Competitive analysis
Get inside a rival app; stop guessing why it works.
The biggest question an indie developer faces is simple: why is the competitor’s app working? The answer is usually hidden in the invisible parts of the design — the rhythm of onboarding, exactly where the paywall appears, how empty states are filled.
Reviewing those flows by hand, screen by screen, takes hours. Hand Phomeo the app; it walks every flow end to end, captures each step, and extracts the patterns. You stop guessing why a rival is winning — you see it, step by step.
Steps
- Name the competitor app and what to look for.
- The agent opens the app and walks the flows end to end with real taps.
- It captures every screen and step in order.
- It extracts the onboarding, paywall and design patterns and reports back.
Frequently asked
Does it look at the competitor's source code?
No. Phomeo only walks and records what's on screen, just like a user would — the publicly visible experience. It does no reverse engineering.
Which flows can it analyse?
Any flow a user can see: sign-up and onboarding, paywall and pricing screens, empty states, notification prompts, the checkout flow and more.
How do I get the output?
Every run produces a shareable report with an ordered walkthrough of the screens visited and the patterns it extracted.