Granular Data Dashboards and Analytics
Apps Analyzed
Spotify for Artists
stats.fm for Spotify Music App
Users love the ability to see 'Spotify Wrapped' style data all year round, including specific listening minutes, historical trends, and real-time stream tracking for creators.
Legacy Hardware Artist Analytics
Target: Independent artists using older iPhone models (iPhone X or older) who cannot update to the latest iOS.
User Frustration
highThe official app forces updates to the latest OS (iOS 17/18), effectively 'bricking' the utility for artists on a budget who rely on older hardware.
"As of today’s update, users on iOS 16 are no longer able to use the app. It is essentially a brick for anyone still using an iPhone X or older. Please do better and take your user base into account."
Solution
A 'Lite' analytics dashboard with a high-compatibility web-wrapper architecture that supports iOS 14+ while providing core stream counts and canvas uploads.
Why it wins: It prioritizes accessibility and backward compatibility over high-end OS features that aren't necessary for viewing charts.
Private 'Solo' Stats (Anti-Social Mode)
Target: Music nerds who want deep data insights but have zero interest in social feeds or 'what friends are listening to'.
User Frustration
mediumExisting apps are forcing social features, activity feeds, and 'Home' tabs that clutter the UI and distract from the data.
"You need to give paid users the ability to turn off all the completely useless tabs that you’re currently forcing on us. Those are Home, Activity and Social. I know those tabs are useless and so do you."
Solution
A 'Data-Only' toggle that removes all social/feed tabs, leaving only the personal stats, artists, and tracks dashboards.
Why it wins: It treats the app as a utility tool rather than a social network, respecting the user's desire for a focused, private experience.
Micro-Artist Precision Tracking
Target: New or niche artists with tracks under 1,000 streams who need exact numbers to gauge early growth.
User Frustration
mediumThe official app obscures data for small artists, often showing '<1k' instead of exact counts and lagging several days behind.
"The way total album streams are tracked are inaccurate, because it only includes songs that are above 1,000 streams. That alone is disheartening for independent artists."
Solution
An 'Early Stage' tracker that provides 1-to-1 stream precision for tracks under 1,000 plays and offers 'Year-To-Date' country breakdowns for small audiences.
Why it wins: It focuses specifically on the '0 to 1,000' journey which the official app currently ignores or de-prioritizes.
Low-Resource/Ad-Light Stats
Target: Users with older phones or limited data plans who find current stats apps too 'heavy' and laggy.
User Frustration
highAggressive video ads and pop-ups are causing phones to overheat, apps to crash, and interfaces to lag to the point of being unusable.
"The app slows down to a crawl and my phone heats up drastically in order to accommodate the ads added to every row of songs displayed. Just makes things visually displeasing and hurting the app’s ability to actually run."
Solution
A text-heavy, minimalist stats app that uses static banner ads instead of video/pop-ups to maintain high performance and low battery drain.
Why it wins: It prioritizes app performance and device health over maximum ad revenue per scroll.