Turn app store searches into installs & paying players.

Our pricing is public and simple. Google Ads management is 10% of your ad budget with a $600-a-month minimum, and your full budget goes to media — no markup from us. ASO and SEO content run $50 a page, starting at 10 pages a month. If you need a new store landing page or website, custom websites are eight one-time packages from $1,500 to $20,000+ (see /websites for details). Setup is $0, everything is month-to-month with no contract, and a 30-day guarantee means if you're not happy, you don't pay. Tell us about your game and we'll send exact pricing in a free proposal within one business day.

If installs are expensive but players don't come back, your store listing isn't converting browsers into downloads, or growth still depends on one lucky feature or viral moment, yes — closing one of those leaks usually covers the fee. We handle the store listing, paid and organic acquisition, and live-ops messaging so your team can stay on the game. If installs are already growing and retaining on their own, keep that engine running.

It owns every channel that produces installs, retained players, and revenue. SearchPod builds your store listing and landing page, runs UA campaigns across Google, Meta, TikTok, and the major game ad networks, wins the genre and AI-search queries players use to find a game like yours, and sends the live-ops messaging that brings lapsed players back for the next update — one team, one funnel.

Look for proof they know games, not just apps: do they optimize for retention and payer conversion or just raw installs, can they trace an install to ROAS and LTV, and do they understand free-to-play versus premium funnels? Then check ownership — your store listing, ad accounts, and player data should stay in your name. Ask any candidate how they'd lift your Day-7 retention; a vague answer tells you everything.

UA campaigns usually produce the first installs within a few weeks, and creative testing keeps improving your cost per install from there. Rankings for genre and “best [type] game” searches take a few months to build, then keep compounding. Live-ops messaging starts lifting your Day-1 retention from week one — so revenue grows while organic catches up.

We run the whole funnel — store listing, UA, ASO, AI search, and live-ops messaging — so nothing falls between vendors, and we're judged on retained, paying players, not raw download counts. Pricing is public, contracts are month-to-month, and your store listing, ad accounts, analytics, and player data stay yours from day one.

Yes. We run store listing optimization, UA, and live-ops messaging for both the App Store and Google Play, tuned to how each platform actually ranks and converts — Apple's discovery leans editorial and curated, Google Play's leans keyword-and-algorithm driven. If you're only live on one platform today, we build the plan around that and add the other when you're ready.

Yes. Before we spend real budget on a wide launch, we run a soft launch in a small set of test markets to check cost per install, early retention, and monetization against your targets. If the numbers hold up, we scale UA into your full launch markets; if they don't, we fix the store listing, onboarding, or creative first — so you're not guessing with your full budget.

On retained, paying players — never raw download counts. We optimize the store listing and campaigns for installs that stick, then connect every install back to the campaign that produced it, so you can see your true cost per install, your Day-1/Day-7/Day-30 retention, and the ROAS behind each channel.

Yes. For free-to-play games we optimize UA and the store listing for volume, retention, and the path to a first purchase or ad view. For premium (paid) games we drive installs straight to the store purchase, where every install is a sale. Most studios run a hybrid across their portfolio, and we build the system around how each title actually makes money.

Yes. Everything lives in accounts your studio owns — App Store Connect, Google Play Console, ad accounts, analytics, and player data. We're month-to-month, and if you ever leave, it all simply stays where it is.

Yes. We work inside the attribution and UA stack you already use — AppsFlyer, Adjust, or another mobile measurement partner, plus networks like AppLovin, Unity Ads, and Meta — so every install and in-game event is tracked correctly and attribution stays clean from click to first purchase.