SE Ranking Pro vs SEMrush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SE Ranking Pro
This app analyzes your website for errors and provides a comprehensive marketing plan to improve its search engine performance. It offers real-time keyword ranking updates and helps you get listed in online directories for increased exposure. Optimize your site for better traffic and revenue growth.
- Website Audit for error detection
- Real-time Keyword Rankings
- Step-by-step Marketing Plan
- Business Listings in directories
- Automated site audits
- Performance reviews
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SE Ranking gathers and analyzes essential business and web data to develop the best marketing strategy for you. Our mobile app will help you enhance your site to the point of perfection — until it’s free of errors and critical issues. Through the power of our app, you can follow a clear and comprehensive marketing plan made up of global best practices and suggestions on performing a number of online promotional activities. Plus, instant access to data and constant performance reviews put your site on the path to increased traffic and revenue growth. With SE Ranking Pro, optimizing your website for search engines won’t seem that difficult. How it works: SE Ranking automatically runs a thorough audit of your site as often as once a week. The Website Audit tool checks all of the website’s pages for errors, collects and displays them on a simple dashboard, highlighting issues depending on their level of urgency. Follow the provided instructions and watch your rankings move to the top in real-time. Get support whenever you need it and forget about switching between devices and browser tabs — everything’s here in SE Ranking! Just add your website, keywords and competitors, and the app will take care of the rest. Your website will be analyzed against major SEO parameters, plus you can email the reports either to your developers or to yourself to further work on eliminating the errors. Additionally, access the Marketing Plan and go through all of the necessary steps to optimize and promote your website on major search engines. On top of that, get your website listed in popular global and local online business listings, directories and catalogs to help your business get more exposure. And if you need to send a report to your marketing team, just hit the button and the system will compile the data and email it to the specified address for you. Features: * Website Audit. Crawl every page of your site to find and fix issues that are holding it back from top SERP positions. * Keyword Rankings. Get pinpoint-accurate dynamic updates on your keyword rankings anytime and anywhere you go. * Marketing Plan. Follow a step-by-step guide based on SEO and digital marketing best practices to optimize your site for people and search engines. See what's been done and what still needs to be done along with a detailed description of how to do it. * Business Listings. Explore a suggested list of popular online directories and catalogs where you can potentially get listed. Focus on developing your business while resting assured that it will be found on the most trustworthy resources. Get the full version of SE Ranking Pro. Purchase a subscription and unlock all of the features available in the app: Website Audit, Marketing Plan, Business Listing, and Rankings. The following subscription options are available in SE Ranking: Monthly - $30.99/mo, after free 3-day trial Annual - $15.5/mo (billed annually $184.99), after free 3-day trial The exact cost may vary depending on your location. Payment will be charged to your iTunes & App Store account to confirm the purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless the auto-renew feature is disabled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and you will be notified of the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions can be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be disabled via the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://seranking.com/privacy.html & Terms of Use: https://seranking.com/terms-of-use.html
SEMrush
Monitor keyword performance and track your website's ranking changes in search results. Analyze trends in visibility, traffic, and average position over custom date ranges. Requires a pre-setup Position Tracking campaign.
- Keyword position tracking
- Advanced filtering
- Win/loss position analysis
- Growth trend generation
- Visibility and traffic monitoring
- Average position tracking
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Quickly check the updates on your top keywords, or use the full list with advanced filters to get the exact data you need. See what positions you’ve won or lost in Google’s top 3, 10, 20, or 100 results. Set a date range to generate the growth trend of your website’s Visibility, Traffic, and Average Position. This app requires a pre-setup Position Tracking campaign.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SE Ranking Pro at 4.5 against SEMrush's 2.2. SE Ranking Pro also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 16%). SEMrush's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SE Ranking Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. SEMrush asks for nothing beyond the download.
SE Ranking Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 152 and 59 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of SE Ranking Pro's written reviews are positive against 16% of SEMrush's.
SE Ranking Pro ships an update monthly, SEMrush every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | SE Ranking Pro | SEMrush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (152 ratings) — better | 2.2 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 15.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seranking LTD | SEMrush CY LTD |
Customer experience
SE Ranking Pro
SEMrush
User reviews
SE Ranking Pro
From 152 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for on-the-go client viewing
- 👍 Works like a clock
- 👍 Awesome all-in-one SEO/Marketing platform
- 👍 Good report updates and quality service
- 👍 Essential tool for websites
Room to improve
- 🐛 No search feature for many websites
- 🐛 App stopped working
- 🐛 Charged for non-working app
- 🐛 Rankings not appearing
- 🐛 No positions shown without subscription
SEMrush
From 59 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Quick position tracking
- 👍 Easy to use for rankings
- 👍 Works for basic ranking checks
- 👍 Useful for monitoring rankings on the go
Room to improve
- 👎 App has little to no function
- 👎 App stuck at first page
- 👎 Terrible software
- 👎 Super frustrating login issues
- 👎 No value for money
Bugs and requests
SE Ranking Pro
Reported bugs
20 issues- App stopped working
- Rankings never appear
- No positions shown without subscription
- Rankings don't display the latest
- No indication of report date
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- Not correctly picking up information from the main account
- Rankings not updated
- Cannot create an account (project name length)
- App wouldn't recognize website address
- Bugs during sign-up
- Access Denied to the app
- App is in Russian, difficult to understand
- Very raw, not fully localized
- Website analyzer doesn't work
- Outputs many absurd errors
- Cannot export positions to PDF
- App not working for 3 days
- App not well-suited for iPad screen
- Servers are extremely slow
- Data from Google Console incorrect/inconsistent
Requested features
14 requests- Search feature for clients
- Alphabetical sorting of clients
- Graphs of position changes
- Improved UI/UX
- Indication of report date
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- Correct data synchronization between web and app
- Ability to sort rankings
- Clearer subscription purpose
- Option to switch projects easily
- Sidebar menu at the bottom
- Dark mode
- More social media integration (e.g., LinkedIn)
- Ability to import CSV
- Include sort by ranking
SEMrush
Reported bugs
17 issues- App stuck at first page
- Cannot log in due to password manager issues
- Password field won't allow paste or auto-fill
- App takes you back to login screen after entering credentials
- Cookie policy banner prevents progress
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- Autofill doesn't work for password
- Cannot copy and paste password
- App shows cookie policy banner and cannot move past it
- Login fails, redirects to login screen
- Password field jumps up and doesn't allow entry
- App crashes on startup
- Account generated via Google login cannot be used
- App doesn't support SSO
- Login password field is empty bug
- Password field is NOT empty bug
- Password field cannot be empty error
- Bug with password auto fill and empty field notification
Requested features
12 requests- Add tag tracking
- Add page tracking
- Add new error/warning tracking
- Add competitor info
- More than simple keyword tracking
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- Ability to switch between multiple accounts
- Add social media tracker
- More robust version with more tools
- Add Google login
- Add SSO support
- Show read-only view on Site Audit, On Page Checker, and Traffic
- Add more functionalities for managing projects on the go
In-app purchases
SE Ranking Pro
- SERanking Pro subscription7 Days trial$9.997 Days
- SE Ranking Personal plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- SE Ranking Premium plan7 Days trial$19.991 Month
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- SE Ranking Premium plan$19.991 Month
- SE Ranking Pro monthly3 Days trial$29.991 Month
- SE Ranking Pro monthly3 Days trial$38.991 Month
- SE Ranking Pro annually3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- SE Ranking personal plan7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- SE Ranking Premium Plan3 Days trial$179.991 Year
- SE Ranking Premium Plan3 Days trial$349.991 Year
SEMrush
No in-app purchases







