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Apple Search Ads campaign strategy for indie developers — paid acquisition, keyword bidding, budget planning, and ROAS optimization. Use when user asks about running ads, paid user acquisition, or Apple Search Ads campaigns.
Apple Search Ads campaign strategy for indie developers — paid acquisition, keyword bidding, budget planning, and ROAS optimization. Use when user asks about running ads, paid user acquisition, or Apple Search Ads campaigns.
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Plan, launch, and optimize Apple Search Ads campaigns that deliver profitable user acquisition for indie apps.
Use this skill when the user:
Before recommending any campaign setup, verify these minimum thresholds. Running ads on an unoptimized listing burns money.
| Requirement | Threshold | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Organic downloads | 100+/month | Proves baseline demand exists |
| App Store page CVR | > 20% | Ads amplify your listing — a bad listing wastes spend |
| Screenshots | 5+ optimized | Paid traffic sees your product page first |
| Ratings | 3.5+ stars (or none) | Low ratings kill conversion from ads |
| Crash-free rate | > 99% | Crashes destroy ROAS through refunds and bad reviews |
| Monetization | Active | No point acquiring users you can't monetize |
If thresholds are not met:
keyword-optimizer skill)screenshot-planner and app-description-writer skills)Have 100+ organic downloads/month?
├── NO → Stop. Fix organic first.
└── YES → Is your product page CVR > 20%?
├── NO → Optimize listing first, then run ads.
└── YES → Ready for Apple Search Ads.
Apple Search Ads offers four placement types. Not all are useful for indie developers. All placements price as cost-per-tap on a second-price auction — you pay just above the next-highest bid, never your max — with no minimum spend, and daily budgets are adjustable anytime.
Stage 1: Search Results (exact match keywords)
↓ profitable?
Stage 2: Search Results (broad match for discovery)
↓ profitable?
Stage 3: Product Page (competitor audiences)
↓ profitable?
Stage 4: Search Tab (brand awareness)
Beyond acquisition, a low-budget broad-match discovery campaign is the cheapest source of Apple's official keyword popularity data and the real queries users type. Even if it never turns a profit, harvest the Search Terms report into your organic metadata — see keyword-optimizer advanced tactics (§14) for the quarterly routine.
1. Brand Keywords (Your App Name)
2. Category Keywords (Generic Terms)
3. Competitor Keywords (Rival App Names)
4. Discovery Keywords (Problem/Solution)
Paid conversions on a keyword lift that keyword's organic rank — Apple's algorithm reads them as conversion velocity. Two implications:
keyword-optimizer skill that you can't rank organically| Factor | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Relevance | High | Only bid on keywords your app genuinely serves |
| Search volume | Medium-High | Low volume = too few impressions to matter |
| Competition | Low-Medium | High competition = expensive CPT |
| Intent | Transactional | "best X app" > "what is X" |
| Stage | Daily Budget | Monthly Budget | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch (first 30 days) | $10-30/day | $300-900 | Discovery, keyword validation |
| Growth (months 2-6) | $50-100/day | $1,500-3,000 | Scale winners, cut losers |
| Scale (6+ months) | $100+/day | $3,000+ | Maximize profitable keywords |
Total: $20/day example
Search Results (Exact Match): $12/day (60%)
→ 10-15 carefully chosen keywords
→ Focus on category + discovery keywords
Search Results (Broad Match): $5/day (25%)
→ 3-5 broad terms for keyword discovery
→ Mine Search Terms report weekly for new exact match targets
Product Page Ads: $3/day (15%)
→ Target 2-3 competitor categories
→ Test which audiences convert
These are approximate ranges for the US market. Actual CPT varies by competition and keyword.
| Category | Low CPT | Median CPT | High CPT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utilities | $0.30 | $0.80 | $2.00 |
| Productivity | $0.50 | $1.50 | $4.00 |
| Health & Fitness | $0.60 | $1.80 | $5.00 |
| Finance | $1.00 | $3.00 | $8.00 |
| Games (Casual) | $0.20 | $0.60 | $1.50 |
| Games (Mid-core) | $0.50 | $1.50 | $4.00 |
| Education | $0.40 | $1.20 | $3.00 |
| Photo & Video | $0.30 | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| Social | $0.40 | $1.20 | $3.50 |
| Shopping | $0.50 | $1.50 | $4.00 |
Starting bids:
Raise bids when:
Lower bids when:
Pause keywords when:
Apple Search Ads supports linking ad groups to Custom Product Pages (CPPs) for tailored messaging.
| Scenario | CPP Strategy |
|---|---|
| Competitor keywords | Highlight advantages over that competitor |
| Feature keywords | Show the specific feature being searched |
| Audience segments | Different messaging for students vs. professionals |
| Seasonal campaigns | Holiday or event-themed screenshots/descriptions |
Every exact-match ad group should point to a CPP whose first screenshots match that keyword's intent — 35 CPP slots is enough for every major keyword theme. A user searching "habit tracker" who lands on habit-first screenshots taps through and converts measurably better than one landing on your default page.
Use the generators/custom-product-pages skill for CPP metadata and strategy.
CAMPAIGN: [App Name] - Search Results
├── AD GROUP: Brand Defense
│ ├── Keywords: [your app name], [your app name + category]
│ ├── Match: Exact
│ ├── CPP: Default product page
│ └── Budget: 10% of campaign
│
├── AD GROUP: Category - Core
│ ├── Keywords: [top 10 category terms, exact match]
│ ├── Match: Exact
│ ├── CPP: Feature-focused product page
│ └── Budget: 40% of campaign
│
├── AD GROUP: Category - Discovery
│ ├── Keywords: [5 broad category terms]
│ ├── Match: Broad
│ ├── Negative keywords: [brand terms, irrelevant terms]
│ ├── CPP: Default product page
│ └── Budget: 20% of campaign
│
├── AD GROUP: Competitor
│ ├── Keywords: [competitor app names]
│ ├── Match: Exact
│ ├── CPP: Comparison-focused product page
│ └── Budget: 15% of campaign
│
└── AD GROUP: Problem/Solution
├── Keywords: [pain point searches]
├── Match: Exact
├── CPP: Problem-solution product page
└── Budget: 15% of campaign
CAMPAI
name: apple-search-ads description: Apple Search Ads campaign strategy for indie developers — paid acquisition, keyword bidding, budget planning, and ROAS optimization. Use when user asks about running ads, paid user acquisition, or Apple Search Ads campaigns. allowed-tools: [Read, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion, WebSearch] last_verified: 2026-07-16 review_by: 2027-06-22
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description: Apple Search Ads campaign strategy for indie developers — paid acquisition, keyword bidding, budget planning, and ROAS optimization. Use when user asks about running ads, paid user acquisition, or Apple Search Ads campaigns.
allowed-tools: [Read, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion, WebSearch]
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# Apple Search Ads for Indie Developers
Plan, launch, and optimize Apple Search Ads campaigns that deliver profitable user acquisition for indie apps.
## When This Skill Activates
Use this skill when the user:
- Asks about paid user acquisition or running ads for their app
- Mentions "Apple Search Ads", "Search Ads", or "ASA"
- Wants to set up ad campaigns in the App Store
- Asks about keyword bidding, CPT, or CPA optimization
- Needs help with campaign structure or budget allocation
- Wants to understand if paid acquisition makes sense for their app
- Asks how to complement ASO with paid promotion
## Pre-Requisite Check: Are You Ready for Ads?
Before recommending any campaign setup, verify these minimum thresholds. Running ads on an unoptimized listing burns money.
### Minimum Thresholds
| Requirement | Threshold | Why |
|-------------|-----------|-----|
| Organic downloads | 100+/month | Proves baseline demand exists |
| App Store page CVR | > 20% | Ads amplify your listing — a bad listing wastes spend |
| Screenshots | 5+ optimized | Paid traffic sees your product page first |
| Ratings | 3.5+ stars (or none) | Low ratings kill conversion from ads |
| Crash-free rate | > 99% | Crashes destroy ROAS through refunds and bad reviews |
| Monetization | Active | No point acquiring users you can't monetize |
**If thresholds are not met:**
- Focus on organic ASO first (use `keyword-optimizer` skill)
- Fix product page conversion (use `screenshot-planner` and `app-description-writer` skills)
- Improve app quality and ratings before spending on acquisition
### Readiness Decision
```
Have 100+ organic downloads/month?
├── NO → Stop. Fix organic first.
└── YES → Is your product page CVR > 20%?
├── NO → Optimize listing first, then run ads.
└── YES → Ready for Apple Search Ads.
```
## Campaign Types
Apple Search Ads offers four placement types. Not all are useful for indie developers. All placements price as **cost-per-tap on a second-price auction** — you pay just above the next-highest bid, never your max — with **no minimum spend**, and daily budgets are adjustable anytime.
### Search Results (Recommended Starting Point)
- **Where**: Top of search results when users search specific keywords
- **Targeting**: Keyword-based (exact match or broad match)
- **Cost model**: Cost Per Tap (CPT)
- **Best for**: High-intent users actively looking for your category
- **Indie priority**: Start here. This is where you get the most control and best ROAS.
### Search Tab
- **Where**: Top of the Search tab before user types anything
- **Targeting**: Audience-based (demographics, customer type)
- **Cost model**: Cost Per Tap (CPT)
- **Best for**: Brand awareness and discovery
- **Indie priority**: Use after Search Results campaigns are profitable. Good for launch visibility.
### Today Tab
- **Where**: Today tab in the App Store
- **Targeting**: Audience-based
- **Cost model**: Cost Per Tap (CPT)
- **Requirements**: Ads always come from a Custom Product Page with **≥4 portrait or ≥5 landscape assets**, and undergo a separate creative review
- **Best for**: Mass awareness, seasonal pushes
- **Indie priority**: Usually too expensive for indie budgets. Skip unless budget allows $500+/day.
### Product Page (You Might Also Like)
- **Where**: "You Might Also Like" section on other apps' product pages
- **Targeting**: Audience and category-based
- **Cost model**: Cost Per Tap (CPT)
- **Best for**: Reaching users browsing competitor or related apps
- **Indie priority**: Good second campaign after Search Results. Lower intent but can find relevant users.
### Recommended Progression for Indie Developers
```
Stage 1: Search Results (exact match keywords)
↓ profitable?
Stage 2: Search Results (broad match for discovery)
↓ profitable?
Stage 3: Product Page (competitor audiences)
↓ profitable?
Stage 4: Search Tab (brand awareness)
```
### Discovery Campaigns as Keyword Research
Beyond acquisition, a low-budget broad-match discovery campaign is the cheapest source of Apple's official keyword popularity data and the real queries users type. Even if it never turns a profit, harvest the Search Terms report into your organic metadata — see `keyword-optimizer` advanced tactics (§14) for the quarterly routine.
## Keyword Strategy
### Keyword Categories
**1. Brand Keywords (Your App Name)**
- Bid on these ONLY if competitors are bidding on your name
- Check by searching your app name — if a competitor appears above you, bid
- Otherwise, save the budget; you already rank #1 organically
**2. Category Keywords (Generic Terms)**
- Examples: "todo app", "weather radar", "habit tracker"
- High volume, high competition, expensive
- Target long-tail variants: "simple todo app", "habit tracker no account"
- These are your bread and butter for growth
**3. Competitor Keywords (Rival App Names)**
- Legal and common practice in Apple Search Ads
- Lower conversion (users wanted the other app) but can be effective
- Best when your app has a clear advantage over that competitor
- Use Custom Product Pages to message directly against competitors
**4. Discovery Keywords (Problem/Solution)**
- Examples: "stop procrastinating", "save money automatically", "focus while studying"
- Lower volume but very high intent
- Often cheapest CPT because few advertisers target them
- Excellent ROAS potential
### The ASA → Organic Halo
Paid conversions on a keyword lift that keyword's **organic** rank — Apple's algorithm reads them as conversion velocity. Two implications:
- Run exact-match campaigns on your target organic terms to accelerate ranking while metadata changes take hold
- Always defend your brand term once competitors bid on it — brand CPAs are the cheapest in your account, and losing the top slot bleeds organic installs too
### Keyword Research Process
1. **Start with brainstorming** — List 50+ terms a user might search
2. **Use Search Ads keyword suggestions** — Apple provides recommendations in the campaign manager
3. **Mine your ASO research** — Keywords from `keyword-optimizer` skill that you can't rank organically
4. **Check autocomplete** — Type partial queries in the App Store
5. **Analyze competitors** — What keywords trigger their ads?
6. **Use Search Ads intelligence tools** — SearchAds.com, SplitMetrics Acquire, AppTweak
### Keyword Selection Criteria
| Factor | Target | Notes |
|--------|--------|-------|
| Relevance | High | Only bid on keywords your app genuinely serves |
| Search volume | Medium-High | Low volume = too few impressions to matter |
| Competition | Low-Medium | High competition = expensive CPT |
| Intent | Transactional | "best X app" > "what is X" |
## Budget Planning
### Budget by App Stage
| Stage | Daily Budget | Monthly Budget | Strategy |
|-------|-------------|----------------|----------|
| **Launch** (first 30 days) | $10-30/day | $300-900 | Discovery, keyword validation |
| **Growth** (months 2-6) | $50-100/day | $1,500-3,000 | Scale winners, cut losers |
| **Scale** (6+ months) | $100+/day | $3,000+ | Maximize profitable keywords |
### Launch Budget Allocation
```
Total: $20/day example
Search Results (Exact Match): $12/day (60%)
→ 10-15 carefully chosen keywords
→ Focus on category + discovery keywords
Search Results (Broad Match): $5/day (25%)
→ 3-5 broad terms for keyword discovery
→ Mine Search Terms report weekly for new exact match targets
Product Page Ads: $3/day (15%)
→ Target 2-3 competitor categories
→ Test which audiences convert
```
### When to Increase Budget
- ROAS > 1.5x target → Increase budget 20-30%
- High impression share on profitable keywords → Increase bid, not budget
- Discovered new profitable keyword clusters → Add budget for new ad groups
### When to Decrease Budget
- ROAS < 0.5x target for 7+ days → Pause or reduce
- CPT climbing with flat CVR → Market is getting competitive, reassess
- Seasonal dip in your category → Reduce and wait
## Bid Optimization
### CPT Benchmarks by Category
These are approximate ranges for the US market. Actual CPT varies by competition and keyword.
| Category | Low CPT | Median CPT | High CPT |
|----------|---------|------------|----------|
| Utilities | $0.30 | $0.80 | $2.00 |
| Productivity | $0.50 | $1.50 | $4.00 |
| Health & Fitness | $0.60 | $1.80 | $5.00 |
| Finance | $1.00 | $3.00 | $8.00 |
| Games (Casual) | $0.20 | $0.60 | $1.50 |
| Games (Mid-core) | $0.50 | $1.50 | $4.00 |
| Education | $0.40 | $1.20 | $3.00 |
| Photo & Video | $0.30 | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| Social | $0.40 | $1.20 | $3.50 |
| Shopping | $0.50 | $1.50 | $4.00 |
### Bid Strategy
**Starting bids:**
- Set initial bids at the median CPT for your category
- Let campaigns run for 3-5 days before adjusting
- Need at least 100 impressions per keyword to evaluate
**Raise bids when:**
- Impression share is low on a profitable keyword (you're being outbid)
- CVR is high but volume is low (more taps would mean more installs)
- ROAS is well above target (room to pay more per user)
**Lower bids when:**
- CPT is above your CPA target and CVR is average
- Impressions are high but TTR is low (keyword may not be relevant)
- ROAS is negative after 7+ days of data
**Pause keywords when:**
- 1000+ impressions, zero installs
- CPA is 3x+ your target after 14 days
- Keyword is clearly irrelevant (check Search Terms report)
## Custom Product Pages Integration
Apple Search Ads supports linking ad groups to Custom Product Pages (CPPs) for tailored messaging.
### When to Use CPPs with Ads
| Scenario | CPP Strategy |
|----------|-------------|
| Competitor keywords | Highlight advantages over that competitor |
| Feature keywords | Show the specific feature being searched |
| Audience segments | Different messaging for students vs. professionals |
| Seasonal campaigns | Holiday or event-themed screenshots/descriptions |
### The Pairing Rule
Every exact-match ad group should point to a CPP whose **first screenshots match that keyword's intent** — 35 CPP slots is enough for every major keyword theme. A user searching "habit tracker" who lands on habit-first screenshots taps through and converts measurably better than one landing on your default page.
### CPP Setup for Ads
1. Create Custom Product Pages in App Store Connect (max 35)
2. Design screenshots and promotional text for each audience
3. In Search Ads, create separate ad groups per CPP
4. Assign relevant keywords to each ad group
5. Monitor CVR per CPP to see which messaging converts best
Use the `generators/custom-product-pages` skill for CPP metadata and strategy.
## Campaign Structure Template
### Recommended Organization
```
CAMPAIGN: [App Name] - Search Results
├── AD GROUP: Brand Defense
│ ├── Keywords: [your app name], [your app name + category]
│ ├── Match: Exact
│ ├── CPP: Default product page
│ └── Budget: 10% of campaign
│
├── AD GROUP: Category - Core
│ ├── Keywords: [top 10 category terms, exact match]
│ ├── Match: Exact
│ ├── CPP: Feature-focused product page
│ └── Budget: 40% of campaign
│
├── AD GROUP: Category - Discovery
│ ├── Keywords: [5 broad category terms]
│ ├── Match: Broad
│ ├── Negative keywords: [brand terms, irrelevant terms]
│ ├── CPP: Default product page
│ └── Budget: 20% of campaign
│
├── AD GROUP: Competitor
│ ├── Keywords: [competitor app names]
│ ├── Match: Exact
│ ├── CPP: Comparison-focused product page
│ └── Budget: 15% of campaign
│
└── AD GROUP: Problem/Solution
├── Keywords: [pain point searches]
├── Match: Exact
├── CPP: Problem-solution product page
└── Budget: 15% of campaign
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82/100
Needs review
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