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sms app
55
opportunity
Demand: 100
Competition gap: 18
Bottom line
The call
sms app: a subscription in the Technology & Software space, around real searches like sms app, sms app download, sms app for android.
Demand
Is the demand real?
Free signal scan across Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, and Stack Overflow: 123 relevant demand signals, against ~33 existing products/competitors found (apps, repos, Product Hunt).
Competitors and products found
What already exists in this space
- Messages: SMS & Text Messaging · App Store
- SMS Virtual - Receive SMS · App Store
- Text Free: Second Phone Number · App Store
- Reach: Fast SMS Text and Email · App Store
- Messages · App Store
- pppscn/SmsForwarder · GitHub
- logto-io/logto · GitHub
- howdyai/botkit · GitHub
- plainhub/plain-app · GitHub
- capcom6/android-sms-gateway · GitHub
Real discussions (free signal scan)
What people are actually saying
- Show HN: TextIt – Visually build SMS applications anywhere in the world · Hacker News · 222
- Plivo (YC S12) launches scalable API platform for Voice & SMS Apps · Hacker News · 91
- Show HN: QKSMS, an SMS replacement app for Android · Hacker News · 46
- Building a Real-time SMS Voting App Part 1: Node.js and CouchDB · Hacker News · 44
Market trend
Growing or fading?
▲ Growing
Interest is up ~110% 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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