ASO Keyword Research for Productivity Apps
Find the todo, notes, and focus keywords worth ranking for.
Paste your todo, notes, calendar, focus, or planner app and get 50 ASO keyword ideas with demand, difficulty, and opportunity scores. Built for productivity teams who need to surface above Notion, Things, and TickTick on the keywords that actually drive downloads.
Find Keywords — FreePaste your App Store link. 50 keyword ideas. Live rank for each.
Keywords Productivity Apps typically rank for
A real ASO run on your app surfaces 50 ideas across these three buckets — plus your current rank for each.
Head terms
High demand, high difficulty — keyword-field weight, not title.
Long-tail
Specific intent — these are the rows you actually rank on.
Competitor-driven
What rivals already rank for — keyword-field only, never title.
How to read the results table
Three rows you'll typically see for Productivity Apps — and what each tells you.
Audience-modifier long-tails like this convert exceptionally well in productivity. Strong candidate for subtitle if your app actually addresses ADHD focus needs.
Apple Notes owns this. Don't spend title or subtitle weight here — put it in the keyword field and move on.
Workflow-specific term — the search intent is "I do this thing, I want an app for it". Easy first-page entry if your app supports the workflow.
Opportunity is what ties it all together — it's demand minus difficulty, with a bonus for keywords where you're already nearby (say, ranked #11–20). Sort by opportunity descending and the top rows are your shortlist.
Where each keyword goes in your store listing
The three fields Apple indexes — and which keyword type belongs in each.
Title (30 chars)
One core noun plus brand — e.g. "Tasks — GTD Todo List". Productivity users search the workflow, then the brand. Make both legible.
Subtitle (30 chars)
Lead with your strongest workflow long-tail — e.g. "Time Blocking & Weekly Reviews". Workflow phrases are highly indexed and signal exactly who the app is for.
Keyword field (100 chars)
Use 100 chars on adjacent methodologies and use cases: "gtd,pomodoro,timeblock,kanban,bujo,review,habit,focus,deepwork". Skip the head terms here — they're red on difficulty.
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Or type your app's name. Works for any public productivity apps listing — yours or a competitor's.
Get 50 ranked keywords
Demand, difficulty, opportunity, and your current rank. The opportunity column is your shortlist.
Update your listing
Title for one head term. Subtitle for your sharpest long-tail. Keyword field for the rest.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is "notes" basically impossible to rank for?
Apple's own Notes app is preinstalled on every iPhone, owns the brand, and has hundreds of millions of users contributing reviews. The result: every other notes app is fighting for #3 and below on a term where #3 still gets a small fraction of the install share. The tool surfaces this as red difficulty so you know to look one ring out — "markdown notes", "handwritten notes", "voice notes" — where you can actually win.
Are workflow keywords like "GTD" or "bullet journal" worth targeting?
Yes — they're usually the highest-opportunity rows for productivity apps. Lower absolute demand than "todo" or "notes", but the searchers know exactly what they want and convert at a much higher rate. The opportunity column in SnapMonk's ASO tool weights this in.
Should I rebrand around an ASO keyword I want to rank for?
Rarely worth it. A title swap loses your existing brand equity, ratings, and review count — all of which power your ranking in the first place. Instead, run ASO research, pick the single best head term, and put it next to your brand in the title rather than replacing it.
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