VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

PRICE: 5 CENTS

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Programmatic picks

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Alternatives to Sensor Tower

Curated replacements ranked by category overlap, pricing, and platform access. Use this list to stress-test Sensor Tower against peers before committing to a long-term plan.

Quick takeaways

Semrush is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in App & Website Traffic and APIs & SDKs while adding Data APIs and Sheets / Excel Add-ins coverage and Traffic Analytics tools to examine any website’s visitors, sources, engagement metrics, and competitive benchmarks. and Rich API suite: Analytics and Projects APIs (Business plan), Trends API, Listing Management, and Map Rank Tracker. Current versions support API key (v3) and OAuth 2.0 with JSON (v4). features (category overlap ~100%).

Free tiers remain available through Semrush, Similarweb, Ahrefs, FlightAware, Listen Notes, FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), Hunter, Trackly, Wayback Machine (Internet Archive), Diffchecker, ECB Data Portal, Federal Reserve Bank of New York — Data & Statistics, Social Blade, USAspending, CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, Firefly III, Open Payments (CMS), GuruFocus, Quartr, and Unusual Whales for side-by-side testing.

Need mobile access? Semrush, FlightAware, and Listen Notes bring phone-ready workflows that Sensor Tower lacks.

Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Blogs, and Data Visualizations.

#1 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 634
Category overlap: 100%

Shared coverage

App & Website Traffic
APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Semrush adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Blogs coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Traffic Analytics tools to examine any website’s visitors, sources, engagement metrics, and competitive benchmarks., Rich API suite: Analytics and Projects APIs (Business plan), Trends API, Listing Management, and Map Rank Tracker. Current versions support API key (v3) and OAuth 2.0 with JSON (v4)., and API consumption billed in ‘units’ per request or per line of data. Historical queries cost more; some APIs like Listing Management and Map Rank Tracker are excluded from unit billing..

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Blogs

Standout features: Traffic Analytics tools to examine any website’s visitors, sources, engagement metrics, and competitive benchmarks., Rich API suite: Analytics and Projects APIs (Business plan), Trends API, Listing Management, and Map Rank Tracker. Current versions support API key (v3) and OAuth 2.0 with JSON (v4)., API consumption billed in ‘units’ per request or per line of data. Historical queries cost more; some APIs like Listing Management and Map Rank Tracker are excluded from unit billing., and Flexible exports in CSV, Excel, and PDF across tools. Position Tracking and Site Audit modules generate PDF reports; Position Tracking also supports direct Google Sheets export.

#2 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 622
Category overlap: 100%

Shared coverage

App & Website Traffic
APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Website traffic and engagement analytics, including keyword research, referral sources, and a free traffic checker tool., APIs available in REST and Batch modes: REST delivers JSON responses, while Batch handles large CSV reports., and Webhook support for subscribing to daily or monthly data releases, with options to manage subscriptions directly..

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Data Visualizations

Standout features: Website traffic and engagement analytics, including keyword research, referral sources, and a free traffic checker tool., APIs available in REST and Batch modes: REST delivers JSON responses, while Batch handles large CSV reports., Webhook support for subscribing to daily or monthly data releases, with options to manage subscriptions directly., and Data Exporter for no-code bulk exports, including scheduled email delivery and CSV downloads.

#3 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 604
Category overlap: 100%

Shared coverage

App & Website Traffic
APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Standout features include Comprehensive toolkit: Site Explorer, Keywords Explorer, Site Audit, Rank Tracker, Content Explorer, and Web Analytics., Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (free) provides a lighter version of Site Explorer and Site Audit, plus Web Analytics for verified sites., and Looker Studio connectors available for Site Explorer, Rank Tracker, and Site Audit — reserved for Advanced and above..

Standout features: Comprehensive toolkit: Site Explorer, Keywords Explorer, Site Audit, Rank Tracker, Content Explorer, and Web Analytics., Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (free) provides a lighter version of Site Explorer and Site Audit, plus Web Analytics for verified sites., Looker Studio connectors available for Site Explorer, Rank Tracker, and Site Audit — reserved for Advanced and above., and Automated email alerts for new or lost backlinks, keyword changes, and web mentions, with flexible delivery options.

#4 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 480
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • FlightAware adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Data APIs, Data Visualizations, and Alerts coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Live flight tracking and flight-status pages with dedicated views for cancellations and delays, plus the signature MiseryMap® for U.S. air traffic disruptions., Premium subscriptions unlock unlimited flight alerts and access to three, five, or eight months of historical flight data., and AeroAPI (v4) provides RESTful access to current and historical flight data with JSON responses and API key authentication..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Data Visualizations, Alerts, and Satellite / Geospatial

Standout features: Live flight tracking and flight-status pages with dedicated views for cancellations and delays, plus the signature MiseryMap® for U.S. air traffic disruptions., Premium subscriptions unlock unlimited flight alerts and access to three, five, or eight months of historical flight data., AeroAPI (v4) provides RESTful access to current and historical flight data with JSON responses and API key authentication., and FlightAware Firehose delivers a continuous enterprise-grade feed of real-time, historical, and predictive flight data over secure TCP/SSL connections.

#5 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 480
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Listen Notes adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Data APIs, Alerts, and Education coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights; official client libraries; OpenAPI spec & mock server for keyless testing., Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo)., and Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit)..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Alerts, Education, and Other

Standout features: Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights; official client libraries; OpenAPI spec & mock server for keyless testing., Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo)., Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit)., and Advanced fields & endpoints on higher tiers: transcripts, batch fetch, RSS/large image, email, latest_episode_id, Listen Score & Global Rank.

Similarity score 462
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Data APIs, Calendar, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Access to over 840,000 time series from more than 100 official and third-party sources, all browsable and downloadable online., Official REST API covering both FRED and ALFRED, with endpoints for categories, releases, series, and sources., and Flexible output formats including JSON, XML, Excel, and CSV for easy integration..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Calendar, Data Visualizations, and Inflation Rates

Standout features: Access to over 840,000 time series from more than 100 official and third-party sources, all browsable and downloadable online., Official REST API covering both FRED and ALFRED, with endpoints for categories, releases, series, and sources., Flexible output formats including JSON, XML, Excel, and CSV for easy integration., and ALFRED (the archival database) provides point-in-time vintages, letting you track historical revisions exactly as they were published.

#7 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 462
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Webhooks, Zapier / Make, and Sheets / Excel Add-ins coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Domain Search to discover professional emails by company or domain., Email Finder tool that returns verified or deduced addresses with a confidence score and verification status., and Email Verifier with SMTP-level checks and source information; supports bulk verification..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Webhooks, Zapier / Make, and Sheets / Excel Add-ins

Standout features: Domain Search to discover professional emails by company or domain., Email Finder tool that returns verified or deduced addresses with a confidence score and verification status., Email Verifier with SMTP-level checks and source information; supports bulk verification., and Bulk tools (Domain Search, Email Finder, Email Verifier) accept CSV/Excel/Numbers/TXT input and return CSV exports.

#8 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 462
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Alerts, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, and Webhooks coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Visual change summaries in email (diff highlights) with interactive compare UI., Noise filtering via “Ignore small changes” for counts, relative dates, paging, etc., and Track just part of a page using a CSS selector (partial‑section monitoring)..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Alerts, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, and Webhooks

Standout features: Visual change summaries in email (diff highlights) with interactive compare UI., Noise filtering via “Ignore small changes” for counts, relative dates, paging, etc., Track just part of a page using a CSS selector (partial‑section monitoring)., and Schedules: hourly, daily, or weekly checks; multiple recipients per track.

#9 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 456
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • Wayback Machine (Internet Archive) adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Data APIs, Citations & Source Pinning, and Other coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include On‑demand archiving via Save Page Now (SPN2) with POST/GET; options include capture_outlinks, capture_all, capture_screenshot, custom UA/cookies, and conditional capture (if_not_archived_within)., Snapshot discovery: Availability API (/wayback/v1/available) returns the closest archived capture to a URL/time; CDX Server API lists/filters captures; Memento TimeGate/TimeMap endpoints enable time‑based content negotiation., and Operational endpoints: user status (remaining/active SPN sessions) and system status (overload/OK) for SPN2..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Citations & Source Pinning, and Other

Standout features: On‑demand archiving via Save Page Now (SPN2) with POST/GET; options include capture_outlinks, capture_all, capture_screenshot, custom UA/cookies, and conditional capture (if_not_archived_within)., Snapshot discovery: Availability API (/wayback/v1/available) returns the closest archived capture to a URL/time; CDX Server API lists/filters captures; Memento TimeGate/TimeMap endpoints enable time‑based content negotiation., Operational endpoints: user status (remaining/active SPN sessions) and system status (overload/OK) for SPN2., and Mobile & extensions: official iOS/Android apps and browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) for quick saving and lookup.

#10 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 450
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Diff View coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Supports multi-format comparisons: text, images, PDFs, Excel files, and folders., Desktop apps allow fully offline diffs, ensuring comparisons never leave the user’s computer., and Real-time text diffing, diff merging, dark mode, and export to PDF..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Diff View

Standout features: Supports multi-format comparisons: text, images, PDFs, Excel files, and folders., Desktop apps allow fully offline diffs, ensuring comparisons never leave the user’s computer., Real-time text diffing, diff merging, dark mode, and export to PDF., and Syntax highlighting for 20+ programming languages with character-by-character precision.

#11 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 450
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Data APIs, Central Bank Watcher, and Inflation Rates coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Open SDMX 2.1 REST API with discovery & retrieval modes; single entry point at data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/ and rich query parameters (e.g., startPeriod/endPeriod, updatedAfter, includeHistory, detail, firstNObservations/lastNObservations)., Format flexibility via content negotiation and the `format` query param: SDMX‑JSON, CSV, and SDMX‑ML (structure‑specific and generic)., and Interactive portal with export of data (CSV, XLS long/wide, SDMX) and export of visuals (PNG, PDF, PowerPoint)..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Central Bank Watcher, Inflation Rates, and Interest Rates

Standout features: Open SDMX 2.1 REST API with discovery & retrieval modes; single entry point at data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/ and rich query parameters (e.g., startPeriod/endPeriod, updatedAfter, includeHistory, detail, firstNObservations/lastNObservations)., Format flexibility via content negotiation and the `format` query param: SDMX‑JSON, CSV, and SDMX‑ML (structure‑specific and generic)., Interactive portal with export of data (CSV, XLS long/wide, SDMX) and export of visuals (PNG, PDF, PowerPoint)., and Comprehensive euro‑area macro & markets coverage: HICP inflation, key & market interest rates, exchange rates (reference rates), GDP and labor indicators, plus euro‑area yield curves (spot/forward/par).

Similarity score 450
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Data APIs, Central Bank Watcher, and Interest Rates coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Markets Data Dashboard: one stop for Desk operations and reference rates (repos/RRP, Treasury & Agency MBS operations, liquidity swaps, SOMA holdings, Primary Dealer Statistics)., Reference rates administered by NY Fed: EFFR, OBFR, SOFR (plus BGCR/TGCR/Tri‑party GC), with stated daily publication times., and SOFR Averages (30/90/180‑day) & SOFR Index (index = 1.00000000 on April 2, 2018) with methodology notes..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Central Bank Watcher, Interest Rates, and Yield Curves

Standout features: Markets Data Dashboard: one stop for Desk operations and reference rates (repos/RRP, Treasury & Agency MBS operations, liquidity swaps, SOMA holdings, Primary Dealer Statistics)., Reference rates administered by NY Fed: EFFR, OBFR, SOFR (plus BGCR/TGCR/Tri‑party GC), with stated daily publication times., SOFR Averages (30/90/180‑day) & SOFR Index (index = 1.00000000 on April 2, 2018) with methodology notes., and Primary Dealer Statistics: weekly time series (positions, transactions, financing, fails) back to Jan 28, 1998; updated Thursdays ~4:15 p.m. ET; exportable for automated use.

#13 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 450
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

App & Website Traffic

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Data APIs coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Track creator stats across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, and Facebook, including estimated earnings and growth projections., Top lists and platform rankings with SB Rank/grade and live subscriber/follower counts (list lengths vary by plan)., and Favorites dashboard with plan-based limits and ad-free browsing for premium members..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need APIs & SDKs.

Adds coverage: Data APIs

Standout features: Track creator stats across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, and Facebook, including estimated earnings and growth projections., Top lists and platform rankings with SB Rank/grade and live subscriber/follower counts (list lengths vary by plan)., Favorites dashboard with plan-based limits and ad-free browsing for premium members., and Historical data access: free users get 14 days of tabular data plus weekly/monthly charts, while paid tiers unlock up to three years of daily history for YouTube and up to ten years for other platforms.

#14 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 450
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Data APIs, Data Visualizations, and Videos coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Advanced Search & profiles across awards, recipients, agencies, federal accounts; filters include date, place of performance, NAICS/PSC, Assistance Listing (formerly CFDA), DEFC for COVID/infrastructure., Spending Explorer and Agency/Federal Account profiles for top‑down views of obligations/outlays and drill‑downs by budget hierarchy., and Public REST API that powers the website (GET & POST endpoints; JSON responses); tutorial and contracts for commonly used endpoints..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Data Visualizations, Videos, and Other

Standout features: Advanced Search & profiles across awards, recipients, agencies, federal accounts; filters include date, place of performance, NAICS/PSC, Assistance Listing (formerly CFDA), DEFC for COVID/infrastructure., Spending Explorer and Agency/Federal Account profiles for top‑down views of obligations/outlays and drill‑downs by budget hierarchy., Public REST API that powers the website (GET & POST endpoints; JSON responses); tutorial and contracts for commonly used endpoints., and Bulk data: Award Data Archive (pre‑generated, by agency/fiscal year), Custom Award Data, Custom Account Data, and full Database Download.

#15 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 444
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Data APIs, Data Visualizations, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Interactive explorer to filter, chart trends over time, map by geography, and read consented narratives., Programmatic access via the Consumer Complaint Database Search API; results available as JSON, CSV, XLS, or XLSX., and Daily refresh cadence; complaints published after a response or after 15 days; complaints referred to other regulators are not published..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Data Visualizations, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring

Standout features: Interactive explorer to filter, chart trends over time, map by geography, and read consented narratives., Programmatic access via the Consumer Complaint Database Search API; results available as JSON, CSV, XLS, or XLSX., Daily refresh cadence; complaints published after a response or after 15 days; complaints referred to other regulators are not published., and Detailed fields: product/sub‑product, issue/sub‑issue, company, dates (received/sent to company), state/ZIP (privacy rules), submission channel, tags (e.g., Servicemember, Older American), company public response, response category, timeliness, and (if consented) complaint narrative.

#16 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 444
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Portfolio, Webhooks, and Other coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Self-hosted open-source personal finance manager (AGPLv3 license)., Supports double-entry bookkeeping with budgets, categories, tags, and detailed reporting., and Comprehensive REST API (JSON) with OAuth2 and Personal Access Tokens, plus a full OpenAPI specification..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Portfolio, Webhooks, and Other

Standout features: Self-hosted open-source personal finance manager (AGPLv3 license)., Supports double-entry bookkeeping with budgets, categories, tags, and detailed reporting., Comprehensive REST API (JSON) with OAuth2 and Personal Access Tokens, plus a full OpenAPI specification., and Event webhooks for transaction create/update/delete, enabled through environment configuration.

#17 Alternative

Free Tier
Similarity score 444
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Assets: Other

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free

Why investors switch

  • Expands into Data APIs, Data Visualizations, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Three core datasets each year: General Payments, Research Payments, and Ownership/Investment Interests., Web search/explorer with filtering and charts; program year downloads available from the portal., and Open Data API (ODA) for programmatic access with filtering, querying, and aggregation (SoQL‑style)..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Data APIs, Data Visualizations, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring

Standout features: Three core datasets each year: General Payments, Research Payments, and Ownership/Investment Interests., Web search/explorer with filtering and charts; program year downloads available from the portal., Open Data API (ODA) for programmatic access with filtering, querying, and aggregation (SoQL‑style)., and Publication cadence: initial annual publication on/around June 30 for the prior year, plus a January data refresh.

#18 Alternative

Analyst Pick
Hands-on Tested
Free Tier
Similarity score 442
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • GuruFocus adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include All-in-One Screener with hundreds of filters, historical screening, and custom filter creation., Backtesting with survivorship-bias-free data. Windows vary by plan: up to 3 years for Premium and up to 10 years for Premium Plus. Global coverage spans 80+ countries., and Guru portfolios tracking 13F and mutual fund holdings, real-time picks, and portfolio downloads to Excel..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, and Portfolio

Standout features: All-in-One Screener with hundreds of filters, historical screening, and custom filter creation., Backtesting with survivorship-bias-free data. Windows vary by plan: up to 3 years for Premium and up to 10 years for Premium Plus. Global coverage spans 80+ countries., Guru portfolios tracking 13F and mutual fund holdings, real-time picks, and portfolio downloads to Excel., and Specialty trackers for insider trading and U.S. politician trades.

#19 Alternative

Analyst Pick
Hands-on Tested
Free Tier
Similarity score 442
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Quartr adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Transcripts, Improved Filings, and AI coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Stream live earnings calls with real-time transcripts—instant coverage as events happen., Centralizes IR material from 13,000+ companies across 27 markets: events, filings, reports, and slide decks, all searchable in one place., and AI chat over transcripts, filings, and slides, with every answer fully source-traceable back to the original document..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Transcripts, Improved Filings, AI, and AI Chat

Standout features: Stream live earnings calls with real-time transcripts—instant coverage as events happen., Centralizes IR material from 13,000+ companies across 27 markets: events, filings, reports, and slide decks, all searchable in one place., AI chat over transcripts, filings, and slides, with every answer fully source-traceable back to the original document., and Search across transcripts, filings, and slides to track narrative shifts, compare language, and follow how management decks evolve over time.

#20 Alternative

Analyst Pick
Hands-on Tested
Free Tier
Similarity score 442
Category overlap: 50%

Shared coverage

APIs & SDKs

Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Platforms: Web and API

Pricing: Free and Subscription

Why investors switch

  • Unusual Whales adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
  • Expands into Screeners, Options & Derivatives, and Portfolio coverage beyond what Sensor Tower offers.
  • Standout features include Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy., Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones., and Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals..
  • Pair it with Sensor Tower if you still need App & Website Traffic.

Adds coverage: Screeners, Options & Derivatives, Portfolio, and Paper Trading

Standout features: Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy., Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones., Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals., and Options Profit Calculator to model multi-leg strategies, Greeks, and payoff P/L.

Coverage Snapshot

Where alternatives already align

Most shared categories across the top matches.

APIs & SDKs×19
App & Website Traffic×4

New angles introduced

Categories the alternatives add beyond Sensor Tower.

Data APIs+14
Data Visualizations+7
Alerts+6
Calendar+5
Sheets / Excel Add-ins+5
Inflation Rates+4
Interest Rates+4
Other+4

Access & Pricing

Free options

20/20

20 of 20 alternatives keep a free tier for trials.

Mobile ready

8/20

8 alternatives bring native mobile access.

API availability

20/20

20 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.

Quality checks

3 starred / 3 tested

3 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 3 have been hands-on tested.

Avg. coverage overlap

57%

Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best alternatives to Sensor Tower?

Sensor Tower users most often consider Semrush, Similarweb, and Ahrefs as their go-to alternatives.

Which alternatives keep a free tier?

Semrush, Similarweb, Ahrefs, FlightAware, Listen Notes, FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), Hunter, Trackly, Wayback Machine (Internet Archive), Diffchecker, ECB Data Portal, Federal Reserve Bank of New York — Data & Statistics, Social Blade, USAspending, CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, Firefly III, Open Payments (CMS), GuruFocus, Quartr, and Unusual Whales offer a free plan or trial option, making them easy to test before committing to a paid subscription.

Which workflows do the top Sensor Tower alternatives cover?

Expect deep coverage across APIs & SDKs and App & Website Traffic, so you can port most Sensor Tower workflows without much friction.

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Curation & Accuracy

This directory blends AI‑assisted discovery with human curation. Entries are reviewed, edited, and organized with the goal of expanding coverage and sharpening quality over time. Your feedback helps steer improvements (because no single human can capture everything all at once).

Details change. Pricing, features, and availability may be incomplete or out of date. Treat listings as a starting point and verify on the provider’s site before making decisions. If you spot an error or a gap, send a quick note and I’ll adjust.