# The ASO tool for Windows: App Store and Google Play on your PC Source: https://asorocket.app/aso-tool-for-windows asorocket is a native Windows app for App Store Optimization. You do not need a Mac to work on an iOS app’s keywords: it reads App Store rankings in all 175 storefronts and Google Play rankings per country, researches keywords, follows competitors and checks and publishes listings to App Store Connect and Google Play Console, all from a PC, with the data kept on that PC. ## Native builds for Windows Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. - **Installer (.exe)**: One installer for Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. Download: https://asorocket.app/download/windows ## Installing on Windows Download the installer, run it and open asorocket from the Start menu. The guided setup takes about two minutes: pick your App Store and Google Play storefronts, find your app, keep the competitors asorocket suggests and tick a few keywords. No account, no sign-in. Everything an iOS developer does in asorocket works on Windows, including publishing to App Store Connect, because the app talks to Apple’s APIs with your own key rather than through Xcode or a Mac. Apple’s App Store Connect key is created in your browser and pasted into Settings. ## Updates on Windows Updates arrive in the background and install on restart, the same way on every system ([how updates work](https://asorocket.app/faq#setup)). On Windows the update runs the same installer you started with, quietly and without the setup wizard, so an update never asks for a folder or a Start menu entry again. The download link on this page always serves the newest installer. ## Where your data lives on Windows Everything asorocket collects is one SQLite database in the app’s data folder under your user profile. Nothing is uploaded to asorocket. Settings opens the folder and saves a backup, and the database is an ordinary file for File History or any other backup you run. API keys and webhook addresses are encrypted with DPAPI, Windows’ built-in data protection, so only your Windows account can read them. They are left out of backups and never synced between computers. ## The system tray, startup and background work The daily refresh runs while asorocket runs. Close the window and it can stay in the system tray, still refreshing, still sending alerts to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord or a webhook. Turn on Open at login in Settings › Data refresh and it starts quietly with Windows and makes scheduled client reports without opening a window. Quit during a bulk research run and asorocket keeps working from the tray, then quits by itself when the run finishes. Like any desktop app, it collects nothing while the PC is asleep and catches up when it wakes. ## What a desktop app does for ASO on Windows Three things that matter on a PC: publish a checked App Store listing without a Mac, get what-changed alerts in Microsoft Teams or Slack from an app in the tray, and give Claude Desktop or Cursor on the same PC a set of ASO tools. - [Publish to App Store Connect](https://asorocket.app/features/publish-to-app-store-connect): Push a checked draft into the version you’re preparing, after a careful review screen. - [Alerts in Slack, Teams and Discord](https://asorocket.app/features/alerts-slack-teams-webhooks): What changed, sent to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord or a webhook, filtered per app. - [ASO MCP server](https://asorocket.app/features/mcp-aso-tools): 29 ASO tools and 5 workflow prompts for Claude, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf. ## Questions ### Can I do App Store Optimization for an iOS app from Windows? Yes. Rankings, research, competitors and the Metadata lab need no Mac, and with an App Store Connect key you can read your hidden keyword field and publish a checked draft from the PC. Only Xcode and submitting a build still need a Mac, and asorocket does neither. ### Does asorocket run on Windows 10? Yes, on 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11. There is one installer for both. ### Which AI assistants work with it on Windows? Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf, through asorocket’s [MCP server](https://asorocket.app/features/mcp-aso-tools) with 29 tools. The assistant talks to the app over a local socket protected by a token only your Windows account can read. ## Desktop ASO apps compared The other ASO tools that run as a desktop app, Astro, ASO.dev and AppSprint, run only on macOS, so on Windows asorocket is the desktop option and the rest run in the browser. These comparisons show what each Mac app does differently; the [comparison pages](https://asorocket.app/compare) cover the web tools too, with prices from their own pricing pages. - [How asorocket compares with other ASO tools](https://asorocket.app/compare) - [asorocket vs Astro](https://asorocket.app/compare/asorocket-vs-astro): A native Mac app for iOS keyword research and rank tracking, at a flat yearly price. - [asorocket vs ASO.dev](https://asorocket.app/compare/asorocket-vs-aso-dev): A Mac and iOS App Store Connect client for metadata, releases and reviews, with keyword tracking from its Indie plan. - [asorocket vs AppSprint](https://asorocket.app/compare/asorocket-vs-appsprint): A native Mac app for App Store keywords, competitor estimates and Apple Ads, at a flat yearly price.