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.
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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 100/100 from the strength of the top 10.
0 of the top 10 are poorly rated, stale (no update in a year) or have under 1,000 ratings.
5 of the 5 top apps checked charge or sell in-app purchases; median in-app price 12.99.
0 of the top 10 launched in the last two years and already have 1,000+ ratings.
Recurring complaints: poor app quality, sync issues, slow sync.
Who ranks today
Top results in US
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4.8 · 9,364,953 - 2
4.7 · 3,031,910 - 3
4.7 · 488,067 - 4
4.7 · 1,481,971 - 5
4.7 · 595,435 - 6
4.7 · 720,255 - 7
4.7 · 1,372,842 - 8
4.7 · 588,730 - 9
4.8 · 3,382,342 - 10
4.7 · 1,070,450
“POS app from a trash company. Worst implementation that ever existed. Microslop is the single worst company at creating anything usable by their customers. Everything the Microsoft brand name touches is destroyed and…” — review of Microsoft Outlook
“Monopoly Means No Innovation. Word really gives you the bare minimum on mobile. Next to no settings options, forced AI integration and grammar suggestions among many others. Many features are available on Desktop and…” — review of Microsoft Word
No repeated feature requests in recent reviews.
How the top apps make money
From the top 5 apps' App Store pages in US, in that store's prices. Ads come from the store's labels and purchases that remove ads.
| App | How it makes money | Prices | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Outlook | Free + ads + in-app purchases | $1.99–$12.99 | privacy label: third-party advertising |
| Microsoft Word | Free + subscription | $6.99/month · $69.99/year · other purchases from $12.99 | — |
| Microsoft OneDrive | Free + subscription | $12.99/month · $129.99/year · other purchases from $0.99 | — |
| Microsoft Excel | Free + subscription | $6.99/month · $69.99/year · other purchases from $12.99 | — |
| Microsoft Edge | Free + ads? + subscription | $9.99/month · $99.99/year | privacy label: tracks users |
- 1 of 5 top apps shows ads: Microsoft Outlook (privacy label: third-party advertising), so it earns even from people who never pay.
- Microsoft Edge may show ads too: its privacy label says it tracks users, which is usually done to show or measure ads.
- 4 of 5 top apps sell a subscription: Microsoft Word, at $6.99/month or $69.99/year.
- 1 of 5 top apps sells in-app purchases that don't say if they renew: Microsoft Outlook $1.99–$12.99.
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“poor app quality” comes up in 4 low-rated reviews of today's top apps.Solve this from your first version, and show that you have in your first screenshots.
“POS app from a trash company. Worst implementation that ever existed. Microslop is the single worst company at creating anything usable by their customers. Everything the Microsoft brand name touches is destroyed and…” — review of Microsoft Outlook
- 2Fix what users complain about“sync issues” comes up in 3 low-rated reviews of today's top apps.Solve this from your first version, and show that you have in your first screenshots.
“Monopoly Means No Innovation. Word really gives you the bare minimum on mobile. Next to no settings options, forced AI integration and grammar suggestions among many others. Many features are available on Desktop and…” — review of Microsoft Word
- 3Fix what users complain about“slow sync” comes up in 2 low-rated reviews of today's top apps.Solve this from your first version, and show that you have in your first screenshots.
“Update. Takes a long time to sync after having to redo a login for school after a couple months. Yes I troubleshoot by updating, resigning in, but the problem is consistent when trying to access older emails. Have to…” — review of Microsoft Outlook
- 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.
- 5Price it like the market expects5 of the top 5 apps are free to download and sell in-app purchases (median 12.99 in local currency).Plan a free download with a clear paid tier from the start, and make the first paid moment feel worth it.
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