Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Weight tracker
The app can’t find the foods I eat
Pain 7 out of 10, strong. 128 reviews, in 11 of 27 apps. - Weight tracker
Sync with Apple Health and Apple Watch
Pain 6 out of 10, noticeable. 67 reviews, in 16 of 27 apps. - Weight tracker
No decimals for weight or height
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 31 reviews, in 6 of 27 apps. - Weight tracker
Sync with Fitbit and smart scales
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 28 reviews, in 9 of 27 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.