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TECH CorroboratedEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

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2
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 3w ago
+5 product posts seen in community · 5 events tracked
see the posts →
2
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
27
rivals shipping · web scan
see prices →
$4.99
cheapest rival / mo
range →

In their words

"Building this project has taught me that users rarely use your product the way you imagined" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

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Pain, in numbers

Quantified only where a builder stated a real figure — no LLM estimates.

10,000+ downloads“* 📈 **10,000+ downloads**”

4,000+ active devices“* 📱 **4,000+ active devices**”

4.8★ rating“* ⭐ **4.8★ rating**”

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

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Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $4.99/mo · names — log in ↗

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
87 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
15d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts

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What the numbers suggest

27 rivals shipping (fact bar) see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
2 builder posts asking · 2 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
2 demand signals vs 27 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 22 days ago → conversation is recent.

Signal history

26 tracked posts (2 asks · 24 product/news) first post Mar 2026 ▲ 2 in the last 30 days
2026-03-30 · +1 post · 1 on record2026-04-07 · +1 post · 2 on record2026-04-16 · +1 post · 3 on record2026-04-20 · +1 post · 4 on record2026-04-21 · +1 post · 5 on record2026-04-28 · +2 posts · 7 on record2026-05-02 · +1 post · 8 on record2026-05-10 · +1 post · 9 on record2026-05-13 · +1 post · 10 on record2026-05-14 · +1 post · 11 on record2026-05-21 · +1 post · 12 on record2026-05-22 · +1 post · 13 on record2026-05-24 · +1 post · 14 on record2026-05-25 · +1 post · 15 on record2026-05-27 · +1 post · 16 on record2026-06-08 · +1 post · 17 on record2026-06-11 · +1 post · 18 on record2026-06-21 · +1 post · 19 on record2026-06-25 · +1 post · 20 on record2026-06-27 · +1 post · 21 on record2026-06-29 · +1 post · 22 on record2026-07-01 · +1 post · 23 on record2026-07-30 · +1 post · 24 on record2026-08-24 · +2 posts · 26 on record 26 0 Mar 2026 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

7 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

2 reddit2 ph2 arstechnica1 github

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