Counted app ideas.
The app categories with the most complaints — ranked, and each one showing the one wound nobody's fixed. Counted from real App Store reviews, not guessed. Pick one, get the free report.
Food delivery apps
Build this: support that actually resolves
Support · 2.96× the norm · 27.6% of complaints · 100% of apps
Dating apps
Build this: fair limits, no paywall rage
Limits & caps · 2.08× the norm · 5.8% of complaints · 100% of apps
Marketplace shopping apps
Build this: support that actually resolves
Support · 1.33× the norm · 12.3% of complaints · 100% of apps
Grocery delivery apps
Build this: support that actually resolves
Support · 2.58× the norm · 24% of complaints · 100% of apps
News apps
Build this: fair limits, no paywall rage
Limits & caps · 2.54× the norm · 7.1% of complaints · 100% of apps
Banking apps
Build this: login & auth that doesn't break
Login & auth · 3.27× the norm · 43.1% of complaints · 100% of apps
Navigation apps
Build this: accuracy you can trust
Accuracy · 1.54× the norm · 18.1% of complaints · 100% of apps
Business Directory apps
Build this: support that actually resolves
Support · 2.23× the norm · 20.8% of complaints · 83% of apps
Investing apps
Build this: login & auth that doesn't break
Login & auth · 2.57× the norm · 33.8% of complaints · 100% of apps
Duplicate photo cleaner apps
Build this: billing without the dark patterns
Billing · 1.60× the norm · 51.8% of complaints · 100% of apps
Design tools
Build this: fair limits, no paywall rage
Limits & caps · 2.37× the norm · 6.6% of complaints · 100% of apps
Music streaming apps
Build this: performance that holds up
Performance · 1.55× the norm · 26.4% of complaints · 100% of apps
Social media scheduling apps
Build this: login & auth that doesn't break
Login & auth · 2.50× the norm · 32.9% of complaints · 100% of apps
Casual puzzle games
Build this: no ad-spam
Ads · 5.14× the norm · 53.1% of complaints · 100% of apps
Calorie tracking
Build this: a flow that isn't a chore
UX · 3.03× the norm · 8.9% of complaints · 90% of apps
Ranked by opportunity — negative-review share weighted by category reach. The wedge is the complaint theme most over-indexedversus the cross-category norm, so it's the gap that's specific to the category, not a wound every app has. Demand chips and the 12-month trend come from Google Suggest and Google Trends.
Updated Jul 27, 2026 · see a full report