Launch day is the worst time to discover your App Store assets are off-spec. A complete pre-launch ASO checklist covering metadata, visuals, preview video, and review.
The product page you launch with sets your baseline conversion from the very first impression. Scrambling to fix it during a launch is a recipe for rejected assets and lost momentum. Work through this checklist before you submit.
Metadata
- App name includes your single most important keyword.
- Subtitle states the core benefit in one line.
- Keyword field is filled completely: no spaces after commas, no duplicates, no wasted plurals.
- Description is written for humans, with the value prop in the first two lines (above the fold).
- Category and any secondary category chosen deliberately.
Visual assets
- Icon is simple, distinct, and legible at the smallest size it appears.
- Screenshots are captioned with benefits and ordered strongest-first.
- Screenshots are exported at the exact required resolution for each device size.
- Preview video is 15–30 seconds, full-bleed, at the exact required resolution.
- Preview removes the iOS recording dot and any personal or placeholder data.
- Poster frame is chosen and on-brand.
Trust and proof
- A review prompt is wired to a moment of success in the app (never on launch).
- Support URL and privacy policy are live and reachable.
- Privacy nutrition labels are accurate: inaccuracies cause rejections and erode trust.
Set up to learn
Before traffic arrives, decide what you will measure and what you will test first. Have a Product Page Optimization test queued for week one so you start improving from real data immediately instead of waiting months to begin.
A launch is not the finish line for your product page: it is the start line. Ship it clean, then iterate.
– Sabrina Fraser
Get the assets right once and launch day becomes calm. prevy handles the preview side end to end (clean export at Apple's exact dimensions) so the highest-risk item on this list is the one you can stop worrying about.
Written by
Sabrina Fraser
Product Designer & ASO Specialist
Sabrina designs the frames, motion, and typography that make a 15-second preview feel inevitable. She obsesses over the first three seconds and the last call to action.