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Mobile Apps opportunities·tracked since 23 Sept 2026·evidence from 24 Aug 2026·scored 47m ago

Slow-loading app frustration

Users find the app to be slow to load, leading to significant frustration. This dissatisfaction is highlighted by negative experiences and comments regarding its performance.

5 people in 5 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain moderate, competition moderate

Pain pointStable⚠️ CrowdedEvidence: low
Index score
39.9
ahead of 82% of the rest of this market
100.0%signals / 7d
Demand
23.9low
Momentum
51.8moderate
Pain
42.1moderate
Competition
43.9moderate
lower is better
Monetization
4.0low
Market size
25.4low
Evidence
48.8moderate

The pain

shares of 5 quoted posts

What goes wrong, and for whom

Who
5 people using PetSmart
What goes wrong
  • Doesn't work20% of posts
How bad
100% of posts are complaints · pain score moderate (42/100)
Since
24 Aug 2026 → 16 Sept 2026

Is this a startup idea?

Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.

Complaints are about
PetSmart
Looking for something else
0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
What the numbers say
Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
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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

5posts
  • Complaint5100%
24 Aug 20265 posts16 Sept 2026

Sources

5 signals · 1 sources

App Store (English storefronts)5
Only public content is collected, author names are stored as one-way hashes, and every excerpt links back to its original post.

Evidence

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  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/search·26d ago·Complaintsource ↗

    …ithout the entire app crashing. I have been unable to order anything. Extremely frustrating.

    Frustrated
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/search·8d ago·Complaintsource ↗

    …e it and reopen it over and over again just to add items to my order. Incredibly frustrating.

    Frustrated
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/search·20d ago·Complaintsource ↗

    PetSmart — DOES NOT WORK — App is slow , doesn’t add anything to my cart and always logs me out

    Doesn't work
  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/search·22d ago·Complaintsource ↗

    PetSmart — Awful app — Constantly crashes and freezes.

  • App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/search·24 Aug 2026·Complaintsource ↗

    PetSmart — Very Slow The app is slow to load

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Market and score

Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of

Opportunity history

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Why did it move?

Score unchanged at 39.9 · 23 Sept 2026, 19:00 → 20:15 UTC

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How the score was measured
39 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100
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Market size
Distinct people affected5 24
Distinct communities1 17
Distinct sources1 35
Adjacent categories1 32
Regions / languages1 28
Competition
Existing products5 50
New entrants (90d)0 0
Funded players1 28
Market maturity11.8 91
Incumbent activity76.8 77
Momentum
Period-over-period growth100 95
Latest period growth-100 2
Sustained trend6.5 55
Acceleration-1.2 49
Monetization
Stated willingness to pay10 10
Existing paid products0 0
Pricing complaints0 0
Business context0 0
Pain
Complaint intensity55.2 55
Complaint frequency100 100
Negative sentiment-50 50
Willingness to switch0 0
Willingness to pay10 10
Urgency16.6 17
Repeat complaints0 0
Demand
Mention volume4 22
Explicit requests3 26
Distinct people4 24
Questions asked0 0
Alternative searches0 0
Feature requests0 0
Discussion growth300 100
Evidence
Evidence volume5 22
Source diversity1 35
Source credibility72 72
Extraction confidence23.4 23
Duplicate rate0 100
Freshness7.6 70
Cluster cohesion100 100

Questions about this idea

Is Slow-loading app frustration a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
How many people have this problem?
5 different people described it independently, in 5 mentions, the earliest from 24 Aug 2026 and the most recent from 16 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
Is this problem getting worse?
Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 52/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.

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