About Niches Hunter
Niches Hunter helps independent developers choose what iOS app to build. It says it tracks more than 40,000 apps daily and delivers validated niche ideas, estimates of income potential and market gaps by email, aiming to find rising niches months before they become crowded.
Its toolkit includes browsable niche ideas, a Niche Roulette that picks one at random, an income estimator, and a Pro Niche Validator that uses AI to test an idea. It filters out niches dominated by big companies so that listed ideas are ones a solo developer can build, looks at differences between regional markets and watches apps that are taking off on TikTok. A developer API provides raw data over REST, there is a blog and an affiliate program, and free tools plus a Pro upgrade.
Key features
- Daily tracking of 40,000+ iOS apps
- Validated niche ideas with competition levels
- Niche Roulette idea picker
- Income potential estimator
- AI Niche Validator on Pro
- Developer REST API
Good fit for
- Solo developers picking an app niche
- Validating an app idea against market data
Niches Hunter: questions and answers
- What is Niches Hunter used for?
- Niches Hunter is a research tool for iOS app builders that tracks tens of thousands of apps daily to surface niche ideas, market gaps and AI-based idea validation. It is a good fit for solo developers picking an app niche and validating an app idea against market data.
- Is Niches Hunter free?
- Yes. Niches Hunter has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.99 per month.
- Is Niches Hunter open source?
- No. Niches Hunter is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Marketing & SEO category, open-source options include Kutt, Dub and OpenSEO.
- What are some alternatives to Niches Hunter?
- Niches Hunter competes with Sensor Tower, Exploding Topics and ASO Studio.
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