Developer Builds AppKeep to Manage Multiple Mobile App Lifecycles in One Place

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A mobile developer managing five apps built a tool called AppKeep after struggling to track reviews, churn, crashes, and feature pipelines across multiple products. The platform aggregates data from sources like GitHub, RevenueCat, and Sentry to give a unified view of each app's health and priority. AppKeep uses commit history to automatically generate release notes tailored for the web, App Store, and Google Play Store. The tool also supports feature and bugfix queuing, engineer handoffs, and post-release monitoring. Currently used only by its creator, AppKeep has been published with tutorials and a live demo to gather broader user feedback.

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