Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Plant care
Misidentifies plants from photos
Pain 9 out of 10, acute. 561 reviews, in 42 of 64 apps. - Plant care
Same diagnosis for every plant
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 93 reviews, in 22 of 64 apps. - Plant care
More plants in the catalog
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 74 reviews, in 13 of 64 apps. - Plant care
Mixes up sick and healthy plants
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 49 reviews, in 13 of 64 apps. - Plant care
Reminds you to water when it's not needed
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 42 reviews, in 8 of 64 apps. - Plant care
Doesn't say how to treat the plant
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 39 reviews, in 17 of 64 apps. - Plant care
Can't identify or diagnose a lawn
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 32 reviews, in 12 of 64 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.