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How I mine App Store reviews to find "copy+10%" opportunities (open Actor)

When evaluating a "copy and improve by 10%" app idea, reading competitor reviews one app at a time doesn't scale. So I built App Store Review Miner, an Apify Actor that:

  1. Pulls the top-grossing chart for any App Store category/country
  2. Fetches each app's recent reviews
  3. Classifies low-rated (≤3★) reviews into 13 complaint buckets
  4. Ranks which complaints are category-wide (real opportunity) vs single-app issues
  5. Flags apps with a "reputation drop" — recent reviews meaningfully worse than their all-time rating

Try it: https://apify.com/muddy_snowshoe/app-store-review-miner

Built with plain Node.js + Apple's public RSS/lookup endpoints, wrapped as an Apify Actor. Source structure and pricing details in the Store listing. Feedback / feature requests welcome — Google Play support is next if there's demand.

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