Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Habits
Home-screen widget for habits
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 92 reviews, in 35 of 98 apps. - Habits
Check off habits on Apple Watch
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 78 reviews, in 26 of 98 apps. - Habits
Not just daily habits
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 41 reviews, in 21 of 98 apps. - Habits
Can’t shift the day to fit a night schedule
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 27 reviews, in 16 of 98 apps. - Habits
Stop reminders once a habit is done
Pain 1 out of 10, mild. 21 reviews, in 16 of 98 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.