Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Faith, Prayer & Bible
My Bible translation isn’t in the app
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 85 reviews, in 38 of 88 apps. - Faith, Prayer & Bible
Verses missing from the Bible text
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 60 reviews, in 22 of 88 apps. - Faith, Prayer & Bible
The audio Bible sounds robotic
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 43 reviews, in 18 of 88 apps. - Faith, Prayer & Bible
Typos in the Bible text and prayers
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 35 reviews, in 23 of 88 apps. - Faith, Prayer & Bible
Can’t make the Bible text bigger
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 30 reviews, in 18 of 88 apps. - Faith, Prayer & Bible
Listen to the Bible, not just read it
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 26 reviews, in 16 of 88 apps. - Faith, Prayer & Bible
A daily verse or prayer-time widget
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 26 reviews, in 16 of 88 apps. - Faith, Prayer & Bible
AI-generated prayers and images
Pain 1 out of 10, mild. 25 reviews, in 13 of 88 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.