App for Custom CRM Solutions
The shared underlying problem is the frustration expressed by users seeking specific app solutions that are not adequately addressed by existing generic CRMs. Additionally, the overwhelming volume of apps and reviews complicates the process of identifying effective tools, leading to burnout for those attempting to analyze the data manually.
4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 4 people, in Business Management Software
- What goes wrong
- Manual work50% of posts
- Missing feature25% of posts
- How bad
- 75% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 06 Jan 2026 → 24 Apr 2026
The opportunity
from the same postsWhether this pain leaves room for a product
- Demand
- 4 people raised it · momentum moderate (43)
- Looking for something else
- 25% want an alternative · 0% ask for a feature · 0% mention price
- What the numbers say
- 25% of posts are people looking for an alternative — the clearest sign there is room for a new product. Not shown by this data: whether they would pay.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint375%
- Looking for an alternative125%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
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, I’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. I just finished…
Wishes it existedMissing feature…ities for non-technical users. I 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…
Manual work…views 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 are still downloading and…
Looking for a tool…nce photos, healing check-ins, deposit tracking, rebooking reminders. Generic CRMs are useless for this. Monetize: $15/mo 21. Field service job manager for solo tradespeople — Quote → invoice → payment in 3 taps. No Salesforce complexity. Monetize: $20/mo 22. Restaurant food waste tracker — Real-time stock, demand…
Strong complaintManual work
The opportunity — market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
Every score change is stored as a snapshot — click a sub-score to overlay it
Why did it move?
Score 24.6 → 25.2 · 02 Sept 2026, 08:00 → 09:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is App for Custom CRM Solutions a good startup idea?
- It has an Opportunity Score of 25.2, from 4 mentions by 4 different people across 1 sources. Demand is low (0/100), pain low (0/100) and competition low (38/100). This measures what people said, not what they paid for — test willingness to pay before building.
- How many people have this problem?
- 4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 06 Jan 2026 and the most recent from 24 Apr 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- How crowded is this market?
- Measured competition is low (38/100). Low competition can be a real gap or simply thin data — look for competitors yourself before concluding either.
- Is demand for this growing?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
Adjacent opportunities
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Discussion
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