Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- AI Homework & Math Solver
Gives wrong answers to problems
Pain 10 out of 10, acute. 787 reviews, in 44 of 51 apps. - AI Homework & Math Solver
Can’t read the problem from a photo
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 79 reviews, in 21 of 51 apps. - AI Homework & Math Solver
Can’t handle geometry and graphs
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 53 reviews, in 21 of 51 apps. - AI Homework & Math Solver
Says “can’t solve this” instead of answering
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 40 reviews, in 12 of 51 apps. - AI Homework & Math Solver
Waiting hours for a tutor’s answer
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 38 reviews, in 8 of 51 apps. - AI Homework & Math Solver
Can’t do word problems
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 29 reviews, in 12 of 51 apps. - AI Homework & Math Solver
Show the steps, not just the answer
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 26 reviews, in 11 of 51 apps. - AI Homework & Math Solver
No solutions for my textbook
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 25 reviews, in 4 of 51 apps.
How we count
The sample is up to 500 recent App Store reviews for each of about 100 popular apps per category. We look for each need across all of the category’s reviews and check a random sample of matches by hand: at least 80% are correct.
“Pain” is a rough score from 1 to 10: half comes from the share of the category’s reviews that mention it, 30% from how many such reviews there are in total, 20% from the share of apps where it comes up. It is not search demand and not market size.
In words: 1–3 mild · 4–6 noticeable · 7–8 strong · 9–10 acute.