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 97/100 (estimated from autocomplete).
Difficulty 59/100 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.
8 of the 8 top apps checked charge or sell in-app purchases.
5 of the top 10 launched in the last two years and already have 1,000+ ratings.
Recurring complaints: repetitive gameplay, difficulty balance, app crashes.
Who ranks today
Top results in US
- 14.8 · 11,562
- 24.8 · 26,744
- 34.7 · 57,217
- 44.3 · 2,022
- 54.2 · 1,917
- 64.5 · 4,530
- 74.1 · 4,174
- 84.7 · 20,429
- 94.3 · 30,180
- 104.6 · 78,036
“fun but gets repetitive” — review of Gambonanza
“The game is pretty good, but it gets worse when you dial up the difficulty. The Queen difficulty restrictions are not fun or challenging; losing your relics every 5 rounds is boring, and the run loses its identity sin…” — review of Gambonanza
No repeated feature requests in recent reviews.
How the top apps make money
From the top 5 apps' Google Play 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambonanza | $5.99 to download | — | — |
| Dungeon Clawler | $6.99 to download | — | — |
| OneBit Adventure Roguelite RPG | Free + ads + in-app purchases | $0.99–$49.99 | Google Play label |
| God Rivals: RPG Roguelike | Free + in-app purchases | $0.99–$79.99 | — |
| Luck be a Landlord | $4.99 to download | — | — |
- 1 of 2 top apps shows ads: OneBit Adventure Roguelite RPG (Google Play label), so it earns even from people who never pay.
- 2 of 2 top apps sell in-app purchases that don't say if they renew: OneBit Adventure Roguelite RPG $0.99–$49.99, God Rivals: RPG Roguelike $0.99–$79.99.
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“repetitive gameplay” 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.
“fun but gets repetitive” — review of Gambonanza
- 2Fix what users complain about“difficulty balance” 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.
“The game is pretty good, but it gets worse when you dial up the difficulty. The Queen difficulty restrictions are not fun or challenging; losing your relics every 5 rounds is boring, and the run loses its identity sin…” — review of Gambonanza
- 3Fix what users complain about“app crashes” 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.
“game is fun but consistantly broke my phone is really bad ways where i would have to conpletely restart the phone after watching it take a seizure for 10 minutes, has happened multiple times and there were a couple mo…” — review of Gambonanza
- 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.
- 5Lower the barrier3 of the top 5 apps cost money upfront.A free download with a paid upgrade lets people try before they pay, which can beat paid apps in search.
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