Is there a good app for transfer files between devices?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
52
Opportunity /100
66
Demand /100
20
Competition /100
80
Execution gap /100
1
Apps serving it
9
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to transfer files between devices, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| syncing between devices fails | reliability | 2 | the syncing between devices fails |
| no USB/Finder file transfer | missing-feature | 1 | plug your phone into the computer and copy/pasting them over via Finder |
| data migration across devices/accounts | reliability | 1 | had some problems migrating the data because the phones were connected to different google email addresses and different drop box accounts |
| manual backup/restore required between devices | missing-feature | 1 | I have to remember to backup manually so when I return to my iPhone it needs to then restore the latest manual backup |
| cannot transfer content | missing-feature | 1 | I CANT TRANSFER ANYTHING |
| recent files not synced across devices | reliability | 1 | Recent files are not shared across devices |
| device-to-device sharing across emails broken | bug | 1 | Device to device where there is separate emails |
| unable to recover media from other devices | reliability | 1 | I wasn’t able to recover some of the media I had on my other devices through this app |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Mobile®: Bank & Invest | 4.8★ | 9,184,247 | Free |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 52 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.
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