Validated ideas 2.0

9,000 popular but poorly executed apps

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9,000 popular but poorly executed apps

66 followers

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A list of 9,000 badly executed products and apps. Are you looking for project ideas? Then this list could be useful to you. - 2,599 iOS Apps - 1,226 Chrome Extensions - 240 Web Apps (from ProductHunt) - 4,999 Android Apps Airtable access + JSON files

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On the sample spreadsheet ios apps are showing price instead of downloads/upvotes. Is that intentional?

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5yr ago

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@greydnls Yes, the iOS Airtable doesn't have "downloads" field, because I couldn't get that information when I collected the iOS apps. To my knowledge, there is no (trivial and precise) way to know the downloads of an iOS app.

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5yr ago

Laconic

@greydnls @jozshuszi You can use SensorTower https://sensortower.com/ios/us/g... (I am working in VC fund and the data I get from the startups shows that SensorTower is pretty accurate)

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5yr ago

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Maker

@greydnls @jozshuszi @artem_bezrukov I see, thank you for the suggestion! Although I started to wonder: is it fair use/legal to use sensor tower's data with my own list? I'm just thinking out loud. Anyways, nice advice, thanks, Artem!

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5yr ago

This is my first ever purchase in PH. I’m disappointed because many of the ideas include low rated apps from top brands app like MacOS, Vodafone, Epson, AirAsia etc. These ones are impossible to replicate because customers are pretty much forced to use their physical service. Would you mind refunding?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@akhil_anil1 I'm sorry to hear this. Yes I will give you a refund, please tell me your email and I will do it right now.

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5yr ago

@akhil_anil1 thanks @jozshuszi akhil.karun@gmail.com

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5yr ago

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Maker

@akhil_anil1 @jozshuszi @gmail Done, refunded the full amount.

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5yr ago

What ticks as a popular yet poorly executed app for you? What's your criteria? How many apps did you cover to collect this list of "9,000 badly executed products and apps" ?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@yome Really good question. It is different for all platforms, but: - Android: more than 100k+ downloads, but lower than 3.2 rating - Chrome extensions: more than 30k+ downloads but lower than 3.2 rating - iOS: more than 100 reviews but lower than 3.2 rating (I couldn't figure out how to get the downloads from the Apple marketplace) - Web apps (from PH): more than 250 upvotes but again, lower than 3.2 ratings. I hope I answered your question. Edit: I covered a LOT, but sometimes instead of scraping I used APIs (third parties), so I just got the apps directly. But for example, I collected 106,000+ chrome extensions, and only 1226 of them met my criteria. Other platforms were similar.

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5yr ago

Privacy Hunt

Clever approach for product Ideas. Now these products were poorly executed for many different reasons. The first step would be to try to find out why?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@ali_alsayed Thank you Ali, I'm honored. Yes exactly! Check the reviews, what people don't like and then try to avoid the mistakes/improve the features.

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5yr ago

This collection of badly executed products is at best lazily put together. For instance under "web apps", iPhone XS and Mac OS Mojave Product Hunt pages are listed. Edit: clarifying the list includes Product Hunt pages for Apple products.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@evan_emolo I'm sorry you're disappointed. I used an automated script to get apps from Producthunt for the web apps database and I filtered for web apps, and tried to avoid "android", "ios", "Iphone" etc. I don't know how those got into the list. I worked 2 weeks to create this 4 Airtable, I don't know why these mistakes make you think it's "lazily put together". But, I appreciate the feedback, and I will make the correction. Please give me your email (the one that you bought this list with), and I'm happy to give you a 100% refund.

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5yr ago

@jozshuszi I should have elaborated — web apps included the Product Hunt pages for Mojave and iPhone XS (example here: https://www.producthunt.com/post...). Which it looks like you removed. If you're simply going to run a script and call it a day, then yes, I'll stick by the initial comment that this is lazy. However, thanks for being forthright and offering a refund.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@jozshuszi @evanemolo Can you tell me the email you used while purchasing the list? I don't know why should we leave the comment section to move to twitter, that's why I'm asking here. The one you posted is not on my Gumroad customer list. Maybe you used a different one. When did you buy the product?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@jozshuszi @evanemolo I got it. You bought it on 12th. Refunded fully. Have a nice one.

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5yr ago

@jozshuszi Because I don't want my email posted here. It looks like you found me. Thanks for putting the refund through.

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5yr ago

I made the payment and yet not received any mail or file. I got an error on the form: "Sorry, the discount code you wish to use is invalid". Although I did not click on the gift box icon or something. It be great to either have the data or the refund. Thanks.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@meherranjan What is your email? I will check it. And the code is invalid because the product is free now (it's free since weeks), so I don't know what refunds I could give you. Let me check your email on Gumroad and see what went wrong. :)

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5yr ago

@jozshuszi that would be great. appreciate your prompt reply. and thanks again :)

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5yr ago

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Maker

@meherranjan it's okay. But you should give me your email to check which purchase went wrong.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@meherranjan You can DM me on twitter (@JHuszko) if you don't want to put your email here. :)

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5yr ago

Validated ideas 2.0

Maker

My first successful product - Validated ideas - got a lot of good feedback. Many of you found it useful, but it only had Android apps. Validated ideas 2.0 is more: it contains Chrome Extensions, iOS Apps, Android Apps and even a few Web Apps. 2021 is about to start. I hope everybody will have a good and successful year. And I want to help: for the first 500 buyers, it is $6.9 instead of the original $14.99. Sample Airtable: https://airtable.com/shraOsT3Z9P... Ask me anything and if you buy it, please, tell me your opinion, I would really appreciate it!

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5yr ago

@jozshuszi Hey mate, how can I open this in a google spreadsheet? also the "open in app" link isn't working for me. Can I email you?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@jozshuszi @sameer_syed2 Hi there! Are you viewing this from your phone or desktop? I don't use google spreadsheet, but after clicking on the three dot above the headers, there is an "Download CSV", maybe that could work for you? Please let me know if this solves your problem. By the way, you can email me any time if you have any problem! Feel free to reach out. :)

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5yr ago

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