Robokana ASO Case Study – Increase in Impressions and Installs with Thoughtful ASO

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Sector:
Education
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Published:
March 29, 2022
Team:
Team RadASO
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Results: App showed an increase of + 180-200 impressions per day and +30-40 installs.

The Client

Robokana is a handy app for Japanese language learners. This interactive tutorial-based app helps users to learn the Japanese alphabets and symbols of kana and kanji.

The Challenge

Our goal was to identify new growth points for the app. In the "Education" category of apps, the main source of traffic is often organic. Therefore, it is not surprising that the client chose App Store Optimization since the purpose of the Robokana tool is to attract free users. Initially, a decision was made on a one-time iteration for 13 locales: English (Australia), English (UK), English (US), French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Catalan, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified).

The Solution

First of all, we conducted competitor analysis. Based on the number of installs and income of competitors in the niche, we decided on the key locales that were in need of optimization. Then, we gathered the most extensive semantic core and compiled new text metadata. With the help of cross-locales (remember, there are 5 locales in the USA), we managed to account for most of the important keywords.

The Results

Thanks to the new and improved keyword positions after metadata release, it was possible to increase both impressions and installs. According to our calculations, the increase comprised of an additional 180-200 impressions per day and 30-40 installs per day. This estimate includes keywords for which changes were made in the metadata.

Dynamics of the app impressions for the last month and a half. Impressions (Search) and Units (Organic):

Graph of impressions and installations:

Campaign
Expenditure
Impressions
Taps
Installs
TTR
CR
Installs/Impr
Avg CPT
Avg CPA
Common term
-65.64%
-49.85%
-64.01%
-63.52%
-1.69%
0.81%
-0.98%
-5.13%
-6.06%
Data collection
-44.45%
-29.55%
-44.22%
-50.2%
-0.7%
-6.39%
-0.6%
0%
11.65%
Competitors brand
98.56%
80.41%
103.76%
92.01%
0.38%
-3.58%
0.12%
-2.38%
2.94%
Our brand
21.39%
23.01%
33.84%
32.65%
3.14%
-0.72%
2.27%
-8.33%
-6.82%
Discovery
-100%
-100%
-100%
-100%
-3.61%
-30.16%
-1.09%
-100%
-100%
Total
-0.6%
7.92%
11.72%
12.3%
0.2%
0.35%
0.16%
-11.36%
-12.31%
Group
Spend, $ %
Impressions %
Taps %
Installs %
Installs/Impr October, %
Installs/Impr November, %
Installs/Impr %
Avg CPT, $ %
Avg CPA, $ %
Competitor 1
42,98
83,11
63,3
50,48
3,74
3,08
-0,66
-12,2
-5,66
Common term
3,26
-3,73
3,92
26,67
0,57
0,75
0,18
0
-18,8
Competitors brand
120,26
59,82
47,02
0
0,49
0,31
-0,18
47,37
119,4
Data collection
15,12
-0,55
0,36
73,33
0,5
0,86
0,36
13,73
-33,51
Competitor 2
0,27
13,2
8,47
10,11
1,12
1,09
-0,03
-6,56
-9,02
Competitor 3
21,51
-2,06
-6,67
-8,33
0,43
0,4
-0,03
32
32,95
Our brand
3 575,62
3 646,79
3 544,9
3 553,66
37,61
36,68
-0,93
0
0
Competitor 4
-29,36
-35,77
-24,07
-33,7
0,61
0,63
0,02
-7,46
6,25
Relevant Competitors
69,42
26,03
51,35
48,95
6,3
7,45
1,15
12,2
14,29
Competitor 5
32,21
17,63
57,48
53,16
1,71
2,23
0,51
-15,71
-13,77
Competitor 6
-9,31
9,42
22,92
17,89
5,3
5,71
0,41
-27,08
-23,44
Total
33,96%
13,44%
87,29%
127,08%
1,36%
2,73%
1,37%
-29,09%
-40,74%
Custom region
Impressions
Units
1/7/2021 - 1/15/2021
1/16/2021 - 1/24/2021
Change
%
MoM
1/7/2021 - 1/15/2021
1/16/2021 - 1/24/2021
Change
%
MoM
United States
12 970
39 436
26 466
204 %
88 220
1 116
1 904
788
71 %
2 627
UK + Ireland
8 731
10 197
1 466
17 %
4 887
438
462
24
5 %
80
Germany + AT + CH + LU
1 974
6 235
4 261
216 %
14 203
203
291
88
43 %
293
France
1 500
4 390
2 890
193 %
9 633
182
237
55
30 %
183
Netherlands / Belgium
1 593
3 599
2 006
126 %
6 687
159
201
42
26 %
140
Ukraine
697
4 010
3 313
475 %
11 043
85
189
104
122 %
347
Canada
2 569
3 614
1 045
41 %
3 483
145
178
33
23 %
110
Northern Europe
1 273
2 024
751
59 %
2 503
117
175
58
50 %
193
Australia + NZ
1 754
3 324
1 570
90 %
5 233
137
160
23
17 %
77
Vietnam
352
2 712
2 360
670 %
7 867
32
144
112
350 %
373
Thailand
679
2 016
1 337
197 %
4 457
57
142
85
149 %
283
Arabic World
268
1 745
1 477
551 %
4 923
40
119
79
198 %
263
Spain
844
2 058
1 214
144 %
4 047
78
108
30
38 %
100
Eastern Europe
458
1 070
612
134 %
2 040
63
95
32
51 %
107
Italy
826
2 145
1 319
160 %
4 397
77
94
17
22 %
57
Turkey
338
2 309
1 971
583 %
6 570
34
87
53
156 %
177
Rest of World
426
1 457
1 031
242 %
3 437
48
81
33
69 %
110
Japan
553
5 113
4 560
825 %
15 200
18
80
62
344 %
207
India
234
1 169
935
400 %
3 117
15
75
60
400 %
200
Brazil
294
1 332
1 038
353 %
3 460
34
67
33
97 %
110
Hispanic America
318
784
466
147 %
1 553
42
51
9
21 %
30
Indonesia
206
525
319
155 %
1 063
20
41
21
105 %
70
Korea (South)
308
2 055
1 747
567 %
5 823
22
36
14
64 %
47
Malaysia
119
663
544
457 %
1 813
11
27
16
145 %
53
Taiwan + HK + Macau
145
532
387
267 %
1 290
9
24
15
167 %
50
Rest of Europe
82
287
205
250 %
683
12
22
10
83 %
33
Portugal
17
273
256
1 506 %
853
2
18
16
800 %
53
Israel
23
120
97
422 %
323
3
9
6
200 %
20
China / Singapore
78
134
56
72 %
187
6
7
1
17 %
3
Total
39 629
105 328
65 699
166 %
218 997
3 205
5 124
1 919
60 %
6 397

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