Is this app idea worth building?
Type the search people would use to find the app. We look at who ranks today and how beatable they are.
That was your last free search for this tool.
Mixed signals. Look for a sharper angle or a niche within this search.
A research starting point built from public store data, not a forecast of downloads or revenue.
How the score is built
Every component is shown — no black box.
Search popularity 82/100 (estimated from autocomplete).
Difficulty 62/100 from the strength of the top 10.
1 of the top 10 are poorly rated, stale (no update in a year) or have under 1,000 ratings.
0 of the 5 top apps checked charge or sell in-app purchases.
0 of the top 10 launched in the last two years and already have 1,000+ ratings.
Recurring complaints: app slowness, app bugs, customer support.
Who ranks today
Top results in CA
- 1
4.7 · 1,101,372 - 2
4.8 · 281,519 - 3
4.6 · 116,081 - 4
3.2 · 18 - 5
4.7 · 1,341 - 6
4.8 · 22,249 - 7
4.8 · 55,789 - 8
4.2 · 27,955 - 9
4.8 · 62,834 - 10
4.6 · 37,848
“Slow downtown. The past couple months the bmo app has significantly slowed down. Tried updating, refreshing it but nothing works. This is really making me want to switch banks and I have been with bmo for 7 years now.” — review of BMO Mobile Banking
“System poor. Some steps just loop around” — review of Scotiabank
No repeated feature requests in recent reviews.
How the top apps make money
From the top 5 apps' App Store pages in CA, in that store's prices. Ads come from the store's labels and purchases that remove ads.
| App | How it makes money | Prices | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotiabank | Free, no purchases or ads | — | — |
| NBC mobile application | Free, no purchases or ads | — | — |
| BMO Mobile Banking | Free, no purchases or ads | — | — |
| ScotiaConnect Business Banking | Free, no purchases or ads | — | — |
| Scotia Caribbean | Free, no purchases or ads | — | — |
- 5 of 5 top apps are completely free, with nothing to buy and no ads (Scotiabank, NBC mobile application, BMO Mobile Banking, ScotiaConnect Business Banking, Scotia Caribbean).
If you built this today
What a new app should do better than today's top apps, based on their reviews, update history, ratings and prices.
- 1Fix what users complain about“app slowness” comes up in 7 low-rated reviews of today's top apps.Solve this from your first version, and show that you have in your first screenshots.
“Slow downtown. The past couple months the bmo app has significantly slowed down. Tried updating, refreshing it but nothing works. This is really making me want to switch banks and I have been with bmo for 7 years now.” — review of BMO Mobile Banking
- 2Fix what users complain about“app bugs” comes up in 6 low-rated reviews of today's top apps.Solve this from your first version, and show that you have in your first screenshots.
“System poor. Some steps just loop around” — review of Scotiabank
- 3Fix what users complain about“customer support” comes up in 3 low-rated reviews of today's top apps.Answer every support message and review quickly, and put a way to contact you inside the app.
“Scam. Llame para reportar sobre una estafa nunca tuve una respuesta concreta” — review of Scotiabank
- 4Pick a sharper angleUsers are mostly happy with today's apps (4.7★ on average).Copying them won't be enough. Aim at a specific group or use case they serve badly.
- 5Test willingness to payFew of the top apps charge anything.Money in this search is unproven. Check that people will pay before building much (a waitlist with prices, or a small paid feature).
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