Keyword Density Checker
PopularAnalyze keyword frequency in any app description and spot over-optimization.
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Keyword frequency
Google Play indexes your description for search — repeating a keyword too rarely leaves rankings on the table, while stuffing it invites both algorithmic penalties and store rejection. This checker extracts every meaningful keyword from your text, filters out stop words in 18 languages, and shows you the exact frequency and density of each term.
Paste your own description to tune it, or paste a competitor’s description to reverse-engineer which keywords they are targeting.
How to check keyword density
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Paste your app description (or a competitor’s) into the text area above.
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Pick the language of the text so stop words are filtered correctly.
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Review the ranked keyword table — each keyword shows its count and density percentage.
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Aim for roughly 2–3% density on your primary keyword in a Google Play description; revise and re-check until the balance looks right.
What keyword density should an app description have?
For Google Play, most ASO practitioners target a density of about 2–3% for the primary keyword — roughly 8–12 natural mentions in a 4,000-character description — with secondary keywords appearing 3–5 times each. Densities much above 4–5% start to read as keyword stuffing, which Google explicitly penalizes and which hurts conversion because the text stops sounding human.
For the Apple App Store the calculus is different: Apple does not index the description for search rankings. Density still matters there for conversion and for the small subset of surfaces where description text is used, but your ranking keywords belong in the name, subtitle, and keyword field instead.
How this analyzer counts keywords
The analyzer splits your text into words, normalizes case and punctuation, and removes stop words — common words like “the”, “and”, or “your” that carry no search value — using language-specific lists covering English, Spanish, French, German, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, and more. Generic ASO filler words like “app”, “free”, and “best” are filtered too, so the table surfaces the terms that actually differentiate your listing.
Density is calculated as the keyword’s share of all meaningful words (not raw words), which is the measure that best reflects how prominent a term feels to both algorithms and readers.
Frequently asked questions
Does keyword density matter on the Apple App Store?
Not for rankings — Apple does not index the description field for search. On the App Store your ranking keywords belong in the app name, subtitle, and the 100-character keyword field. The description matters for conversion, so keep it persuasive rather than keyword-dense.
What is the ideal keyword density for Google Play?
Around 2–3% for your primary keyword is a widely used target — roughly 8–12 mentions in a full-length 4,000-character description. Secondary keywords typically appear 3–5 times. Anything above 4–5% risks reading as keyword stuffing.
Can I analyze a competitor’s description with this tool?
Yes — paste any text. Running competitor descriptions through the checker is one of the fastest ways to see which keywords they emphasize and how aggressively they repeat them.
Which languages does the stop-word filter support?
The filter ships with stop-word lists for 18 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Arabic, plus a generic ASO filler-word list applied to every language.
See which keywords actually move rankings
Appalize pairs density analysis with live popularity scores and rank tracking, so you optimize for the keywords users really search — not just the ones you repeat.
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