{"data":{"items":[{"id":"b53b0ec3-c54b-49e6-86fa-5dbd741c3bd1","excerpt":"I analyzed 9,300+ \"I wish there was an app for this\" posts on Reddit. Here is the data on what people actually want. — Hey everyone,\n\nI’ve been working on a project to track \"opportunity gaps\" on Reddit—specifically posts where someone describes a pain point and asks for a tool that doesn't seem to exist.\n\nI just finis","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1q5lfur/i_analyzed_9300_i_wish_there_was_an_app_for_this/","role":"pain","weight":1.1918561,"occurredAt":"2026-01-06T15:21:39.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SaaS","intent":"feature_request","painScore":0.4090909,"sentiment":-0.27272728,"confidence":0.84583336,"matchedPatterns":["wish","missing_feature"],"statement":"I analyzed 9,300+ \"I wish there was an app for this\" posts on Reddit.","title":"I analyzed 9,300+ \"I wish there was an app for this\" posts on Reddit. Here is the data on what people actually want.","body":"Hey everyone,\n\nI’ve been working on a project to track \"opportunity gaps\" on Reddit—specifically posts where someone describes a pain point and asks for a tool that doesn't seem to exist.\n\nI just finished processing a dataset of 9,363 unique opportunities from the last 6 months. I wanted to share the raw trends I found because they're pretty counter-intuitive for anyone looking to build a side project or SaaS right now.\n\n**1. The \"Anti-Cloud\" Trend:**\n\nAbout 7% of all requests (640+ posts) specifically asked for offline-first or privacy-focused tools. People are getting \"subscription fatigue\" and want local-only versions of popular apps (especially in productivity).\n\n**2. The Big Categories:**\n\nProductivity: 1,231 requests (The most crowded, but highest volume).\n\nEducation/Self-Improvement: 698 requests (The highest \"willingness to pay\" sentiment).\n\nBusiness Tools/SaaS: 696 requests.\n\nHealth & Wellness: 656 requests.\n\n**3. The \"ADHD\" Niche:**\n\nSurprisingly,    r/ADHDis one of the highest-signal subreddits. The users there provide the most detailed \"feature requests\" because current tools often fail their specific workflows.\n\n**4. App Type Breakdown:**\n\nMobile Apps: 61%\n\nSaaS/Web Platforms: 6%\n\nDesktop/Local Software: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\~2% (Small but very high intent).\n\n**5. Timing:**\n\nMost \"frustration\" posts happen on Mondays and Tuesdays. People start their work week, hit a wall with their current software, and come to Reddit to complain.\n\n**6. Where the Money Is:**\n\nThe \"Willingness to Pay\" Index\n\nI scanned the data for keywords like \"buy,\" \"price,\" \"premium,\" and \"subscription.\" While Productivity has the most requests, it does not have the most people offering to pay.\n\n\\\\\\\\- Finance (193 pay signals): By far the most profitable niche. Users are asking for specialized portfolio trackers and risk analysis tools and are explicitly looking for \"premium\" versions that handle their data securely.\n\n\\\\\\\\- Online Commerce (76 pay signals): Shopify owners and small e-commerce sellers are vocal about paying for tools that save them time on shipping, inventory, or order syncing.\n\n\\\\\\\\- Travel (42 pay signals): This is a high-intent category. People are looking for \"pro\" travel planners or specific regional transit apps and are willing to pay for the convenience of a \"working\" solution.\n\nInsight: If you want a faster path to revenue, Finance or E-commerce tools beat \"General Productivity.\"\n\n**7. The \"Pain Level\" (Frustration Score):**\n\nI measured the length and detail of the posts. Longer posts generally indicate higher frustration and a deeper \"pain point.\"\n\nThe highest frustration scores come from:\n\n\\\\\\\\- Developer Platforms (229 avg length): Developers write long, technical \"rants\" about missing features in Spark, AWS, or NetSuite. If you solve these, you have a customer for life.\n\n\\\\\\\\- Cooking & Recipes (223 avg length): Users are angry about modern recipe sites being bloated with ads and \"backstories.\" They want ultra-minimalist, high-speed tools that just show the ingredients.\n\n\\\\\\\\- Parenting (221 avg length): Parents are highly descriptive about their needs (tracking sleep, milestones, or school schedules). This is an emotional, high-retention niche.\n\nInsight: Don't just look for many posts; look for long posts. A long post is a blueprint for a feature list.\n\n**8. The \"Last 60 Days\" Trend (What's Heating Up)**\n\nLooking at the data from November to January, we can see which categories are gaining momentum right now:\n\n\\\\\\\\- Health & Wellness & Gaming: These both spiked in December/January. This follows the \"New Year, New Me\" trend. People are currently hunting for gym trackers, habit-builders, and gamified life-management tools.\n\n\\\\\\\\- Smart Home & IoT: There is a recent wave of interest in \"Data Visualization\" for smart homes—people have the sensors, but they want better graphs to see how their home’s temperature/humidity changes over time.\n\n**Summary for your \"Action Plan\":**\n\n1. High Revenue / High Volume: Build in Finance. People are screaming for better portfolio analytics.\n2. High Gratitude / Low Competition: Build for Traditional Artists (Clean-up tools) or Parents.\n3. The \"Current Wave\": Build a Minimalist Smart Home Dashboard or a Gym Decision-Fatigue Tool.\n\n**SUMMARY**\n\nTop Niche by Pay Signal: Finance (193 signals)\n\nTop Niche by Pain Level: Developer Platforms (High Detail)\n\nFastest Growing (Jan 2026): Health & Wellness (New Year Trend)\n\nThe \"Anti-Bloat\" Opportunity: Cooking & Recipes (Users want text-only, no ads).\n\nI built a tool (neven. app) to help me parse all this data, but I thought these high-level stats would be useful for this sub.\n\nWhich of these categories is everyone currently building in? Happy to pull more specific stats from the data if you're curious about a niche.\n\nVisit neven.app/blog for more insights","offTopic":false},{"id":"c0e01acf-d776-4d4d-9550-d725551e0fa7","excerpt":"Here 30 ideas! I building one, the rest is yours. — I spent a few hours pulling from Reddit complaint threads, market research, and trending gaps to compile 30 mobile app ideas worth building in 2026. All of them are niche-first, have a clear monetization angle, and aren't \"build another to-do app\" suggestions.\n\nSharin","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ShowMeYourApps/comments/1sud538/here_30_ideas_i_building_one_the_rest_is_yours/","role":"pain","weight":1.1811174,"occurredAt":"2026-04-24T11:34:35.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"ShowMeYourApps","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.475,"sentiment":-0.1,"confidence":0.8007576,"matchedPatterns":["terrible","manual_process","product:salesforce"],"statement":"Generic CRMs are useless for this.","title":"Here 30 ideas! I building one, the rest is yours.","body":"I spent a few hours pulling from Reddit complaint threads, market research, and trending gaps to compile 30 mobile app ideas worth building in 2026. All of them are niche-first, have a clear monetization angle, and aren't \"build another to-do app\" suggestions.\n\nSharing because I can only build one. Take what you want.\n\n\\> Quick signal I used: long Reddit rants = clearest sign of real demand. If someone writes 3 paragraphs about a problem, they'll pay to fix it.\n\n\\---\n\n\\*\\*🧠 AI & Productivity\\*\\*\n\n1. \\*\\*AI meeting debrief for specific verticals\\*\\* — Generic transcription misses domain nuance. Build for law firms, real estate agents, or therapists with field-specific action item templates. \\*Monetize: B2B subscription\\*\n\n2. \\*\\*Subscription audit & one-tap cancel app\\*\\* — Connects to email + bank, surfaces every active subscription, flags unused ones with usage scores. Subscription fatigue is a top Reddit complaint in 2026. \\*Monetize: Freemium + affiliate\\*\n\n3. \\*\\*AI habit coach that reads your calendar\\*\\* — Finds the optimal 2-minute window for a habit based on your actual schedule, location, and phone usage — not generic \"set a reminder\" logic. \\*Monetize: $5–10/mo\\*\n\n4. \\*\\*Offline-first, no-account personal journal\\*\\* — Everything stored locally. No cloud, no login, no subscription. The anti-Day One. Massive Reddit demand for privacy-first personal tools. \\*Monetize: One-time purchase\\*\n\n5. \\*\\*AI \"second brain\" for researchers\\*\\* — Clip, annotate, and chat with your saved articles and PDFs on mobile. Obsidian-meets-Claude but actually works on your phone. \\*Monetize: $12/mo\\*\n\n\\---\n\n\\*\\*💸 Finance\\*\\*\n\n6. \\*\\*Freelancer income smoothing app\\*\\* — Analyzes your variable income and auto-suggests a \"pay yourself\" amount, building a buffer quietly. Built for the 72M US freelancers. \\*Monetize: Freemium\\*\n\n7. \\*\\*Portfolio tracker with real privacy\\*\\* — No account required. Input holdings manually or via CSV. No data selling. Reddit finance users say they'll pay for this. \\*Monetize: One-time or premium charts\\*\n\n8. \\*\\*Shared expense tracker for roommates/couples\\*\\* — Splitwise but focused only on recurring shared expenses with auto-splits and clean monthly settlement views. \\*Monetize: Freemium\\*\n\n9. \\*\\*First-gen wealth builder app\\*\\* — Financial literacy + action for people who didn't grow up with financial guidance. Plain language, guided milestones. \\*Monetize: Subscription + referrals\\*\n\n10. \\*\\*Fractional asset investment app\\*\\* — Invest in fractional shares of real estate, art, or collectibles without a $500K minimum. \\*Monetize: Transaction fees\\*\n\n\\---\n\n\\*\\*🏥 Health & Wellness\\*\\*\n\n11. \\*\\*Shift worker sleep optimizer\\*\\* — Adapts sleep/wake recommendations to your actual upcoming shift schedule in real time. \\*Monetize: $4/mo\\*\n\n12. \\*\\*Medication tracker for elderly parents\\*\\* — For adult children managing aging parents' meds. Caregiver dashboard + SMS reminders to the parent. \\*Monetize: $8/mo family plan\\*\n\n13. \\*\\*Chronic illness symptom diary\\*\\* — Structured, exportable symptom log for lupus, Crohn's, fibromyalgia — designed to share with doctors. \\*Monetize: Freemium + doctor export\\*\n\n14. \\*\\*Fitness tracker for seniors\\*\\* — Tracks walking, balance exercises, fall-risk metrics. Large UI, family sharing. Every major fitness app ignores this demographic. \\*Monetize: Subscription\\*\n\n15. \\*\\*Mental health check-in for men\\*\\* — No therapy-speak. A daily mood log with anonymized peer benchmarks. Most mental health apps skew heavily toward female UX patterns. \\*Monetize: Freemium\\*\n\n\\---\n\n\\*\\*🍳 Food & Home\\*\\*\n\n16. \\*\\*Recipe app with zero ads\\*\\* — The #1 complaint about food sites on Reddit. Clean, offline-first. Import, search, cook. Nothing else. \\*Monetize: $5 one-time\\*\n\n17. \\*\\*AI pantry-to-recipe generator\\*\\* — Snap your fridge, get recipes using only what's running low. Reduces food waste. \\*Monetize: Freemium\\*\n\n18. \\*\\*Smart home dashboard aggregator\\*\\* — One app for Nest, Ring, IKEA, and other siloed smart home ecosystems. \\*Monetize: $3/mo\\*\n\n19. \\*\\*Neighborhood buy-nothing / trade app\\*\\* — Hyperlocal, verified neighbors only. Anti-Facebook Marketplace. \\*Monetize: Optional tipping / premium\\*\n\n\\---\n\n\\*\\*🛠️ B2B & Vertical Tools\\*\\*\n\n20. \\*\\*CRM for independent tattoo artists\\*\\* — Client reference photos, healing check-ins, deposit tracking, rebooking reminders. Generic CRMs are useless for this. \\*Monetize: $15/mo\\*\n\n21. \\*\\*Field service job manager for solo tradespeople\\*\\* — Quote → invoice → payment in 3 taps. No Salesforce complexity. \\*Monetize: $20/mo\\*\n\n22. \\*\\*Restaurant food waste tracker\\*\\* — Real-time stock, demand forecasting, auto supplier orders. Food margins are thin — waste is the controllable cost. \\*Monetize: $49/mo\\*\n\n23. \\*\\*Mobile EMR for physio / chiro clinics\\*\\* — Session notes in 30 seconds. General EMRs are built for hospitals, not a 2-room practice. \\*Monetize: $79/mo per practitioner\\*\n\n24. \\*\\*Freelancer client portal (pick one vertical)\\*\\* — Branded hub for project status, deliverables, contracts, invoices. Build it for wedding photographers or designers — not all freelancers. \\*Monetize: $19/mo\\*\n\n\\---\n\n\\*\\*🌍 Community & Emerging\\*\\*\n\n25. \\*\\*Hyperlocal hidden gems app\\*\\* — Community picks for local spots, no ads, no influencer gaming. Anti-Yelp. \\*Monetize: Local business listings\\*\n\n26. \\*\\*Niche social network (bird watchers, gardeners)\\*\\* — Species ID via AI, seasonal tips, local sighting maps. Passionate micro-communities with no good dedicated apps. \\*Monetize: Premium features\\*\n\n27. \\*\\*Language exchange for professionals\\*\\* — Pairs professionals with native speakers in the same field. Medical Spanish, technical German. \\*Monetize: Freemium\\*\n\n28. \\*\\*Equipment lending marketplace for small businesses\\*\\* — Power tools, AV gear, commercial kitchen equipment traded between non-competing local businesses. \\*Monetize: Transaction fee\\*\n\n29. \\*\\*Travel planner for people with disabilities\\*\\* — Itineraries filtered by wheelchair access, sensory-friendly venues, medical facility proximity. Accessibility info elsewhere is notoriously wrong. \\*Monetize: Freemium + affiliate\\*\n\n30. \\*\\*\"Is this worth fixing?\" home repair advisor\\*\\* — Photo your broken appliance, get an instant repair-vs-replace recommendation with cost estimates and contractor leads. \\*Monetize: Lead gen\\*\n\n\\---\n\nA few meta-notes on validation: the best signal is a long Reddit post — short complaints are noise, long rants mean someone will pay. Look for businesses still running on paper or spreadsheets. Finance and health tools have the strongest willingness to pay.\n\nHappy to go deeper on any of these. What's your niche? 👇\n\nAnd if you want to vibe code them, then you can also use Newly, the vibe coding tool to build native apps. \n\nLink: https://newly.app/?ref=community","offTopic":true},{"id":"eafa754d-76b3-4708-a82d-14c27945008d","excerpt":"I scanned 6,700+ Reddit “pain point” posts. Here is what the market is begging for in 2026. — Hey everyone,\n\nI’ve spent the last few months tracking “Opportunity Gaps” on Reddit—specifically filtering for deep-seated pain points where people are explicitly asking for solutions that don't exist yet.\n\nI just processed a ","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/scaleinpublic/comments/1qbgnfq/i_scanned_6700_reddit_pain_point_posts_here_is/","role":"pain","weight":1.0780375,"occurredAt":"2026-01-13T03:33:25.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"scaleinpublic","intent":"problem_report","painScore":0.5753846,"sentiment":-0.53846157,"confidence":0.68430114,"matchedPatterns":["manual_process"],"statement":"com) to help me parse all this data because doing it manually was burning me out.","title":"I scanned 6,700+ Reddit “pain point” posts. Here is what the market is begging for in 2026.","body":"Hey everyone,\n\nI’ve spent the last few months tracking “Opportunity Gaps” on Reddit—specifically filtering for deep-seated pain points where people are explicitly asking for solutions that don't exist yet.\n\nI just processed a dataset of 6,742 unique opportunities. Here are the raw trends and \"Pay Signals\" I uncovered:\n\n1. The \"Ghost AI\" Shift: Demand for chat-based AI is dropping. 18% of requests now ask for \"Invisible AI\"—tools that solve a problem (like automated bookkeeping) in the background without a complex interface. People want results, not prompts.\n\n2. Top Intent-to-Buy Categories:\n\nVertical SaaS:\n\n No one wants generic \"Project Management\" anymore. They want \"Project Management for Boutique Law Firms\" or \"Inventory for Vintage Sellers.\"\n\nAlternative Finance:\n\n Huge spike in people looking for niche trackers for collectibles and grid-sharing energy credits.\n\nSpecialized Productivity:\n\n r/ADHD remains the highest-signal sub. These users write 1,000-word feature roadmaps because general tools are too bloated for them.\n\n3. Where the Money is (High \"Pay Signals\"): I filtered for keywords like \"budget for this,\" \"premium,\" and \"paying for.\"\n\nLocal Services:\n\n Plumbers and landscapers are begging for \"Lead-to-Quote\" tools simpler than a full CRM. They have the budget but hate the complexity of existing software.\n\nSolo-Logistics:\n\n High demand for \"cross-platform\" inventory syncing for small sellers that doesn't cost $200/month.\n\n4. The \"Frustration Score\" (Pain Level): I measured post length and agreement comments.\n\nDevTools:\n\n Still the longest, most technical rants. Developers are looking for unified, minimalist platforms.\n\nPrivacy-First Utilities:\n\n Massive surge in users looking for offline-first apps. They are willing to pay a premium to \n\nnot have their data in the cloud.\n\nThe Bottom Line: A long, angry Reddit rant is a free product requirement document. The biggest gaps right now are in specialized, ad-free utilities for non-technical users.\n\nI actually built a tool (Trendditapp. com) to help me parse all this data because doing it manually was burning me out. I’ve decided to make it public since it's been so useful for my own research, and I’m genuinely looking for feedback to see if it’s as helpful for other builders as it has been for me.\n\nWhich niche are you currently building in? Drop it in the comments and I’ll pull the specific \"Pain Score\" and \"Pay Signals\" for your category!","offTopic":false},{"id":"bde5d5c2-624e-47a9-b46b-130025e90d75","excerpt":"I analyzed 1.3M App Store reviews across 3,744 apps. Here are 10 that are begging to be replaced — I went through nearly 4,000 apps across 25 App Store categories and hundreds of thousands of reviews looking for a pattern. I found one: the App Store is full of apps where the developer quit but the users didn't. People ","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1rdiics/i_analyzed_13m_app_store_reviews_across_3744_apps/","role":"demand","weight":0.81666666,"occurredAt":"2026-02-24T15:01:03.000Z","sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","credibility":0.62,"venue":"SideProject","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.12,"sentiment":0,"confidence":0.7291667,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for"],"statement":"I went through nearly 4,000 apps across 25 App Store categories and hundreds of thousands of reviews looking for a pattern.","title":"I analyzed 1.3M App Store reviews across 3,744 apps. Here are 10 that are begging to be replaced","body":"I went through nearly 4,000 apps across 25 App Store categories and hundreds of thousands of reviews looking for a pattern. I found one: the App Store is full of apps where the developer quit but the users didn't. People are still downloading and paying because there's literally nothing else. Every one of these can be built in a weekend with Cursor, Replit, Claude Code, or whatever floats your boat.\n\n1. Discogs (Music) The bible for vinyl collectors. 67K ratings. They pushed a redesign that nuked the app. 43% of recent reviews are 1-star. Login breaks, collections won't load. Discogs has had a public API for over a decade (Some of us were mere toddlers back then), and it's stable. This is the Apollo-for-Reddit opportunity of 2026. Build a beautiful third-party Discogs client, charge $5-10, and you'll have a line of vinyl nerds throwing money at you.\n2. RoadReady (Education) Every state requires teens to log supervised driving hours before they can get a license. DMVs recommend apps for this. RoadReady hasn't been updated in 2 years and randomly deletes driving logs. The bar is basically \"don't delete my data.\" Core Data, a timer, a PDF export. Charge $5-10. New customers show up every year when kids turn 15 (Happy birthday!—here's a shitty app).\n3. ABA Wizard (Education) A $10 study app for the RBT certification exam. RBT stands for \"Registered Behavior Technician.\" It ships wrong answers. So people study for weeks, feel ready, then fail the real exam. Store says 4.6 stars. Recent reviews average 2.62.\n4. InfiniteHoops (Sports) Basketball play diagramming tool that can't erase, can't save. Build drag-and-drop play diagrams with frame-by-frame animation. Coaches text plays to players before games. $5-10.\n5. File Converter apps (Utilities) The entire category is a scam. Dozens of apps charging $10-20/WEEK(!) through subscriptions. Meanwhile, Apple's native frameworks handle 90% of conversions on-device. Build an honest one, charge $2.99 once, market it as \"the one that isn't a scam.\" Zero server costs.\n6. Goblin Tools (Utilities) Proved ADHD users will pay for AI assistance. Crashes 85% of the time on its core feature, AND it never helps you actually do the tasks. The execution layer (nudges, progress tracking, Reminders integration), and just actually working, is where the value is.\n7. Spirit Talker (Lifestyle) $5 paranormal entertainment app just bricked itself. Developer? Gone. Its entire distribution channel is paranormal YouTubers (50K-500K subs) actively looking for recommendations. Accelerometer + audio + atmosphere. You don't even need to figure out marketing.\n8. ScoreCloud Express (Music) Hum a melody, get sheet music. 2.0 stars. Their algorithms are from 2013. What's changed: Spotify's Basic Pitch model now runs on-device. You can build something a lot better using tools that didn't exist in 2013.\n9. Quick Checkbook Pro (Finance) A whole category of checkbook apps whose developers vanished. Users are 50+ and trapped with financial records in dead apps. Build a checkbook register that never loses data, imports CSV from the dead competitors, charge $4.99. Small market but zero competition and loyal users.\n10. Juno Connect (Dev Tools) Jupyter notebooks on iPad can't connect to modern Jupyter anymore. Developer MIA. Still $5, people still buy it not knowing it's dead. Build a JupyterLab 4 client, charge $7.99.\n\nSo the pattern is: someone built an app, it found users, the developer moved on. You don't need to innovate or find product-market fit. The market exists (and it fits like a glove). Show up, build something that works, and don't abandon it—or at least sell it to someone else that will maintain it instead of leaving your poor users to fend for themselves.\n\nOh, and three pricing things from the data: users happily pay one-time for focused tools — $5-10 sweet spot. Store ratings are lying to you (ABA Wizard shows 4.6, recent average is 2.62... always read the last 50 reviews). And \"works on current iOS\" is literally a competitive advantage. Half these apps die one update at a time.\n\nI've got data on all 25 categories if anyone wants to see a specific one. Curious to see if anyone plans to build one of these.","offTopic":false}],"breakdown":[{"sourceKey":"reddit","sourceName":"Reddit","count":4}],"total":4}}