Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Blood pressure
The app doesn’t measure blood pressure
Pain 9 out of 10, acute. 444 reviews, in 41 of 54 apps. - Blood pressure
The app doesn’t measure blood sugar
Pain 8 out of 10, strong. 382 reviews, in 26 of 54 apps. - Blood pressure
Readings don’t sync to Apple Health
Pain 7 out of 10, strong. 121 reviews, in 20 of 54 apps. - Blood pressure
Heart rate readings are way off
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 68 reviews, in 24 of 54 apps. - Blood pressure
Blood pressure readings are way off
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 75 reviews, in 16 of 54 apps. - Blood pressure
The cuff won’t send readings to the app
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 69 reviews, in 13 of 54 apps. - Blood pressure
Edit or delete a wrong reading
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 37 reviews, in 12 of 54 apps. - Blood pressure
Can’t print or send your readings
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 25 reviews, in 13 of 54 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.