AppFollow vs. SurferSEO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppFollow
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
AppFollow in Helsiki offers their software for app store optimization (ASO), as well as replying to app user reviews and ratings.N/A
SurferSEO
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SurferSEO, from Polish company Surfer, is presented as a modern tool for SEOs and marketers for efficient and comprehensive on-page SEO optimization.N/A
Pricing
AppFollowSurferSEO
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppFollowSurferSEO
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
AppFollow
10.0
3 Ratings
27% above category average
SurferSEO
8.1
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Keyword analysis10.03 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Competitive analysis10.02 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Backlink management00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Page grader00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Site recommendations00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Task management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
AppFollow
9.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
SurferSEO
7.0
1 Ratings
7% below category average
Local SEO8.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Mobile SEO10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Global SEO9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
AppFollow
10.0
2 Ratings
17% above category average
SurferSEO
8.0
2 Ratings
5% below category average
Multi-domain support10.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools10.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
AppFollowSurferSEO
Small Businesses
Nozzle
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Nozzle
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Conductor
Conductor
Score 9.3 out of 10
Conductor
Conductor
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppFollowSurferSEO
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppFollowSurferSEO
Likelihood to Recommend
AppFollow
AppFollow is well suited if you only operate in a few app store countries and don't have a high volume of keywords that you are looking to rank for. This is, of course, the free plan. Besides that AppFollow is well suited for communication with other apps - they have an open API and other connections to a ton of third-party analytical tools.
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Surfer
Surfer is well suited for:
  • Creating (and resisting) articles and web pages to increase their SEO relevancy for a keyword.
  • To identify NLP terms and the frequency of terms to be added to the page
  • To find internal linking opportunities
  • To plan pillar pages/topic clusters
Surfer is not a tool for
  • Technical SEO
  • Crawl Audits
  • Serp / Keyword Tracking
  • Project Management
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Pros
AppFollow
  • Imports reviews to Zendesk.
  • Provides date specific reporting.
  • Allows you to quickly see positive and negative reviews.
  • Allows you to track how your responses are affecting your review score.
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Surfer
  • Analysis for on-page ranking factors
  • Competition analytics
  • NLP Analysis for webpage content
  • Content SEO scoring
  • Content editor with details about what to rank for
  • Plugin that helps with search data on Google
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Cons
AppFollow
  • Analytic tool for organic traffic
  • Add more countries
  • App Featuring for Google Play
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Surfer
  • Can improve their algorithm to serve better for technical articles
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Usability
AppFollow
No answers on this topic
Surfer
Because, I've been using this tool since many years and I haven't looked for any other tool when it comes to content optimization
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Support Rating
AppFollow
Fast and supportive feedback from support. They usually answer the same day. They have webinars and updates about new features for their clients.
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Surfer
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
AppFollow
While App Annie is extremely robust and pulls in data from acquisition channels, app stores, and elsewhere, it can be quite overwhelming at times. If you are looking for more simple and just keyword positioning then definitely look at AppFollow. Apart from the two platforms themselves, I've had numerous contact experiences with both AppFollow and App Annie. The winner is definitely AppFollow with a less aggressive approach and a higher willingness to go above and beyond to make sure all questions are answered. With App Annie I was bombarded with a ton of sleazy, sales emails to purchase their product.
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Surfer
Semrush's content and page optimisation tool is quite poor; it's not in the same bracket as Surfer. Frase is a good alternative from a cost perspective (if not paying the AI writing functions), it's cheaper, and Frase's keyword/topic heatmaps are quite unique. Sufer has a better UI and a shorter learning curve. It has an advantage in that it offers internal linking recommendations, which Frase lacks. Surfer also has limited competitor analysis (backlinks and page speed), which Frase does not. Both tools allow you to choose the number of competitors on the SERPS
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Return on Investment
AppFollow
  • Increased efficiency.
  • Allows us to respond to reviews faster.
  • Allows us to target negative reviews when an update is made.
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Surfer
  • SuferSEO has helped us rank in the top 10 for results that are over 1M in search volume
  • SurferSEO gives our team the ability to rank quicker than without the tool
  • SurferSEO helps us close prospects by showing them the depth of our analysis and knowledge.
  • SurferSEO makes our agency look and feel like a professional that knows what they are doing
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