Simulation

App niches in September 2026, from public App Store and Google Play data.

Niches

Score 60+

Best score

Median

Strongest niches

Movers are named once the score record has 7 days of the month; it started on 2026-09-30.

too many ads1 niche · 14 reviews
“• Overall, there are simply too many ads to do anything.”
locked behind1 niche · 4 reviews
“BitLife is a great game, unfortunately it is locked behind unlimited paywalls.”
watch ads1 niche · 4 reviews
“and you have to watch ads now to do certain things in the game that you didn’t before :( very disappointing”
cant even play1 niche · 3 reviews
“I wouldn’t mind paying but if I can’t even play without watching 3 consecutive ads that error out then I am out”
complete waste time1 niche · 2 reviews
“Complete waste of time so DONT download.”

From low-star reviews of the leading apps in this genre's strongest niches, last 30 days.

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