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What is Apple Search Ads ?

Apple Search Ads (ASA) places app ads in App Store search results and browse placements, reaching high-intent users actively searching for apps.

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Apple Search Ads: Definition & Meaning | Segwise Glossary

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Bring creative, spend, and outcome metrics into one source of truth.

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Overview

Apple Search Ads (ASA) places app ads in App Store search results and browse placements, reaching high-intent users actively searching for apps.

Because placements appear directly in the App Store during active app searches, ASA captures the highest-intent users in the entire mobile advertising ecosystem.

ASA Basic (automated, simple) and ASA Advanced (keyword-based, full control) are the two product tiers.

Advanced allows advertisers to bid on specific keywords, manage match types, and segment campaigns by device and audience.

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Multimodal AI tags hooks, CTAs, products, emotions, dialogs, characters, formats, and visual styles without manual taxonomy work.

Connect tags to ROAS and LTV

Move past vanity metrics by seeing which elements are associated with revenue, retention, CPA, and downstream quality.