I analyzed 204 screen-time apps to find out why mine gets zero downloads

Short summary

A developer analyzed 204 screen-time apps via the iTunes Search API to diagnose why their own app gets zero downloads. The finding: successful newcomers all have a punchy, repeatable one-sentence hook (e.g., 'you do push-ups to unlock Instagram'), while the author's positioning ('on-device blocker, no account') is a specification nobody repeats. App Store ranking is relevance × downloads × ratings, and without downloads feeding back, even existing rankings decay.

• •Analyzed 204 screen-time apps via public iTunes Search API to find download patterns
• •Successful new apps all share a one-sentence story users repeat; the author's positioning is a spec, not a story
• •App Store ranking = relevance × downloads × ratings; without downloads, rankings decay over time

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