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A list of poorly executed but popular apps (room to grow)

Hi everybody!

Below I will list a few apps (from the play store) that have at least 100k+ downloads each but have bad reviews (lower than 3.2).

I collected these apps because I wanted to start a new project, but I didn't have any new innovative idea and I also didn't want to spend too much time validating it and checking if there's demand.
So I approached it like this: find a popular app (with bad reviews) and make it better.

  1. StayFriends
    This app is aiming to help you search and find your old schoolmates/classmates. The common problem people have that it is buggy, not intuitive.
    Rating: 3.016
    Downloads: 100,000+

  2. GIFs as a Wallpaper
    Want to have a fun/nice GIF as your wallpaper? This app tries to help you with that, but people complain that it's too buggy and forces you to pay after only 1 wallpaper.
    Rating: 3.18634
    Downloads: 100,000+

  3. MyRoomPainter
    This app lets you try out/help visualising a paint colour in your home. Take a picture of your room and paint the walls in the app.
    However, people complain about bugs and has other flaws.
    I'm not sure I could take on this project since I'm not experienced with these kinds of things, but it looks interesting.
    Rating: 2.67
    Downloads: 100,000+

  4. Selfie with Celebrity, Luxury Cars, Photo Editor
    Ok this one is funny. It lets you edit pictures so that they appear like you are with a celebrity. Although this app is downloaded many times, users left bad reviews. As always, the common problems: bugs, and also MANY ads. I would use a freemium model, limiting maybe the number of pictures (like - 5) you can take, OR limiting the celebrities. Once you pay, you can pose with the biggest stars.
    Rating: 2.93
    Downloads: 100,000+

I also have a list of 5,000+ poorly executed popular apps in Gumroad if you want to check it out: https://gumroad.com/l/validatedideas
(I also launched on PH if you want to show support with an upvote - I would really appriciate it.)

I just want to point out: not all of the 5,000 apps of that list is useful.
Some of them are just too hard for 1 person, or doesn't that interesting or just not worth the time.
I found this list valuable for me, although I had to search through it for some time.
Any feedback is appriciated.

Have a nice day and stay safe!

on December 2, 2020