Quickstart — from signup to your first daily brief

Create your account, connect your first app and get your first daily brief — in about ten minutes, on a 14-day free trial with no card.

Everything in this guide happens inside a 14-day free trial that starts the moment you create your account — full access to every feature, no card required. You only pick a plan when the trial ends (or earlier, if you want to).

What you'll need

• An iOS app that monetizes through RevenueCat (required — it's how AdsBuddy ties ad spend to real revenue).
• An Apple Search Ads account (optional at setup — needed for recommendations and applying changes).
• Optionally, App Store Connect API access for the install funnel (a Growth-plan feature, included free during the trial).

The seven steps

1. Create your accountSign up at adsbuddy.app/signup with email, Google or Apple. Your trial starts now.
2. Add your first appName + App Store ID (the ~10-digit number in your store URL, apps.apple.com/app/id6448311069, or in App Store Connect → Apps).
3. Connect RevenueCatProject ID + a read-only V2 secret key. The wizard links straight to the page where they live — see Connect RevenueCat.
4. Connect Apple Search Ads (optional now)The one with the key ceremony — the wizard walks you through it, or see Connect Apple Search Ads. You can also do this later from Settings.
5. Set your budget & safety capA monthly budget and a daily cap. AdsBuddy never recommends past these limits, and the apply flow enforces them server-side.
6. Pick your daily-brief timeWhen the day's prioritized actions should be ready, in your timezone. Email/Slack delivery is optional.
7. Finish setupThe last step confirms your free trial is active — no payment screen. Hit Finish setup and you land in the dashboard.

What happens right after

AdsBuddy runs a first sync immediately — revenue from RevenueCat, campaigns from Apple Ads if connected — so your dashboard shows real data within about a minute, not after the nightly run. If you already run campaigns, it audits them and offers three paths (see Already running campaigns?). Your first daily brief arrives at the time you picked.