● RED OCEAN
journal app
49
opportunity
Demand: 100
Competition gap: 8
Bottom line
The call
journal app: a subscription in the Technology & Software space, around real searches like journal app, journal app iphone, journal app for mac.
Demand
Is the demand real?
Free signal scan across Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, and Stack Overflow: 130 relevant demand signals, against ~40 existing products/competitors found (apps, repos, Product Hunt).
Competitors and products found
What already exists in this space
- Journal · App Store
- Day One: Daily Journal & Diary · App Store
- Diary With Password · App Store
- DailyBean - simplest journal · App Store
- Notebook - Diary & Journal App · App Store
- UdaraJay/Pile · GitHub
- journiv/journiv-app · GitHub
- samuelmeuli/mini-diary · GitHub
- theachoem/storypad · GitHub
- AmmarAbouZor/tui-journal · GitHub
Real discussions (free signal scan)
What people are actually saying
- Show HN: JournalBook – Privacy centric, offline first, personal journal app · Hacker News · 268
- Jrnl – A simple command line journal application · Hacker News · 161
- Show HN: I've launched my iPhone journal app I've worked on for almost 2 years. · Hacker News · 139
- Show HN: Minimalist offline journal app with a chat interface · Hacker News · 126
Market trend
Growing or fading?
▲ Growing
Interest is up ~25% over 3 months (Wikipedia pageviews).
Search demand
What people search
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Ideal customer
Your perfect first customer
software teams, founders, and operators who hit this pain in their daily workflow
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