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Ios App Store Competitor Research

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asebesta·vlatest·marketing·MIT

This skill analyzes iOS app store competitors, revealing key metrics to inform your app's strategy and boost visibility.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add asebesta/claude-skills --skill ios-app-store-competitor-research -a claude-code

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What we know about this skill

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asebesta

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Live repository

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This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 2 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: apps.apple.com, itunes.apple.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    apps.apple.comundeclareditunes.apple.comundeclared

    What it found

    • ios-app-store-competitor-research/scripts/scrape_app_store.py:9contacts apps.apple.com
      python scrape_app_store.py "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slack/id618783545" ./output
    • ios-app-store-competitor-research/scripts/scrape_app_store.py:420contacts apps.apple.com
      print('  python scrape_app_store.py "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slack/id618783545" ./output')
    • ios-app-store-competitor-research/scripts/scrape_app_store.py:179contacts itunes.apple.com
      api_url = f"https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id={app_id}&country={country}"

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

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    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned asebesta/claude-skills at c11d2e9042.

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c11d2e9042
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ios-app-store-competitor-research/SKILL.md
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2 files, 509 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill analyzes competitor apps on the iOS App Store. It identifies similar applications, extracts key features and pricing information, and provides a comparative overview to inform app development or marketing strategies. The tool gathers data directly from the App Store listings, providing up-to-date insights into the competitive landscape.

When to use it

  • New App Idea Validation: Determine if your proposed iOS app has existing competitors and understand their strengths/weaknesses.
  • Feature Gap Analysis: Identify features missing in your current app that competitors offer.
  • Pricing Strategy: Research competitor pricing models to inform your own app's monetization strategy.
  • Market Positioning: Understand how your app stacks up against the competition based on features and user reviews.

Key capabilities

  • App Store data retrieval
  • Competitor identification
  • Feature extraction
  • Pricing information gathering
  • Comparative overview generation

Example prompts

  • "Find competitor apps for a habit tracking iOS application."
  • "What are the key features of top-rated meditation apps on the App Store?"
  • "Compare pricing models for photo editing apps in the iOS App Store."

Tips & gotchas

The skill relies on accurate app names or descriptions to find relevant competitors. Vague requests may yield less precise results, so be as specific as possible when describing your target application.