Opp Radar
Beatable markets — 2026-08-27
An automated radar sweeps 4 app stores, Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt, Flippa and Google search data — and finds proven demand stuck on weak, abandoned or dead products. First to ship wins.
🎯 Beatable markets — weak supply, live demand, proven money
Niche score = weak/thin supply × live demand × willingness to pay. "% charge" = incumbents that monetize; CPC = what advertisers pay per search click (people only bid on searches that make money); trend = search interest, last 3 months vs the 9 before.
- form filler (chrome) — score 4.686 · 26 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 3 launched <1yr · avg 4.05★, 780d since avg update · 27% charge · 170 searches/mo · $1.21 cpc · trend ×0.77 · full pack →
- note taking (chrome) — score 3.666 · 26 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 5 launched <1yr · avg 4.7★, 637d since avg update · 35% charge · 20 searches/mo · $2.41 cpc · trend ×0.52 · full pack →
- seo tools (chrome) — score 3.185 · 26 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 3 launched <1yr · avg 4.58★, 1024d since avg update · 4% charge · 20 searches/mo · $2.81 cpc · trend ×1.59 · full pack →
- amazon seller (chrome) — score 2.689 · 28 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 4 launched <1yr · avg 4.71★, 509d since avg update · 18% charge · 40 searches/mo · $2.32 cpc · trend ×1.3 · full pack →
- reading mode (chrome) — score 2.198 · 26 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 7 launched <1yr · avg 4.29★, 839d since avg update · 4% charge · 320 searches/mo · trend ×3.65 · full pack →
- expense tracker (chrome) — score 2.184 · 25 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 8 launched <1yr · avg 4.81★, 846d since avg update · 8% charge · 0 searches/mo · full pack →
- habit tracker (chrome) — score 2.069 · 33 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 19 launched <1yr · avg 4.54★, 598d since avg update · 15% charge · 10 searches/mo · trend ×1 · full pack →
- youtube downloader (chrome) — score 1.768 · 26 apps tracked, 2 strong (≥500 ratings), 6 launched <1yr · avg 3.61★, 1189d since avg update · nobody charges · 2k searches/mo · $1.08 cpc · trend ×0.72 · full pack →
- hotness (firefox) — score 1.53 · 274 apps tracked, 0 strong (≥500 ratings), 198 launched <1yr · avg 3.32★, 188d since avg update · nobody charges · full pack →
- web scraper (chrome) — score 1.518 · 29 apps tracked, 3 strong (≥500 ratings), 4 launched <1yr · avg 4.14★, 513d since avg update · 21% charge · 1k searches/mo · $2.29 cpc · trend ×0.89 · full pack →
🏆 Golden patterns — proven demand, failing product
Hated = big base, sub-4★. Abandoned = no update in 2+ years. Orphaned = removed from the store, users stranded. Pain = base size × rating shortfall. 🆕 = first time in an issue. Validate before building — some gaps close fast.
🎁 Launch packs — top three, ready to build
Keywords, what to charge, where to market, the influencer plan, and a paste-ready LLM build prompt for each.
- Screencastify - Screen Video Recorder — The privacy-first, lightweight screen recorder for creators and teams who need faster exports, cleaner editing, and no watermarks — with a real free tier for testing and a sharp pro plan for people who actually publish. · charge $6.99/mo or $39/yr · keywords: screen recorder chrome extension, screen video recorder, chrome screen recorder, record screen with audio · full pack →
- Downloader for Instagram — Privacy-first Instagram media saver that reliably downloads posts, reels, stories, and profile assets in one click from Chrome, with batch queueing, filename clean-up, and no login-required nonsense. · charge $7.99/year or $19 lifetime · keywords: instagram downloader, download instagram reels, instagram video downloader, download instagram stories · full pack →
- Quick Translation — The fastest, privacy-first Chrome translator for real webpages: instant inline hover/selection translation plus full-page toggle, with better language detection and fewer context-switches than the removed incumbent. · charge Free for basic translations; Pro at $4.99/mo or $29 lifetime · keywords: translation extension, chrome translator, page translate extension, inline translation · full pack →
💰 Proven models — someone already makes money here
Solo founders in these same niches, with the revenue they reported to StarterStory. Evidence the category pays, not a template to clone — the gap above is still the opening. Self-reported, and these are the businesses that survived to be interviewed.
🚀 Momentum — smaller apps gaining fastest
New ratings/day between scans — capped to sub-2M-user, newer apps so it surfaces real risers to fast-follow, not established giants coasting on scale.
🐣 Chart newcomers — released <120 days, already charting
Brand-new apps on Apple's top charts — possible brand-new categories forming.
🌱 Emerging concepts
Terms several recently-created apps just started shipping — a wave forming, detected across stores.
- harness — 21 new apps in 3 weeks vs 12 in the prior 4 months (1.62× lift) · hackernews
- fix — 10 new apps in 3 weeks vs 2 in the prior 4 months (3.33× lift) · hackernews, reddit
- human — 15 new apps in 3 weeks vs 7 in the prior 4 months (1.88× lift) · producthunt, hackernews
- pay — 10 new apps in 3 weeks vs 3 in the prior 4 months (2.5× lift) · hackernews
- alternatives — 7 new apps in 3 weeks vs 1 in the prior 4 months (3.5× lift) · hackernews
- directory — 8 new apps in 3 weeks vs 2 in the prior 4 months (2.67× lift) · hackernews
- deepseek — 13 new apps in 3 weeks vs 7 in the prior 4 months (1.63× lift) · producthunt, hackernews
- jobs — 11 new apps in 3 weeks vs 5 in the prior 4 months (1.83× lift) · hackernews
💰 For sale right now — buy vs build
Live Flippa listings for extensions/apps in tracked niches. Revenue is seller-reported — verify everything.
- Fully automated Chrome extension with 17.4K active users, $7.3K yearly profit, zero costs. Set-and-forget passive income — extension · ask $21k · $572/mo revenue · $546/mo profit
- Fully automated Chrome extension with 10.5K active users, $8.4K yearly profit, zero costs. Set-and-forget passive income — extension · ask $10k · $376/mo revenue · $361/mo profit
- A warmed-up highlighting extension that works on text, video, and supports screenshots & scroll-back. — screenshot · ask $4k · $26/mo revenue · $21/mo profit
- Automatically finds and applies the best coupon codes at checkout, saving users money while shopping online efficiently. — coupon · ask $1k
- Chat Folders for Copilot is a published live Chrome extension that adds color coded folders to the Microsoft Copilot sid — extension · ask $200
- A sleek, customizable Chrome dashboard with productivity tools, stunning design, and syncingready for monetization and g — extension · ask $30k
🗣️ Demand voids — people asking for tools that don't exist
Real posts from Reddit / Hacker News this month, ranked by upvotes. Each one is a customer interview for free.
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