For indie developers
An app review tool for indie developers, priced honestly
Review Expert starts at $49/month ($39/month billed annually) for 2 apps. That's not nothing for a solo developer. Here's when it's worth it, and when a free or cheaper option is the better call.
14-day free trial · cancel anytime
Start with the free option you already have
If you ship one app and get a handful of reviews a week, App Store Connect and Play Console are free and do the basics: read reviews, filter them, reply. Both consoles have mobile apps too. Checking them once or twice a week is a perfectly good workflow, and you don't need us for it.
The consoles start to hurt when:
- you have an iOS and an Android app and keep forgetting to check one of them,
- you want Google Play reviews older than about a week without downloading monthly CSVs,
- you want reviews pushed to Slack or turned into Linear issues so bugs don't get lost,
- or a co-founder, contractor or support person needs access without full console permissions.
Cheaper alternatives, compared fairly
Prices are from each vendor's public pricing page. Check their site before deciding.
| Option | Price | Good for | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store Connect + Play Console | Free | Reading and replying, one store at a time | Two consoles, short Google Play API window, no routing |
| ReviewBot | $5 per Flow per month (billed annually); replies $10 per Flow per month | One app posting reviews to one Slack channel | Priced per app-to-destination flow; adds up as flows grow |
| AppFollow Free | $0 (2 apps, 7-day history) | Trying a review tool at no cost | Limited history on the free tier; paid tiers cost more |
| Appfigures | Starter: Free | Analytics and ASO, with reviews alongside | Review workflows are secondary to analytics |
| Review Expert Starter | $49/mo, or $39/mo billed annually | 2 apps, both stores, replies, history, Slack + Linear | No free plan; no ASO or competitor data |
When Review Expert is worth $39–$49 a month
You ship on both stores
One inbox for the iOS and Android versions, with a by-platform breakdown, synced roughly every 5 minutes.
You want the full Google Play picture
History from Play Console exports, not just the API's last week. See Google Play.
Reviews are your bug tracker
Route 1–2 star reviews mentioning "crash" or "login" to Linear and everything else to Slack.
Replying is part of your growth
Reply to both stores from one place. On the App Store, customers are notified of your response and may update their rating.
How to decide in a 14-day trial
- Connect both versions of your app on day one. The first sync imports your history.
- Add a Slack destination for 1–2 star reviews and a Linear destination for keyword matches.
- Reply to the backlog of unanswered reviews from one place and watch the response rate on the dashboard.
- At the end of the trial, ask: did I catch something I would have missed in the consoles? If not, cancel. No hard feelings.
Pay annually to get Starter at $39/month. If you outgrow 2 apps, Pro covers 4 apps for $149/month ($119 annually). Full pricing.
Not included yet
AI reply drafts, auto-replies and topic extraction are coming soon. If those are the main reason you want a tool, a product that ships them today may suit you better for now.
Frequently asked questions
No. Review Expert has a 14-day free trial and then starts at $49/month, or $39/month billed annually, on Starter. If you need a free option, App Store Connect and Play Console both let you read and reply to reviews at no cost.
2 apps, 5 team members, Slack and Linear destinations, replies to both stores, dashboards and review history, including older Google Play reviews from Play Console exports. A typical indie setup is one iOS app plus its Android version.
Probably. Alert bots that post reviews to Slack are cheaper for that single job. Review Expert makes more sense when you also want to reply from one place, keep history from both stores and see dashboards.
Yes. Billing is through Stripe and you can cancel anytime. Annual billing works out to about 20% less than monthly.
Not yet. AI reply drafts are coming soon. Today you write replies in Review Expert and they're posted to the App Store or Google Play.
Try it on your own apps for 14 days
Connect your iOS and Android app, set up Slack and Linear, and decide with real data. Cancel anytime.