Frontline Worker App in Japan
Japan — Productivity, for businesses. Niche: Frontline Worker App.
Data from the week of 19 Oct 2026, refreshed every two weeks.
Our call
out of 100
We have not checked this against App Store search in Japan yet, so we won’t call it. Checks run every day, highest-scoring openings first.
At a glance
- Demand
- High, in your favour
- 203,060 ratings
- Revenue
- Low, against you
- No chart revenue
- Competition
- Low, in your favour
- 1 established in Japan
- Leading apps
- Fair, neither for nor against you
- 4.3★ average
How the score of 48 is made
score out of 100
- Demand88
177,728 ratings in the US and UK, 25,332 in Japan
- Revenue0
0 of the top 4 on a top-grossing chart in the last 30 days; 0 paid
- Room locally88
1 established app in Japan (75+ ratings, scaled to the market’s size)
- Language gap1
Not checked in local search yet — counted as neutral (50) at most
- Incumbent weakness52
4.3 stars on average; 1 of 4 not updated in a year; includes a review signal (members)
- AI gap30
4 of the top 4 not built around AI
- Momentum—
History building since 19 Oct 2026 — counted as neutral (50) for now
Why this is an opening
Demand is high with a score of 88, but revenue generation remains low. Out of 4 top apps, 1 is stale and 4 are non-native. Local users currently rely on a mixed selection of localized and international tools.
What people in Japan see
Not yet checked against local App Store search. Checks run every day, highest-scoring openings first.
How strong the competition is
The leading apps in this niche
The niche’s apps available in Japan, ranked by their share of ratings here and in the United States and United Kingdom; stars in Japan where it has them.
| App | Ratings in Japan | Ratings US + UK | Stars | Japanese | Last update | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft SharePoint | 25,331 | 175,188 | 4.3 | Yes | Oct 2026 | AI feature |
| Blink - The Frontline App | 1 | 2,274 | 1 | No | Oct 2026 | No AI |
| SameSystem | 0 | 262 | 4.9 | No | Oct 2026 | No AI |
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Is demand growing
New ratings each week in Japan, added up over the leading apps. A rating count only grows, so a week’s rise is the people who rated that week.
- Last 4 weeks
- 4 weeks before
- Earlier
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| Members | — |
What users complain about
- Inability to upload or save files12 reviews
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| Complaint | Reviews |
|---|---|
| Inability to upload or save files | 12 |
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If you build it
The smallest app that answers what users complain about and what the leaders leave out. Each feature says where it comes from.
- What apps here chargethe leading apps' in-app prices, once we have read themMembers
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The same niche in other markets
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✓ checked against local App Store search. Other markets are named for members.
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Scored 2026-10-26 with score version 4. How the score works. Store data only: we do not estimate revenue or downloads.