Before you build

See the app market before you write a line of code

What is launching, what studios are testing, what is taking off and where the gap is. Market intelligence for indie makers and small studios, from public App Store and Google Play data.

  • Free plan, no card
  • App Store and Google Play
  • Updated every hour
211,318apps and games on file
24,404launched last week
1,099likely soft launches last week
Nine ways to read the market

From “what is new” to “what should I build”

Launches: the new apps, day by day

The stores show what is popular. This shows what is new: one day of launches on one page, by real release date.

  • App Store and Google Play together
  • Filter by store, category, country and installs
  • 90 days of history, and CSV export
See today’s launches Free: today and yesterday

Soft-launch radar: what studios are testing

Games and apps live in only a few countries: the earliest public sign of what is coming to your market.

  • Likely tests, with local businesses filtered out
  • The countries each one is live in
  • The studios that test most
Open the radar Free: the last week

Breakouts: new apps already taking off

Apps released in the last weeks that passed 10K, 100K or 1M downloads. The ones worth studying, without the noise.

  • Checked every hour
  • Google Play’s own counter; App Store figures marked as estimates
  • Alerts when one lands in your niche
See breakouts Free: the newest 3

Gaps: niches where newcomers win

Every niche we follow, ranked by how well apps launched in the last 30 days did. Find where a new app still has room.

  • How many launched, and how many took off
  • A score that compares niches with each other
  • A look back at 30 days, not a forecast
See the board Free: the top 3

Niche Explorer: a verdict on your idea

Type an idea. Get a verdict, the apps you would face, their ratings and chart positions, and what launched lately.

  • Room to enter, Competitive or Crowded
  • The leaders and how often they update
  • A report you can save as a PDF
Check a niche Free: every check

Review gap finder: what users still want

AI reads the reviews of up to five competitors together and lists what their users complain about and ask for.

  • Complaints and requests, with the apps that get them
  • What users already love, so you keep it
  • Links to the real reviews behind each point
How it works Indie: 5 reports a month

Idea generator: three ideas for any niche

AI reads a niche’s leaders, recent launches, breakouts and low-star reviews, and writes three app ideas that rest on that evidence.

  • Each idea names the evidence behind it
  • A first version and the main risk, spelled out
  • Starting points to test, not forecasts
Generate ideas Indie: 10 reports a month

Inspiration: store screenshots of the leaders

Browse the screenshots and icons of the apps that lead each category, and see how winners present themselves.

  • By category, on both stores
  • The top apps of any chart, in rank order
  • Also inside Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor
Browse screenshots Free: 10 apps a category

Publishers and charts: who ships, who climbs

Every developer’s portfolio and launch pace, and the top charts of each country with movement.

  • Follow a studio and see each new app
  • Chart positions with history
  • Compare apps side by side
Browse publishers Free: browse and search
How makers use it

A week of research, in four moves

  1. 1

    Scan what launched

    Open Launches for your category each morning, or let the morning email bring your niches to you.

  2. 2

    Spot what is working

    Breakouts and Gaps show which newcomers got traction, and in which niches.

  3. 3

    Check your idea

    Niche Explorer gives a verdict and the apps you would face. Save the report.

  4. 4

    Find the opening

    The review gap finder lists what users of the leaders still ask for. Build that.

Know the market before you build

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