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Creating and Managing Alerts

Alerts are a great way to stay in the loop without having to constantly look at your reports. You tell us what you're interested in, and we'll send you an email or Slack message.


Your account comes built in with alerts, one for your own apps and some for competitors you're tracking, which means you don't have to set up anything yourself. Of course, you can also customize your alerts by selecting specific apps or countries on your Alert Management page.


Alerts for personal apps:

  • Sales Summary
  • Reviews
  • Category Ranks
  • ASO
  • Featured


Alerts for competitor apps:

  • Reviews
  • Category Ranks
  • ASO
  • Featured
  • Competitor


Creating an Alert

Connecting to Slack

Setting Up a Reviews Alert

Setting Up a Category Ranks Alert

Setting Up a Featured Alert

Setting Up a Sales Summary Alert

Setting Up an ASO alert

Setting Up a Competitor Alert

Frequently Asked Questions


Creating an Alert


Alerts are available starting in Monitor and above, and are based on the features available in your plan.


  1. Log in to your Appfigures account
  2. Head into the Alerts Hub
  3. Click on +Add alert 
  4. Select filters to apply
  5. Click Create alert


Connecting to Slack


  1. Click Link Slack account.
  2. If you're not logged into Slack, you'll first need to log in with your Slack credentials (we can't see your Slack credentials, and will never ask for them directly).
  3. Select your team.
  4. Click Authorize to close the pop-up and continue setting up your Alert.
  5. Select the channel you'd like the Alert sent to. We currently support public and private channels and will soon be adding support for direct messages.
  6. Click Create


Setting Up a Reviews Alert


Reading reviews is a great way to keep a finger on the pulse of your app and learn what your users want, what's broken, and maybe even find a few good quotes for your marketing site.


The reviews report makes reading reviews very easy, and alerts make it even easier by coming directly into your inbox automatically!


  1. Log into your Appfigures account → Reviews (or the Alerts Hub)
  2. Select the app(s) you want to get reviews for.
  3. Apply filters to control which reviews you want in Slack. You can filter by: keyword, country, or number of stars. Or don't apply any and we'll send all new reviews.
  4. Select the language you want your reviews to be automatically translated into
  5. Setup's done, let's make the Alert - Click Create an alert at the top of the report.
  6. Select the frequency. As soon as possible means that we'll send an alert as soon as we see new reviews. Daily Alerts are sent around 8pm EST.


Setting Up a Category Ranks Alert


Appfigures scans the App Store's and Google Play's top charts hourly and can alert you when your app or a competitors' rank changes in any country so you can react quickly.


  1. Head into the Alerts Hub
  2. Click on +Add alert and select Rank Change
  3. Alert conditions:
  • Apps: All apps, just mine, competitors, or custom.
  • Countries: The countries to watch. Can be one specific country, several countries, or all countries the app is available in.
  • Devices: For the App Store, the device to watch: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV.
  • Rank type: The list to watch (Grossing or Paid/Free)
  • When rank rises above: The threshold above which to alert. Example: Set this to 5 to get an alert when an app rises from #10 to #3.
  • When rank falls below: The threshold below which to alert. Example: Set this to 50 to get an alert when an app drops from #35 to #60.
  1. Give your alert a name so you can identify it easily later
  2. Choose whether you want the alert to arrive by email or to a Slack channel.
  3. Click Create button



  1. Head into the Alerts Hub
  2. Click on +Add alert and select Featured on the store
  3. Alert conditions:
  • Apps: All Apps, Just Mine, Competitors, or Custom.
  • Countries: The countries to watch. Can be one specific country, several countries, or all countries the app is available in.
  1. Give your alert a name so you can identify it easily later
  2. Choose whether you want the alert to arrive by email or to a Slack channel.
  3. Click Create button


Your account comes built-in with two featured alerts, one for your own apps and another for competitors you're tracking.


Setting Up a Sales Summary Alert


  1. Head into the Alerts Hub
  2. Click on +Add alert and select Sales Summary
  3. Alert conditions:
  • Apps: All Apps or Custom.
  • Countries: The countries to watch. Can be one specific country, several countries, or all countries the app is available in.
  • Interval:* *Once a day or once a week
  1. Give your alert a name so you can identify it easily later
  2. Choose the Slack channel to send the alert.
  3. Click Create button


Setting Up an ASO Alert


Appfigures monitors where your app is ranked when users search for specific keywords on the App Store and Google Play, and can send you a daily summary of changes right to your inbox or to the Slack channel of your choice.


  1. Navigate to the Keyword Ranks report (or the Alerts Hub)
  2. Click the Alerts button near the top right corner of the page
  3. Tap the 'New Alert' button
  4. Conditions:
  • Apps: One or more apps to watch from your tracked list, including your own.
  • Countries: The countries to watch. Can be one specific country, several countries, or all countries the app is available in.
  • Devices: Any, Handheld, or Tablet (iOS only).
  • Time: Any hour, timezone based on your Profile preferences
  • Interval: Once a day or once a week
  1. Give your alert a name so you can identify it easily later
  2. Choose whether you want the alert to arrive by email or to a Slack channel.
  3. Click Create button


Setting Up a Competitor Alert


  1. Head into the Alerts Hub
  2. Click on +Add alert and select Competitor Performance
  3. Conditions:
  • Apps: All competitors or custom selection
  • Countries: The countries to watch. Can be one specific country, several countries, or all countries the app is available in.
  • Interval: Once a day or once a week, or once a month
  • Time: Any hour, timezone based on your Profile preferences
  1. Give your alert a name so you can identify it easily later
  2. Choose whether you want the alert to arrive by email or to a Slack channel.
  3. Click Create button


Available in Grow and above.


Frequently Asked Questions


Q: Can I create more than one Alert?

A: Yes! You can create multiple alerts with different apps, filters, and actions. So you can send your sales summaries to your team and your awesome reviews to your marketing team.


Q: How can I change the channel or team the reviews alert is sent to?

A: You can easily edit your Alert directly from the reviews report. Simply click the arrow that's in the "Create an alert" button and select the Alert you'd like to edit. Then, open the room selection list, or click on "change team". Like all other alerts, you can also manage these through the Alerts hub.


Q: How can I delete an Alert?

A: Similar to editing an Alert, find it from the Alerts menu in the reviews report and click delete. Deleted Alerts can't be recovered, so delete carefully. Measure twice, cut once. Additionally, every email alert we send has a link at the footer that will immediately stop all future alerts from coming to your inbox.


Updated on: 04/12/2025