Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Cycling
Won't connect to the bike or sensors
Pain 7 out of 10, strong. 128 reviews, in 31 of 56 apps. - Cycling
Sync with Apple Health
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 84 reviews, in 23 of 56 apps. - Cycling
Distance and speed are wrong
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 52 reviews, in 21 of 56 apps. - Cycling
Apple Watch support
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 43 reviews, in 19 of 56 apps. - Cycling
Sync with Strava
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 42 reviews, in 15 of 56 apps. - Cycling
Auto-pause misbehaves
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 37 reviews, in 15 of 56 apps. - Cycling
Can't switch between miles and kilometers
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 26 reviews, in 12 of 56 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.