Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Wallpapers & widgets
Live wallpapers don’t move once set
Pain 8 out of 10, strong. 457 reviews, in 38 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
Search wallpapers and themes by keyword
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 139 reviews, in 46 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
The catalog is full of AI-generated images
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 72 reviews, in 25 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
Wallpapers and photos come out blurry
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 66 reviews, in 30 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
The widget turns into a blank box
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 68 reviews, in 21 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
Can’t figure out how to set a wallpaper or widget
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 45 reviews, in 32 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
Transparent widget backgrounds don’t work
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 49 reviews, in 10 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
New icons just duplicate your apps
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 43 reviews, in 19 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
Some images aren’t kid-friendly
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 39 reviews, in 12 of 79 apps. - Wallpapers & widgets
The widget doesn’t update on screen
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 39 reviews, in 15 of 79 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.