PAID-TO-FREE: supertype → Japan
Opportunity score: 0.892 (evidence 1.00 · market 0.82 · ease 0.77)
- Target market: Japan (JP)
- Reference app(s) / source: Japan (JP)
- Icon: https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/49/98/0e/49980e24-3627-b7bd-8615-60e7786a641b/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-7-85-220-0.png/100x100bb.jpg
Evidence
Top-1 on Paid chart in jp; present on Free chart in only 0 market(s) globally.
Why this market specifically
Japan's lookalike markets (top-5 by similarity):
- South Korea (KR) — similarity 0.38
- Taiwan (TW) — similarity 0.33
- Singapore (SG) — similarity 0.33
- Hong Kong (HK) — similarity 0.31
- United Arab Emirates (AE) — similarity 0.29
Suggested build brief
- Build a free + IAP version of supertype
- Validate: paid users in Japan are willing to pay; convert to ads/freemium model
App Store facts
- Developer: Philipp Stollenmayer
- Price: $1.99 ($1.99 USD)
- Rating: 4.8 ⭐ from 5,143 ratings *(rating count is Apple's public proxy for downloads)*
- Version: 2.7
- Size: 49.1 MB
- First released: 2018-04-25
- Last update: 2024-04-29
- Apple genre: Games
- Content rating: 4+
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/supertype/id1349292121?uo=4
What the app does (publisher description)
How does a p fall?
How much does an r weigh?
And how does the dot over an i sound?
· · · s u p e r t y p e · · ·
(super many, over 130 levels)
(super relaxing, zen-like gameplay)
(super smooth, self-generating sound track)
Latest user reviews (US App Store)
- ★★★★★ _Amazingly great_ — MCnuffery
Whoever gave you 2 star for it not being a “word game” and trying to give you a definition of what the game should have but is never said in the description is completely ridiculous. They said that this isn’t a word game at all and gave you two stars, when did you say it was? The point of the game i…
- ★★★★★ _One of a Kind Delight_ — DemoRaze
I’ve been coming back to this game for years and every time I play it I’m reminded how completely unique and wonderful it is. The minimalist physics puzzles can be played one at a time for some quick fun, and there’s nothing else like it. A must-have for puzzle fans.
- ★★★★★ _Wowza_ — Teknoblaster33
This is so sigma‼️‼️😋
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