Pulse
Concrete pains from app reviews — and how strong they are
- Workouts and fitness
Can’t get the workout onto my TV
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 115 reviews, in 30 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
The same exercises every single time
Pain 5 out of 10, noticeable. 110 reviews, in 40 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
The exercises I do aren’t in the app
Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable. 67 reviews, in 26 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
Control my workout from Apple Watch
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 57 reviews, in 24 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
The app keeps interrupting my music
Pain 3 out of 10, mild. 46 reviews, in 23 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
Workouts that work around my injury
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 35 reviews, in 22 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
My plan needs equipment I don’t have
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 33 reviews, in 14 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
A workout widget for the Home Screen
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 26 reviews, in 17 of 91 apps. - Workouts and fitness
Sync with Strava and Garmin
Pain 2 out of 10, mild. 25 reviews, in 17 of 91 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.