Niche Explorer
Is this idea worth building?
See the apps you’d compete with, how crowded the niche is and what launched in it lately. Real store data, no invented download numbers.
Verdict for “journal”
Crowded
Strong, charting rivals already own this. Only enter with something very different.
OpenCompetitiveCrowded
3 matched apps currently sit in the top 10 charts — niche looks saturated with strong incumbents (saturation 62/100).
100competitors found
5in the charts
4.6avg rating, top apps
413launched in 30 days
Who you’d compete with
Top 10 by chart rank and ratings
Duolingo: Language LessonsDuolingo · Education
#1top free
4.649,331,949 ratings
500,000,000+installs
1too new to tell
DayPic노바링크 · Lifestyle
#2top paid
–no ratings
1,000+installs
1too new to tell
DAVx⁵ – CalDAV CardDAV WebDAVbitfire web engineering · Productivity
#5top paid
–no ratings
100,000+installs
2active updates
Rarevision VHS: Retro CamRarevision · Photography
#17top paid
–no ratings
100,000+installs
1too new to tell
Bullet Journal CompanionLightcage LLC
#49top paid
–no ratings
n/aApp Store
0too new to tell
Soul DiaryThe Orbit Apps · Lifestyle
–not charting
–no ratings
–installs
1too new to tell
WIREDCondé Nast Digital · News & Magazines
–not charting
–no ratings
10+installs
1too new to tell
TerraScope: Live Earth Map 3DMR. PROXY CORE · Travel & Local
–not charting
–no ratings
1,000+installs
1too new to tell
DeepFind IAraya-inc · Productivity
–not charting
–no ratings
1,000+installs
1too new to tell
Notepad, Notes, Easy NotebookAPPVERSE · Productivity
–not charting
–no ratings
10,000+installs
1too new to tell
New in this niche
413 launched in the last 30 days
Onemni: Dream Journal
Huseyin Bicen
Bloom - Mood Journal
Mario Belenguer Urpinell
BeanTrack Coffee Journal
LI HE
Dryve: Recovery Journal
CHRISTOS AGKORTZAS
Daily Diary Journal & Lock
Milan R Dhameliya
Worry Box: Anxiety Journal
House of Peace GmbH
AU +3
EchoMyMood - Journal
Juan Woods Norbert
Pogeuni: Reading Journal
DongKwan Kho
I WILL: Affirmations & Journal
Annoying Goose For Software Publishing
Prometheus: Mood Journal
Andrii Voinov
My Garage Journal
My Garage Journal
Wysh: Manifestation Journal
ilyas inajjar
Where the opening is
- Tracking/journaling features appear frequently (68/99 descriptions)
What to do next
- Only proceed with a sharp wedge — me-too launches will struggle here.
- Review these strong incumbents before pivoting: Duolingo: Language Lessons, DayPic, DAVx⁵ – CalDAV CardDAV WebDAV.
- Consider an adjacent keyword or sub-audience with weaker chart presence.
- Use Launches (/launches?q=journal) to see if new launches still enter this space.
How we scored this
Competitors+40
Chart presence+10.8
Ratings+11.2
Update pace-0.1
Saturation62/100
About the data
- Match set has ratings and chart signals; score is based on stored crawler data only.
Open below 40, competitive 40–69, crowded from 70 or with 3+ top-10 charting rivals. We never estimate downloads or revenue. Generated 2 Oct 2026.