Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Stock investing
Can't get my money out of the account
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 191 reviews, in 29 of 73 apps. - Stock investing
My brokerage account won't connect
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 94 reviews, in 13 of 73 apps. - Stock investing
Home Screen widget for my portfolio
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 86 reviews, in 23 of 73 apps. - Stock investing
Prices lag behind the market
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 83 reviews, in 35 of 73 apps. - Stock investing
Missing the stocks and markets I need
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 73 reviews, in 24 of 73 apps. - Stock investing
Trading signals lose money
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 68 reviews, in 14 of 73 apps. - Stock investing
Extended-hours trading and prices
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 41 reviews, in 21 of 73 apps. - Stock investing
Portfolio performance chart
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 34 reviews, in 21 of 73 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.