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title: SoftwareApp structured data documentation
description: "## **🎯 Purpose** - Helps Google show rich snippets for apps or software (including ratings, pricing, OS compatibility). - Commonly used for **mobile apps, web apps, SaaS tools**. ## **✅ Required Properties** For SoftwareApplication: - **name** → App name. -…"
url: "https://fsidm.in/knowledge/seo/softwareapp-structured-data/"
updated: "2025-12-13"
category: SEO
---

# SoftwareApp structured data documentation

## **🎯 Purpose**

- Helps Google show rich snippets for apps or software (including ratings, pricing, OS compatibility).
- Commonly used for **mobile apps, web apps, SaaS tools**.

## **✅ Required Properties**

For SoftwareApplication:

- **name** → App name.
- **operatingSystem** → OS the app runs on (e.g., Windows, iOS, Android, Web).
- **applicationCategory** → App category (e.g., "BusinessApplication", "GameApplication", "EducationalApplication").

## **✨ Recommended Properties**

(Not required but boosts rich results)

- **aggregateRating** → Avg. rating + rating count.
- **offers** → Price, currency, availability.
- **description** → Short app description.
- **image** → App icon or screenshot.
- **downloadUrl****/****installUrl** → Download/install page.
- **softwareVersion** → Current version.

## **⚡ JSON-LD Example**

Here’s a working template:

<script type="application/ld+json">

{

  "@context": "https://schema.org",

  "@type": "SoftwareApplication",

  "name": "FSIDM AI Marketing Toolkit",

  "operatingSystem": "Web, Windows, macOS",

  "applicationCategory": "BusinessApplication",

  "description": "An AI-powered marketing suite for SEO, Ads, Social Media, and Analytics automation.",

  "softwareVersion": "2.3",

  "image": "https://fsidm.in/images/app-icon.png",

  "downloadUrl": "https://fsidm.in/ai-marketing-tool",

  "aggregateRating": {

    "@type": "AggregateRating",

    "ratingValue": "4.8",

    "ratingCount": "178"

  },

  "offers": {

    "@type": "Offer",

    "price": "49.99",

    "priceCurrency": "USD",

    "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",

    "url": "https://fsidm.in/ai-marketing-tool"

  }

}

</script>

💡 **Pro Tips**

- **Visible rating & price** on page → Google needs to see the actual info.
- Test with **Rich Results Test** before deployment.
- If you have a **free tool**, price can be "0" and currency still required.