Is there a good app for track price drops?
Too Expensive: few or no apps serve this today, yet 2 mined data points show people want it done. The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to track price drops, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| one track free then pay | price | 1 | You Get 1 Track Free Then They Demand Upto £30 To Continue |
| trackers fail then forced to rebuy | reliability | 1 | all of them failed and instead of getting an easier one since I paid 15 $16 for one |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 6 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
7 attempts dominated by a 32k-star tool but the rest mostly dead — one giant incumbent, little room beneath it.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| dgtlmoon/changedetection.io | active | 31,975 | Python |
| mozilla/price-tracker | abandoned | 52 | JavaScript |
| BexTuychiev/automated-price-tracking | stale | 29 | Python |
| Bipinoli/Online-Price-Tracker-with-Chrome-Extension | stale | 9 | JavaScript |
| jmb12686/serverless-price-tracker-app | stale | 7 | JavaScript |
| luc1k1/Price-Tracker-Bot | active | 5 | Python |
| yk0007/SmartCartAI | active | 5 | TypeScript |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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