Ver. 2026.8.0 - 10/03/2026

NEW

• Added a new view for configuring keyword filters
• Improved keyword update performance

FIX

• Fixed app crashes that occurred while the MCP Server was active
• Fixed an issue where keywords were not updated after reconnecting from an offline state

Ver. 2026.7.0 - 23/02/2026

NEW

• Astro now includes a built-in MCP server. Enable it in Preferences to connect Cursor, Visual Studio Code, or Claude Code directly to your Astro data — no additional installation required.

• Added a setting in Preferences to customize the username displayed in the feedback system (UserJot).

FIX

• Fixed an issue where ratings and suggestions were not downloaded the first time an app was added.

• Added a Home button to quickly return to the main screen, where you can find useful information and shortcuts.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Astro window to minimize after restarting the app.

• Fixed an issue where the suggestions window would close when clicking anywhere outside of it.

Ver. 2026.6.0 - 12/02/2026

NEW

• Search bar and ranking view windows now stay open when you switch to another app and return to Astro.

• Added a shortcut to open tags and filters. The full list of available shortcuts is now shown in the main view.

• Added a new filter to hide keywords with a specific tag.

• Tags are now sorted alphabetically.

• The chart view now has a button to share the chart on social media.

• The Add App and Apps in Ranking views now include a link to open Sensor Tower. (Sensor Tower data cannot be integrated directly into Astro without violating their terms and conditions.)

FIX

• Fixed a bug that caused the app to crash when translating too many keywords at once.

• Clicking the red (close) button now properly closes the Astro window.

• Control+click in the keywords view now opens the context menu.

Ver. 2026.5.0 - 06/02/2026

NEW

• Column position and width are now saved automatically.

• You can now reorder folders by dragging them.

• Added a new filter to filter keywords by position.

Ver. 2026.4.0 - 03/02/2026

NEW

• You can now reorder the columns in the keywords table however you like. Simply drag a column header to move it to your preferred position.

• Right-click on a column header to choose which columns to show or hide.

• You can now drag an app into a folder in the sidebar without having to right-click.

• In the “Add New Keywords” view, there is now a selector that lets you see the most searched keywords from other categories.

FIX

• The search bar text field is now cleared when switching apps.

• Fixed an issue where the “Add Keywords” and “Suggestions” buttons were displayed without text.

Ver. 2026.3.0 - 28/01/2026

NEW

• You can now share your keywords on social media directly from Astro! Select the keywords you want to share, right-click, and choose your preferred style!

• You can now clear notes from multiple keywords at once by selecting them and right-clicking “Clear Notes”.

• Windows now automatically close when clicking outside of them.

• You can now search not only through keywords but also within note text.

FIX

• Fixed a UI issue in the chart view that displayed position 1 twice on the Y-axis.

• Clicking “Load More Results” in the Apps in Ranking view now loads only new apps.

Ver. 2026.2.0

NEW

• Keyword filtering in Astro is now accent-agnostic. For example, typing “meteo” will also show keywords like “mèteo”, “météo”, and “méteo”.
• Right-clicking on an app icon now shows a context menu with an option to open the App Store link.
• Tags that can be added or removed from keywords are now filtered based on tags already added.
• You can now add an app to your list directly from the ranking list.
• App release dates have been added to main search bar.
• If your Astro license is active on another computer, the app now redirects you to a portal where you can deactivate the license yourself.

Ver. 2026.1.0

NEW

• Astro now uses UserJot for user feedback management.
• App links are now always opened with the default browser instead of the Mac App Store.
• Ratings for paused apps are no longer updated.

FIX

• Fixed a crash in the suggestion view.

Ver. 2025.15.2

FIX

• Performance improvements.

Ver. 2025.15.1

FIX

• This update resolves an issue related to a recent change on Apple servers.

Ver. 2025.15.0

NEW

• New UI for MacOS 26!

Ver. 2025.14.0

NEW

• When adding a keyword, you can now see a list of the most searched keywords in your app’s category
• UI Improvements

Ver. 2025.13.0

NEW

• Added a progress bar during ratings update
• Improved the average rating calculation to make it closer to ASC’s

Special thanks to Rok Gregorič for his contribution to this update.

Ver. 2025.12.1

FIX

• Fixed an issue where ranking change arrows might not be displayed
• Fixed an issue that could cause the suggestions view to show zero results under specific conditions

Ver. 2025.12.0

NEW

• New icon optimized for macOS 26!
• Performance improvements in the suggestion view: keywords now load progressively, showing only high-popularity keywords (score > 5) initially. All other keywords load on demand when you remove the popularity filter
• The difficulty value is now automatically updated whenever keywords are refreshed

FIX

• Fixed an issue that caused duplicate keywords to appear in the main view when adding them from the suggestion view

Ver. 2025.11.0

NEW

• The trial version of Astro now allows you to test all the features of the app.

Ver. 2025.10.0

NEW

• The keyword import and export functionality has been improved, now it’s also possible to export keywords from one store to import them into another.
• Interface improvements for macOS 26
• Added a progress bar for keyword updates
• Added the release date to the “Apps in Ranking” view

FIX

• Improvements in the charts UI
• Restored table filters for macOS 26 users

Ver. 2025.9.5

FIX

• Improvements in the keyword update process

Ver. 2025.9.0

NEW

• This release removes support for MacOS 12
• Improved keyword synchronization process.

Ver. 2025.8.0

NEW

• You can finally organize your apps in folders!

Ver. 2025.7.0

NEW

• Many of you have asked for it, finally on the main screen there is a button that allows you to start the keywords update manually.
• Added an option to decide whether to show the astro icon from the menu bar; by default it is set to false.

FIX

• Bug Fixing

Ver. 2025.6.1

FIX

• Resolved an issue that was causing the CPU to reach 100% on macOS 15.4 BETA

Ver. 2025.6.0

NEW

• From settings, you can now set the time after which keywords and ratings update will be performed.

FIX

• Performance improvements

Ver. 2025.5.1

FIX

• Fixed a bug that could crash the app when opening the app list in ranking
• Fixed a bug that showed the wrong app name in the suggestion view

Ver. 2025.5.0

NEW

• Added a button to Add the top 100 keywords in the suggestion view.
• Improved Tag View UI.
• Added a button to refresh keywords popularity (Popularity also updates automatically every 7 days).

FIX

• Fixed a bug that could lead to app duplication after updating its information
• Fixed an issue that prevented reopening the sidebar in settings

Ver. 2025.4.0

NEW

• Added filters for difficulty and popularity in suggestion view.

Ver. 2025.3.1

FIX

• Fixed a lag problem when typing in the search bar.
• Fixed an issue that did not show the correct amount of keywords within the view to select the store.

Ver. 2025.3.0

NEW

• Added a button to see competitors’ keywords directly in the ranking view.

FIX

• Fixed an issue that showed keywords already listed in the suggestion view
• Performance improvements

Ver. 2025.2.0

NEW

• The suggestions button is also available for temporary apps now!

Ver. 2025.1.0

NEW

• The suggestions button now allows you to see keywords from other apps too!
• Now you can also add an app using the app store url.
• Added a link to move the license to a new mac directly in the App settings.
• Added command + F shortcut to search through keywords.

FIX

• Fixed an issue that could disable Astro’s license.
• Fixed an issue that could interrupt app operation if kept open for multiple days.
• Fixed an update problem in the tag view.

Ver. 2024.12.0

NEW

• The pop-up showing the languages available in the store has been removed and is now found only within the country list.
• When entering the license, spaces at the beginning and end of the string are eliminated.
• Improvements in suggestion view UI
• If the user does not have the mail app set up now a message is shown showing the support email address.

Ver. 2024.11.0

NEW

• New UI for Tag View
• Added 20 New Countries, read more.

FIX

• Did anyone see a server error? NO? Ok, that’s good.

Ver. 2024.10.2

FIX

• Setted Minimum Deployments to macOS 12.4
• Restored change indication for ratings

Ver. 2024.10.0

NEW

• New UI for keywords view.
• New UI for Ratings view.
• New UI for note view.
• Now the competitors keywords view also shows the popularity of keywords, and automatically eliminates all those with popularity = 5

FIX

• Fixed a problem with Apple’s keychain

Special thanks to Kris Slazinski, Andriy Kachalo and Rob Swift for their help with this update, your attention to detail is a real inspiration.

Ver. 2024.9.3

FIX

• Corrected issues with adding keywords caused by a recent Apple infrastructure update.

Ver. 2024.9.2

FIX

• Keywords update process improvements and fix.

Ver. 2024.9.1

FIX

• Improvements in memory use
• Restored authentication only with email and app specific password

Ver. 2024.9.0 build: 148

NEW

• You can now keep Astro in the menu bar by hiding it from the dock

FIX

• Fixed an error when adding keywords from suggestion view.

Ver. 2024.8.0 build: 146

NEW

• New import features! Now you can easily import up to 1000 keywords from other ASO tools. Check out the Sample file.
• You can now add up to 100 keywords at a time via the Add Keywords button

FIX

• Fixed an issue when exporting keywords to CSV with notes that had more than one line.
• Fixed a bug that caused nothing to be shown in the column “Apps in ranking”.
• Fixed Apple Search Ads authentication issue

Ver. 2024.7.3 build: 143

NEW

• Information banners if closed with X will not be reopened.
• Added an error message in the suggestion view in case the user did not have the computer date and time set correctly (the correct time is required for authentication).

FIX

• Fixed a bug that did not allow using the function to extract competitors’ keywords and open the list of ranking apps.
• Fixed a synchronization issue with Astro’s cloud DB.
• Fixed a memory leak
• Fixed a bug that left keywords selected when switching applications