Hive Explorer, screen by screen

Set up Explorer

Setup asks three things, and you can skip any of them:

• Your market: up to five storefronts, up to three categories and the chart you follow.
• First watchlist: the top 20 of that chart, with eight apps already ticked.
• Alerts: how often you hear about changes, by email or in Slack.

Every screen then shares one bar: storefront, chart (Top free, Top paid, Top grossing or iPad) and category.

Market pulse

The first screen: what moved in your market this week.

• Four cards: moves this week, new entrants in the last 7 days, the biggest riser and watchlist events in the last 24 hours. Each card opens its screen.
• The biggest moves of the last 7 days, with the rank now, the rank a week ago and the publisher.
• A map of six storefronts and seven categories, yours first, shows where the market is moving. A cell opens Category trends.

Top charts

The top 100 of the chart you picked, as of its latest day.

• Compare each rank with 1, 7 or 30 days ago.
• Search the list, select apps and add them to a watchlist.
• Export the list as CSV or XLSX.

Category trends

Who rose, fell, entered or left a chart over 7, 30 or 90 days.

• Four tabs, each with its count: rising, falling, entered and left.
• With all categories selected, a bar chart shows each category's moves up and down; a bar filters to that category.
• Watch or export any of the rows.

New entrants

Apps seen on a chart for the first time in the last 7 or 30 days, in this storefront or in all of them.

• Each row shows the first-seen day, where, the entry rank, the chart and the publisher.
• When some days in the window are missing, the screen says how many days it covers.
• Save the view as a search in App finder, watch the apps or export them.

App finder

Find apps by what they are rather than by name.

• Filter by category, storefront, release date, best chart rank, monthly revenue, monthly downloads, 30-day growth, chart, publisher or a word in the name.
• Ready searches get you started: released in the last 30 days, top 50 grossing, grew 25% or more in 30 days, over $10K a month.
• Save up to 25 searches and get an alert when new apps match.

Publisher lookup

Everything one publisher has on the charts.

• Start from one of their apps, or paste a developer link or ID.
• Each app shows the day and storefront where it was first seen; one tap opens its keywords in Keyword spy.
• Watch all of their apps in one list, or export them.

Keyword spy

The keywords any app ranks for in a storefront.

• For each keyword: the app's rank, popularity, difficulty and change, and whether you already track it.
• Compare up to 5 apps side by side to see which keywords each one ranks for and which it misses.
• There is no monthly count: look at as many apps as you need.

Keyword research

Research a keyword in any country before you use it.

• Popularity and how it changed, monthly searches, difficulty and how many apps compete.
• Suggestions around the keyword, in suggestion order or with popular and easy ones first.
• Compare up to five countries, save ideas to a list and export them as CSV.

Watchlists

Up to 10 lists of 50 apps each.

• A timeline of every change: chart entries and exits, rank moves, price, name, subtitle, description, screenshots, version, new storefronts and new apps.
• Add apps by search, or paste app IDs or links.
• Share a list with your workspace.

Alerts

One alert rule per watchlist.

• Alerts go to email, Slack, Telegram or a webhook.
• Get them instantly, as a daily or weekly digest, or only for big moves. You set the smallest rank move that counts (20 by default).
• Every alert sent is listed under the rules.

Exports

Download any Explorer view as CSV or XLSX.

• Up to 10,000 rows per export and 50 exports a day.
• Run an export once, or every week or month to a list of email addresses.
• Download links last 7 days.

Account

Your Explorer subscription in one place.

• Seats: 3 included, more can be added up to 10, and invites can be limited to your domain.
• API and MCP credits: what's included, what each one used and any top-up balance.
• History: how far back the charts go, with the first day shown.

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