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App Store competitor analysis with Claude

Before you chase a keyword, know who holds it. This prompt turns “who am I up against” into one conversation: the apps ranking today, the words their visible metadata targets, how established they are, what they plausibly gross — and the openings they've left.

the prompt

Map the competitive field for "<keyword>" on the US App Store.

For the top 5 apps: which words do their titles and visible metadata
target, how established are they (ratings, chart positions), and what
do they roughly gross — labeled as the estimate it is? Finish with:
where are the gaps a smaller app could actually take?

what your agent does

1. 01

   competitors

   Pulls the ranked field for the keyword — who actually holds the results, per storefront.

2. 02

   app

   Fetches each leader's listing and visible word pool. The hidden keyword field and live subtitle aren't public — the tools infer around that honestly instead of pretending.

3. 03

   chartsrevenue

   Adds top-chart standing and a modeled revenue band per leader — an order-of-magnitude estimate from public grossing ranks, never Apple-reported numbers, and every response says so.

4. 04

   reviews

   Skims the leaders' recent reviews — recurring complaints are positioning gaps you can claim in your own metadata.

what you get back

A competitor map that would otherwise take three subscriptions: the ranked field, each leader's visible keyword targeting, chart standing, a labeled revenue band, and a short list of exploitable gaps — uncontested title words, unserved sub-niches, complaint themes.

{
  "estimate": {
    "basis": "genre-chart",
    "rankUsed": 34,
    "daily": { "low": 1300, "mid": 3200, "high": 8000 }
  },
  "note": "modeled order-of-magnitude estimate — not Apple-reported revenue"
}

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