ad-research.md): Their longest-running Meta and Google ads, why they work, where they send people, and how those offers changed. - [Advertising tools for your agent](/tools/advertising.md) - [SEO tools for your agent](/tools/seo.md) - [Social tools for your agent](/tools/social.md) [All playbooks](/playbooks.md) · [Connection guides](/docs/clients.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/competitor-app-teardown) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)