Check the acquisition promise
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Emilio Peláez · iOS
Explore the ad evidence, study the storefront, and build your next acquisition hypothesis.
01 / Creative research
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Explore apps with direct store-link matches. Compare their hooks and formats without assuming the same approach works here.
Browse observed advertisers ↗Store rankings and revenue estimates describe market context. They do not establish ad spend, conversions or ROAS.
Review the market context ↗02 / Storefront & product
Study the product story and store experience behind the acquisition funnel.
03 / Market context
Keep revenue, downloads and store rankings separate from advertising performance.
I used to be a big fan of this app and I used it regularly. I liked the simplicity of it, the custom backgrounds and of course the privacy features (no data collected). I even preferred the old app icon. The new version is okay. I don’t need to share event countdowns and I miss the customization features that existed before the update . You have fewer options for that now. The screenshots of the app are no longer accurate. The ability to have image backgrounds is sadly no longer supported.
I couldn’t ask for more in a countdown app. I wanted to be able to add a picture and not pay a large fee and then I found this free one.
Very easy to use and customizable app with no ads and it’s free (just how my apps I build are). The widgets took a bit to find as they’re under “Countdown” rather than the name of the app. Please add the ability to tip you, though! Small nitpick: I wish the alignment on the numbers was a bit different, maybe centered rather than trailing? It just looks a bit off to me.
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