25 September 2026 · owner Sowmya · reviewer Vinson · first run once Vinson approves the prompt list, then on the 1st of every month
Ask ten fixed questions to six AI assistants, record exactly what each one says about Hypertune and its competitors, and summarise it in three lines. The same questions, the same way, every month.
More buyers now ask an AI assistant "what should I use" instead of searching Google. The few people who reach us from AI assistants already convert best of any channel (34 first visits and 3 paying subscribers in 28 days, 8.8%, on a small sample). But when someone asks a category question such as "best game booster", no assistant names Hypertune today. We are about to build the things that should change that: a Hypertune vs Hone page, a how-it-works page, game pages, press links and Bing listing. This baseline is the "before" picture. Without it we cannot tell whether that work moved anything.
Your judgement is the point of the task. A script can collect the answers. Only a person can say whether the description of Hypertune is accurate, whether the tone is fair, and which sources the assistant trusted.
From Google Search Console (22 Aug to 19 Sep). Almost all search traffic is people who already know the name.
| Queries | Clicks | Impressions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branded (hypertune and misspellings) | 107 | 8,213 | 17,899 |
| Non-branded | 1,299 | 254 | 7,548 |
Category phrases where we already appear on page one of Google, with nothing on the site written for them:
| Query | Clicks | Impressions | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| pc optimization for gaming | 30 | 390 | 6.9 |
| pc optimization | 13 | 463 | 8.3 |
| best pc optimizer for gaming | 5 | 182 | 8.4 |
| pc optimizer for gaming | 4 | 169 | 9.6 |
| cpu game optimizer | 0 | 111 | 8.7 |
What people check before paying. About 773 impressions and 26 clicks in a month, with no page on the site answering any of them:
| Query | Impressions |
|---|---|
| is hypertune legit | 271 |
| is hypertune free | 178 |
| does hypertune work | 91 |
| is hypertune safe | 70 |
| is hypertune worth it | 66 |
Games people search with Hypertune: Valorant 169 impressions, Fortnite 131 (10 clicks), Rust 61, CS2 20, Overwatch 15, Warzone 13, Marvel Rivals 13.
Size of the wider market (third-party estimates, monthly searches, global English): game booster 135,000 · fps booster 33,100 · input lag 8,100 · pc optimization 5,400 · gpu overclocking 5,400 · pc optimization software 2,400 · msi afterburner alternative 880.
AI assistants today. An automated probe on 15 Sep (Fluenta) found no assistant names Hypertune for category questions: 0 of 5. ChatGPT, Claude and Grok did not name it even for brand questions. Perplexity and Google AI Mode cited hypertune.gg for brand questions only. For "best game booster" they named Razer Cortex, MSI Afterburner and GeForce Experience. Our own analytics show 82 visits from ChatGPT, 6 from Gemini and 3 from Perplexity in 28 days. Bing is not yet verified, and ChatGPT search reads Bing, which is one reason ChatGPT does not see us.
Competitors you should expect to see named: Hone (the main direct competitor), Razer Cortex, MSI Afterburner, NVIDIA App or GeForce Experience, Intel XTU (the free tool people suggest instead), ExitLag and GearUP (network tools), IObit Advanced SystemCare, CCleaner, EXM Tweaks. Record any others exactly as named.
Type each one exactly as written, including punctuation. Never change the wording after the first run, or the months stop being comparable.
| # | Prompt | Group | Why it is in the set |
|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | What is the best PC optimizer for gaming? | Category | Search query "best pc optimizer for gaming", page one on Google |
| P2 | What's the best game booster to get more FPS? | Category | Largest demand in the category (game booster 135,000, fps booster 33,100) |
| P3 | How do I optimize my PC for gaming? | Category | Our best non-brand query ("pc optimization for gaming", 30 clicks) |
| P4 | Is there software that automatically overclocks my CPU and GPU for gaming? | Category | Describes exactly what Hypertune does ("cpu game optimizer", "gpu overclocking") |
| P5 | How do I get more FPS in Fortnite on PC? | Game | The game with the most clicks alongside Hypertune |
| P6 | Is Hypertune legit? | Evaluation | Largest pre-purchase query (271) |
| P7 | Is Hypertune free? | Evaluation | Second largest (178); press has already printed that it is free, which is wrong |
| P8 | Is Hypertune safe to use? | Evaluation | 70 impressions; the trust question |
| P9 | Is Hypertune worth it? | Evaluation | "worth it" and "does it work" together (157) |
| P10 | Hypertune vs Hone: which is better? | Comparison | Main competitor; we have no comparison page yet |
Vinson approves this list before the first run. If he swaps a prompt, update this table before you start.
| Assistant | Where | Account |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | chatgpt.com | Logged out |
| Claude | claude.ai | Your own account, memory off |
| Gemini | gemini.google.com | Your own Google account, Gemini Apps Activity off |
| Perplexity | perplexity.ai | Logged out |
| Grok | grok.com | Your own account, personalisation off |
| Google AI Mode | google.com, "AI Mode" tab | Logged out, incognito window |
The probe on 15 Sep covered five of these (not Gemini), so keep all six to compare against it.
2026-10-01_chatgpt_P01.png (date, assistant, prompt number). Save to the shared folder Vinson gives you.Sixty answers the first time, plus re-runs. Allow about three hours. Later months take about two.
The template is AI visibility baseline template.csv, one row per assistant and prompt, already filled with the assistant, prompt number and prompt. Fill the rest:
| Column | What to write |
|---|---|
| Model shown | The model name on screen |
| Logged in | Y or N |
| Searched the web | Y if sources are shown, N if not, "unclear" |
| Hypertune named | Y or N |
| Position | 1 if Hypertune is the first product named, 2 if second, and so on. Blank if not named |
| How it is described | Copy the sentence or two about Hypertune word for word |
| Accurate | Y, N or Partly, checked against the fact list below |
| What is wrong | Only if N or Partly: the wrong claim, in a few words |
| Tone | Positive, neutral or critical |
| Competitors named, in order | Exactly as named, separated by commas |
| Sources cited | The domains shown as sources, separated by commas |
| hypertune.gg cited | Y or N |
| Stability | "2 of 2" or "1 of 2", only when named |
| Screenshot | File name |
| Notes | Anything odd, including any safety or compatibility concern the answer raises (copy it, do not judge it) |
Check each description against these. If an answer says something not covered here, mark it "Partly" and describe it in Notes so Vinson can check.
After the run, write three lines at the top of the sheet and send them to Vinson:
Line 3 is the most useful one. The sources an assistant cites for category questions are the sites we need to be mentioned on, so that list goes straight into press and outreach.