diff --git a/plugins/clone-app/skills/clone-app/scripts/check-appstore.py b/plugins/clone-app/skills/clone-app/scripts/check-appstore.py
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+++ b/plugins/clone-app/skills/clone-app/scripts/check-appstore.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Best-effort check whether an iOS App Store equivalent exists, via the
+public iTunes Search API. There is no reliable Android-package → App-Store-ID
+mapping, so we search by term (app title) and return the top matches."""
+import sys, json, argparse, urllib.request, urllib.parse
+
+def fetch(term):
+    q = urllib.parse.urlencode({"term": term, "entity": "software", "limit": 5})
+    url = f"https://itunes.apple.com/search?{q}"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"})
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as r:
+        return json.loads(r.read().decode("utf-8", "replace"))
+
+def shape(data):
+    results = []
+    for r in data.get("results", []):
+        results.append({
+            "name": r.get("trackName"),
+            "seller": r.get("sellerName"),
+            "rating": r.get("averageUserRating"),
+            "rating_count": r.get("userRatingCount"),
+            "price": r.get("formattedPrice"),
+            "url": r.get("trackViewUrl"),
+        })
+    return {"found": len(results) > 0, "source": "app-store", "results": results}
+
+def main():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("term")
+    ap.add_argument("--json-file")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    if args.json_file:
+        with open(args.json_file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+    else:
+        try:
+            data = fetch(args.term)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(json.dumps({"found": False, "source": "app-store",
+                              "results": [], "error": str(e)}, indent=2))
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+    print(json.dumps(shape(data), indent=2))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/plugins/clone-app/tests/fixtures/itunes-sample.json b/plugins/clone-app/tests/fixtures/itunes-sample.json
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+++ b/plugins/clone-app/tests/fixtures/itunes-sample.json
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+{
+  "resultCount": 1,
+  "results": [
+    {
+      "trackName": "Example App",
+      "sellerName": "Example Studio",
+      "averageUserRating": 4.5,
+      "userRatingCount": 8421,
+      "formattedPrice": "Free",
+      "trackViewUrl": "https://apps.apple.com/app/id123456789"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/plugins/clone-app/tests/test-check-appstore.py b/plugins/clone-app/tests/test-check-appstore.py
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+++ b/plugins/clone-app/tests/test-check-appstore.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import json, subprocess, sys, os
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+SCRIPT = os.path.join(HERE, "..", "skills", "clone-app", "scripts", "check-appstore.py")
+FIXTURE = os.path.join(HERE, "fixtures", "itunes-sample.json")
+
+def main():
+    out = subprocess.check_output(
+        [sys.executable, SCRIPT, "Example App", "--json-file", FIXTURE])
+    d = json.loads(out)
+    fails = []
+    def check(name, cond):
+        print(f"{'PASS' if cond else 'FAIL'}: {name}")
+        if not cond: fails.append(name)
+    check("found true", d["found"] is True)
+    check("source", d["source"] == "app-store")
+    check("one result", len(d["results"]) == 1)
+    r = d["results"][0]
+    check("name", r["name"] == "Example App")
+    check("seller", r["seller"] == "Example Studio")
+    check("rating", abs(r["rating"] - 4.5) < 0.001)
+    check("rating_count", r["rating_count"] == 8421)
+    check("price", r["price"] == "Free")
+    check("url", r["url"].endswith("id123456789"))
+    sys.exit(1 if fails else 0)
+
+main()