Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Mind maps
Sync with iCloud or OneDrive
Pain 7 out of 10, strong. 45 reviews, in 5 of 10 apps. - Mind maps
Can't export the map in a usable format
Pain 7 out of 10, strong. 38 reviews, in 9 of 10 apps. - Mind maps
Proper Apple Pencil support
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 22 reviews, in 7 of 10 apps. - Mind maps
Add your own photos in full quality
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 20 reviews, in 5 of 10 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.