Guides from the audited catalog
Evidence-led guides to discoverability, user complaints, maintenance risk and app value — grounded in the apps we audit rather than received wisdom.
Before buying a mobile app, verify eight things public data cannot settle: revenue and payout history, retention curves, refund and chargeback rates, source-code condition, third-party account ownership, licence and SDK obligations, store-account transfer eligibility, and open disputes. Public signals - ratings, update cadence, complaint clusters - tell you where to look first.
Read articleThe twelve ASO signals, the review-evidence rules and the valuation limits behind every Bright App Data app report — including what public data can never show.
Repeated complaints, developer reply behaviour and review recency expose product risk long before the star rating moves. Findings from 6,634 audited apps.
What a public-signal app valuation range can honestly tell you, what it structurally cannot, and how to use one before real acquisition due diligence starts.