Comparison

Search Ads Manager vs Trendly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Search Ads Manager

Manage all your Apple Search Ads campaigns, ad groups, and keywords from a single, secure workspace on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Streamline workflows with powerful tools for bulk editing, campaign creation, and keyword control.

Highlights
  • Unified workspace for campaigns, ad groups, and keywords
  • Bulk editing of budgets, geo-targeting, and status
  • SKAG builder for single-keyword ad groups
  • Keyword control center with bulk updating
  • Campaign creation wizard
  • Automatic refresh and persistent settings
Features
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See where your Apple Ads (Apple Search Ads) budget goes. SearchAds Manager brings campaign reporting and bulk management to iPhone, iPad, and Mac for app developers and marketers. TRACK PERFORMANCE - Monitor spend, impressions, taps, installs, cost per tap (CPT), and cost per acquisition (CPA). - Review trends and explore reports by date range, campaign, ad group, and keyword. MAKE CHANGES FASTER With a paid upgrade: - Adjust daily budgets, bids, countries, and campaign status. - Paste keyword lists to update bids and statuses in bulk. - Create single keyword ad groups (SKAGs) and launch campaigns across multiple countries. - Manage ad groups and their ads from the same workspace. On Mac, connect compatible tools through the optional local MCP server for reporting and campaign actions. CONNECT YOUR ACCOUNT Requires an Apple Ads account with API access. Connect using your API credentials; your private key is stored in the device Keychain. The app interface is in English. IN-APP PURCHASES Reporting is free. Creating or changing campaigns, ad groups, ads, and keywords requires a paid upgrade. Choose a lifetime purchase or an auto-renewing subscription where offered. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.rs.ltd/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.rs.ltd/terms

About

Trendly

Monitor your app sales and trends with intuitive charts and customizable widgets. Track key metrics like subscribers, MRR, and churn. Receive notifications for new data and manage multiple apps securely.

Highlights
  • Intuitive sales and trend charts
  • Track subscribers, MRR, churn
  • Lock & Home Screen Widgets
  • Multi-currency support
  • New data notifications
  • Multiple app key support
  • Real download tracking
  • Dark mode
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Trendly is a beautiful Sales and Trend monitor for your apps in the App Store. It displays your data in a wide variety of intuitive and informative charts, allowing you to keep track of your apps. Some of Trendly's key features are: • Beautiful graphs, displaying your data in a meaningful way • Track Subscribers, Trials, MRR, Churn, and more • Different Lock & Home Screen Widgets • Display sales in any currency you want • Notifications when new data is available • Add multiple keys to track all your apps • Track real downloads instead of app units • Multiple alternate app icons • Dark mode for the app and widgets Your credentials are stored securely in Keychain and all data stays on your device Trendly fetches your app's data privately and securely via the App Store Connect API. It is not affiliated with Apple. Privacy Policy: https://gettrendly.app/privacy Terms: https://gettrendly.app/terms

Screenshots

Search Ads Manager4 screens
Trendly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Search Ads Manager at every 5 days against Trendly's monthly. Search Ads Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Trendly's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs paid) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Search Ads Manager sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Trendly sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Search Ads Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trendly has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Search Ads Manager's written reviews are positive against 92% of Trendly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Search Ads Manager ships an update every 5 days, Trendly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Search Ads Manager versus Trendly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSearch Ads ManagerTrendly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings318 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemote Sunrise LTDMika Kruschel

Customer experience

Search Ads Manager

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trendly

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Search Ads Manager

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - 1 week$4.997 Days
  • Premium - 1 month$9.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 year$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium - lifetime$39.99
6 purchases

Trendly

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Starter Plan$3.001 Month
  • Pro Growth Plan$5.001 Month
  • Pro Indie Plan$9.001 Month
One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.00
  • Medium Tip$5.00
  • Large Tip$10.00

Questions

Is Search Ads Manager free?
Search Ads Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trendly free?
Trendly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Search Ads Manager or Trendly?
Search Ads Manager is rated higher. Search Ads Manager averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Trendly averages 4.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Search Ads Manager or Trendly have ads?
Neither Search Ads Manager nor Trendly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Search Ads Manager or Trendly?
Search Ads Manager ships an update every 5 days, and Trendly monthly. Most recently, Search Ads Manager was updated on October 9, 2026 and Trendly on October 8, 2026.

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