You can build a personal watchlist that checks a handful of store listings and ad-library pages, but NicheMaps' value is a continuously refreshed catalog of millions of iOS/Android apps with ad-status, IAP, velocity, and creative evidence you cannot rebuild in one sitting.
Der Moat
Ein Moat ist der Burggraben um ein Produkt: alles, was ein Nachbau nicht einfach mitkopieren kann, etwa Nutzer, Daten, Verträge oder Vertrauen. Je tiefer der Graben, desto eher lohnt sich das Abo trotz KI-Agent.Indizes, Archive oder Live-Daten lassen sich nicht einfach nachbauen.
Globaler Betrieb und hohe Verfügbarkeit sind schwer selbst zu tragen.
Der Prompt
Build me a local competitor-app watchlist, the one slice of NicheMaps worth building solo. Requirements: - Node 22 + TypeScript + SQLite + a tiny localhost UI (Vite + React is fine). - apps.json lists up to 25 apps with platform (ios|android), store id, and optional advertiser name. - `npm run refresh` fetches public store listing fields (title, rating, ratings count, free/paid, last updated) via the facundoolano google-play-scraper / app-store-scraper libraries. Respect rate limits; sleep between requests. - For each app, store deep links to Google Ads Transparency and Meta Ad Library search URLs (domain or advertiser name). Do not pretend you have store-wide ad-running bitmaps. - Optional: with PLAYWRIGHT=1, open those two URLs headlessly and save a dated HTML snapshot plus a count of creatives mentioning the app name. Expect blocks; document proxy/env needs and fail soft. - SQLite tables: apps, snapshots, creative_checks. Keep full history. - Localhost dashboard: table of watched apps, sparkline of ratings-count delta, last creative-check time, and buttons to open the transparency URLs. - Secrets in .env only (.env.example shipped). No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry. - Out of scope: crawling the whole store, IAP detection at scale, "apps advertising now" filters, and niche ranking across categories. That dataset is the subscription. - README: setup, refresh cron example, honest statement that NicheMaps is a proprietary multi-store + ad-library index and this replaces a personal watchlist, not the catalog.
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They pay for the dataset and the joins, not the UI. Knowing which niches are buying ads right now across millions of apps is the product; a DIY watchlist only covers apps you already know to check.
| Plan | Monatlich | Jährlich (pro Monat) | Enthalten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 € / workspace | 0 € | Full app catalog and metadata, installs, ratings, growth and filters; 1 ad-running app emailed per day; ad-status signals and creatives excluded |
| Premium | 22,41 € / workspace | 17,24 € | Full catalog plus ad-status filtering, live Google and Meta creatives, sustained-spend/niche-velocity views, and CSV-ready tables; no numeric query/export cap published |
Geprüft am 12.08.2026 · Quelle · aus USD umgerechnet, der EUR-Preis beim Anbieter kann abweichen
Preis, Nachbau und Ersparnis von NicheMaps auf einen Blick.
NicheMaps kostet im Plan „Premium" 22,41 € pro Monat (geprüft am 12.08.2026). Gratis-Version: Full catalog browsing/search and app metadata; 1 ad-running app emailed daily; no access to catalog-wide ad status or ad creatives
Nein, lieber zahlen: You can build a personal watchlist that checks a handful of store listings and ad-library pages, but NicheMaps' value is a continuously refreshed catalog of millions of iOS/Android apps with ad-status, IAP, velocity, and creative evidence you cannot rebuild in one sitting.
Beim Eigenbau verzichtest du auf: 5M+ app catalog with searchable filters, live ad-running status across the whole store, IAP and install/rating velocity joins, aggregated Google and Meta creative history, working-niche discovery at market scale.
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