Check the acquisition promise
Read the store headline, screenshots and description. What problem is the app promising to solve?
Study the storefront ↗Offender Locator Inc. · 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 would strongly advise people to STAY AWAY FROM THIS APP. I signed up for the 3-day free trial and tried to cancel before it ended. There was no functional way to cancel through the app. The subscription wasn’t in my Apple subscriptions, and their website’s cancellation system said it sent me an email that NEVER ARRIVED. I tried multiple email addresses. I contacted the company directly and followed every instruction they gave me. I sent them the requested email addresses and a screenshot of the charge. They then stopped responding. The $7.99 charge went through anyway. I had to dispute the charge with my bank, get a stop payment placed on future charges, and replace my debit card because I could not get this company to simply CANCEL A SUBSCRIPTION. Their own Terms of Service say you can cancel by emailing them. I did that before the trial ended. This is absolutely ridiculous. A company should not make it this difficult to cancel a $7.99 subscription. I shouldn’t have to involve my bank and replace my debit card because a company won’t provide a working cancellation process or respond to its customers. If you’re thinking about taking the “3-day free trial,” DON’T. The trial isn’t worth the headache of trying to get out of it. I wish I had read the reviews before giving this company my payment information.
I use to use this periodically in my area (I’ve got a young family). But I guess it’s been a while since using it because when I opened it today, I had to get past like 100 screens (swipes, taps, etc) before I even got to use the app. Much more fear mongering than before, sooo many unnecessary screens I had to get through before getting to want I wanted to see. And then… it was saying I had to pay for an account (it’s normal to see if people want a paid version, but they made it sound like that was the only option. It wasn’t made clear right away how to go with the free version). Finally asked for a review from me less than 2 seconds into being on the dashboard/map. Haha, well…. I’ll certainly leave you a review. I’m sure the actual app is great. But this feedback and poor review is for your onboarding. You need to seriously re-evaluate it.
idk why this app has such bad reviews. I use it and as far as i know it’s pretty accurate and helpful especially when i’m alone or in a sketchy area. it’s nice to know what creeps live around you and to stay away from certain places. anyway yeah i love this app and i’ve been using it really often for like idk a year or two now? it’s good. i used to know one of the offenders on there when i was really young and she’s listed accurately so i’m assuming most of the others are too.
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