Discovery Engine

Research

The Discovery Engine helps you find and validate app business opportunities before writing a single line of code. It continuously scrapes app store data, scores niches by total addressable market and competition density, tracks competitor movements, detects emerging trends, and generates market briefs with actionable recommendations. Whether you are validating your next app idea or monitoring an existing market, Discovery provides the data-driven insights you need.

Key Features

App Store Scraping
Automated collection of rankings, ratings, reviews, pricing, and metadata from the App Store and Google Play across 60+ countries. Data refreshes daily.
Niche Scoring
Every niche is scored on TAM (total addressable market), competition intensity, monetization potential, and growth trajectory. Scores update weekly as new data arrives.
Competitor Tracking
Monitor competitor apps for ranking changes, pricing updates, new features, and review sentiment shifts. Get notified when a competitor makes a significant move.
Trend Detection
Identify emerging trends before they peak by analyzing search volume growth, new app launches, and category shifts. Trends are surfaced with confidence scores and time horizons.
Market Briefs
AI-generated reports summarizing the state of a niche or category. Includes market size estimates, top players, monetization strategies, and entry recommendations.
Opportunity Explorer
Describe what kind of app you want to build in plain language and get a scored list of matching opportunities, complete with competitive landscape and revenue estimates.

API Examples

All endpoints require an Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY header. The base URL for all requests is https://api-v2.appflow.ai.

POST/v1/niches/analyze

Run a comprehensive niche analysis for a category and keyword set. Returns TAM estimate, competition score, top apps, monetization breakdown, and an overall opportunity score (0-100).

cURL
curl -X POST "https://api-v2.appflow.ai/v1/niches/analyze" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "category": "Health & Fitness",
    "keywords": ["meditation", "mindfulness"],
    "countries": ["US", "GB"]
  }'
GET/v1/competitors

List tracked competitors within a niche. Returns app name, store ID, current ranking, rating, estimated downloads, revenue estimate, and recent changes.

cURL
curl -X GET "https://api-v2.appflow.ai/v1/competitors?niche_id=niche_xxx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
GET/v1/trends

Retrieve trending topics and emerging patterns in a specific app store category. Returns trend name, growth rate, confidence score, related keywords, and time since first detection.

cURL
curl -X GET "https://api-v2.appflow.ai/v1/trends?category=Health+%26+Fitness&country=US" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
GET/v1/opportunities/briefs

Get AI-generated market briefs for opportunities above a minimum score threshold. Each brief includes market size, key players, monetization analysis, and a recommended entry strategy.

cURL
curl -X GET "https://api-v2.appflow.ai/v1/opportunities/briefs?score_min=70" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
POST/v1/opportunities/explore

Describe an app concept in natural language and receive a scored list of matching market opportunities. The engine analyzes your description against current market data to find the best fit.

cURL
curl -X POST "https://api-v2.appflow.ai/v1/opportunities/explore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "AI fitness apps with subscription model"
  }'

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