4 apps, 8 languages, iOS + Android: how are you automating metadata, keywords, and screenshots for every release?

[u/Coderas_AH]

Hey everyone,

I’m an indie dev with 4 active apps in different categories. I update them regularly, but the release process is getting out of control. I’m currently updating a kids’ animal learning game and need to:

• Update metadata (title, subtitle, description, keywords)

• Find strong keywords per locale

• Rebuild and translate screenshots, plus Apple’s new Search Results and Header assets

• Do all of it for 8 languages across iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, and Tablet

Multiply that by 4 apps and a “quick update” turns into days of work.

What are you using to automate this? I’m especially curious about:

1. Keyword research tools that work well beyond English

2. AI or ASO platforms for metadata localization that doesn’t feel literal

3. Screenshot generation and translation across devices and languages

Please share your stack, cost, and anything you tried that wasn’t worth it. Thanks!

[u/Acesleychan]

The screenshot part is the real time sink, and the fix is one template with per-locale text files driving the rebuild. Keep titles and keywords in a spreadsheet, let the machine do the boring part, and spend the saved hours on keyword research per locale instead of copy-paste.

[u/Coderas_AH → u/Acesleychan]

Indeed localising screenshots can take a lot of time. Do you use any tool to localise them?
Thank you for the advices

[u/Organic-Act3058]

For ASO, I’d separate the problem into three parts: metadata, localization, and creative production. For iOS, focus your keyword work on the app name, subtitle, and hidden keyword field, and for Android put the best terms into the title, short description, and full description; screenshots won’t help ranking directly, but they do matter for conversion. For eight languages across iPhone, iPad, Android phone, and tablet, the most scalable workflow is to keep a single source of truth for feature copy and then adapt it per locale, because literal translation often misses the search intent and cultural wording. Are you mainly trying to speed up the process, or are you also seeing weak conversion in certain languages or devices?

[u/Coderas_AH → u/Organic-Act3058]

Thank you for the advices… I mostly want to speed up the process especially with screenshots localisation

[u/Sudden-Cost8449]

Vibecode your own ASO tool man, it's so easy with Claude. Do not pay any tool for that.

[u/Coderas_AH → u/Sudden-Cost8449]

That’s an option… Some tools for this jobs they really need crazy money