# App Update Timeline

> See all changes to the application's metadata and visual elements.

Source: https://help.asodesk.com/app-update-timeline/
Updated: 2025-12-02
Section: ASO Tools › Competitors

## Overview

App Update Timeline allows you and your team to see at a glance when and what metadata (title, description, screenshots, icon, price, and more) has been updated, both in your own apps and those of your competitors.

This greatly simplifies analysis: you get a transparent release history, the ability to compare updates with changes in visibility, downloads, and reviews, and track strategic moves in the market. With App Update Timeline, you get a tool for finding ASO hypotheses to optimize your app page.

To access the tool, go to **ASO Tools** and select **Competitors → App Update Timeline** from the top menu:

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/4389d94e094d.B8lvN7S__ZjH5SE.webp)

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/cc50908b6372.D06uAnzW_ZGPXbR.webp)

## There are three types of updates in App Update Timeline:

1. **Metadata update** (Name, Subtitle, Short Description, Description, Promo Text, What’s New)
2. **Visual Updates** (Icon, Screenshots, Video Preview)
3. **Technical Updates** (Build Size, In-app Purchases, Developer Name, Categories)

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/19f99b48209a.BEDdgTY4_FDxbi.webp)

*The types of updates can be flexibly configured: show all or only selected ones.*

## A single timeline for competitors

In App Update Timeline, you can view the update feed for any number of competitors.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/054c5838e219.rhWTX4Lz_ZMPe4L.webp)

## Summary updates

This section contains a table showing update groups for the selected time period. Each colored circle indicates the type of update: Metadata/Visual/Technical Updates.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/256587e86785.4ACb7GTV_Z1dgBbJ.webp)

## Updates

A section that displays update groups in detail. You can view all apps at once or each app separately.

There are two viewing modes: Timeline and Summary.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/465253386118.BScPii5I_2m9h0j.webp)

### Timeline mode

Each update is a card where changes are grouped by type.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/5734de4b0038.DmJ01Ma-_Z5BPjz.webp)

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/7df0b2821306.BI4vO2Kk_2dgWHP.webp)

**ASO tips** with rules and limits are available for text fields from the Metadata update group.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/3c1f6f17b498.DSbp1N44_2U58W.webp)

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/d2a151c3b574.BCkFCUCd_2dXBuH.webp)

Icons and screenshots can be compared in full screen mode with individual zoom for each.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/6619adf9cac2.CxKTELtq_ZzV5nF.webp)

### Summary mode

In Summary mode, you can view all changes that have been made to the application during the selected time period.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/9a656b1ae62a.BjSbDyl7_fSFpy.webp)

This mode features an advanced filter by application metadata type.

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/23d1cf9ace46.Vn0FJzrV_Zp7NjI.webp)

![](https://help.asodesk.com/_astro/bfd34cadb5a7.CKdcS2h8_sPKgT.webp)

> [!TIP]
> App Update Timeline is available starting from the **ASO Pro** plan.

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