Services · Mobile app development · App store optimisation (ASO)

Get your app found and installed in both App Store and Google Play.

App store optimisation for UAE apps that need more organic installs from the App Store and Google Play. We work on Arabic and English listings, keywords, screenshots, ratings and custom product pages, and measure the result in installs rather than rankings alone.
Built for
UAE consumer apps in retail, food, fitness, finance, property and services that want more organic installs from both app stores.
Typical timeline
New listings and tracking in the first three to four weeks. Keyword movement usually shows over two to three months of iteration.
What you own
Your App Store Connect and Play Console listings, every screenshot and video file, keyword research and test results, held in your accounts.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

In short

Store search behaves differently from Google. People type short phrases, often a category or a brand, and decide within seconds based on the icon, the first screenshots and the rating. In the UAE they do it in English or Arabic depending on the person and the device language, and each storefront has its own listing. An app that only has an English listing is often invisible to Arabic searchers.

We treat Arabic as its own listing, not a translation. Arabic speakers search with different words and spellings, sometimes in Gulf dialect and sometimes in formal Arabic, and the screenshots need right to left layouts and Arabic captions that a native speaker would write. On the App Store, localisations also contribute keywords, so a careful plan across English and Arabic can widen the terms you are eligible to appear for. We confirm current indexing behaviour before building that plan, because Apple adjusts it from time to time.

Each store has its own tools. Apple offers custom product pages and product page optimisation tests; Google Play offers custom store listings and store listing experiments. We use them to match your ads and campaigns to a listing that speaks to that audience, such as an Arabic page for an Arabic Meta campaign, or a page focused on a single service for a Google Ads group. Seasonal assets for Ramadan, Eid, the Dubai Shopping Festival and back to school can be scheduled in advance.

Ratings carry real weight with UAE buyers and with the stores. We help you ask for reviews inside the app at the right moment, using the official review prompts that each store limits, and we reply to reviews in the language the customer wrote in. Low ratings often point at real product problems, so we pass those patterns to your product team rather than trying to bury them. No one can promise a ranking position, and we will not.

ASO works best when it is connected to everything else that sends people to the store. Paid campaigns on Meta, Google and TikTok, links from your website, QR codes in branches and push notifications to lapsed users all land on a store listing, and the listing either confirms the promise or breaks it. We line up the message, imagery and language of each campaign with the page it lands on, and where the stores allow it, we send different audiences to different listings. Apple Search Ads and Google App campaigns also feed us search term data that shapes the organic keyword plan.

Before we start, it helps to have access to App Store Connect and the Google Play Console, your brand assets in both languages, a list of the features customers value most, and any recent changes to the app that might explain a shift in installs. A common mistake is changing the icon, screenshots and keywords all at once, which makes it impossible to tell which change helped. Another is writing listings that describe features instead of the outcome a customer wants. We change one thing at a time where the stores allow testing, and we write in the language your customers actually use.

Codeeo's mobile and marketing teams sit together in Dubai Silicon Oasis, so store listings, campaigns and app releases are planned in one room. You can review drafts with us in person or on WhatsApp.

200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer

Modon
Majid Al Futtaim
HP
Belkin
Dulsco Group
OneClickDrive
Hanayen
HMS
Clocksprings
Ghezlan

What you get

Everything the stores and searchers look at before an install.

Store ranking depends on relevance, conversion and ratings. Our ASO work covers each of these in English and Arabic, and tracks installs from each listing so changes are judged on results.
Explain your project
  • Keyword research

    Store specific keyword research in English and Arabic, including dialect spellings and competitor terms, mapped to each field each store indexes.

    Your app is eligible for the searches that matter.

  • Arabic listings

    Arabic titles, subtitles, descriptions and screenshot captions written by native speakers, with right to left screenshot layouts.

    Arabic searchers see an app made for them.

  • Screenshots and preview video

    Screenshot sets and short preview videos designed for the first two frames, where most install decisions happen.

    More people who see the listing go on to install.

  • Custom product pages

    Apple custom product pages and Google Play custom store listings matched to specific campaigns, audiences and seasons.

    Ad traffic lands on a listing that matches the ad.

  • Ratings and reviews

    In app review prompts placed at good moments, plus replies to reviews in English and Arabic.

    More ratings, and every review answered.

  • Listing experiments

    Product page optimisation tests on the App Store and store listing experiments on Google Play, run one change at a time.

    Decisions based on test results, not opinions.

  • Reporting

    Impressions, page views, install conversion and keyword positions by storefront and language, reported monthly.

    You see which listings and keywords bring installs.

  • Campaign and listing alignment

    Listings matched to your Meta, Google, TikTok and Apple Search Ads campaigns, by language and audience. Search term data from paid campaigns feeds the organic keyword plan.

    Ads and listings that tell the same story.

Who this is for

Three ASO problems we are asked to solve.

Most apps that come to us for ASO are invisible in search, convert poorly once found, or are missing Arabic users entirely.
01

Your app does not appear for obvious searches

We research how people actually search in each store and language, rewrite the fields that each store indexes, and iterate monthly as positions change. We look at the terms you rank for today, the terms you should rank for, and what stands in the way. We then rewrite the metadata in both languages around those terms.

Start with keywords and fields.

02

People find the listing but do not install

We redesign the icon, first screenshots and preview video, then test them against the current listing so the change is proven before it becomes permanent. We rework the icon, first screenshots and opening lines, which carry most of the decision.

Fix the first two screenshots first.

03

Arabic speaking users barely find you

We build a full Arabic listing with native copy, Arabic keywords and right to left screenshots, and link it to Arabic campaigns where you run them. A proper Arabic listing, written rather than translated, often changes who can find you.

A real Arabic listing, not a translation.

Four steps, measured on installs.

  1. 01AuditCurrent listings, keywords, ratings and competitors in both stores and both languages. We also review competitors' listings in English and Arabic to see which terms and visuals they rely on.
  2. 02RewriteTitles, keyword fields, descriptions and screenshots rebuilt in English and Arabic. New titles, subtitles, descriptions and screenshots are written by native speakers for each language.
  3. 03TestListing experiments and custom pages for campaigns and seasons. Where the store supports experiments, we test one change at a time so the result is clear.
  4. 04ReportMonthly installs, conversion and keyword movement by storefront. Reports show impressions, page views and installs by source, with plain notes on what changed and why.

Technology

What we build this with.

Store tools first, with web analytics where installs start on your website.

01Analytics

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Looker Studio

Questions people ask before starting ASO.

Often, if part of your audience uses Arabic phones or searches in Arabic.

Each language has its own listing. Without an Arabic one, Arabic searchers may see an English page or not find the app at all. We look at your current install data by language first and prioritise accordingly.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews