For indie developers:the store page and the first five minutes

    Two things decide whether a stranger keeps your app: what the store page promises, and what the first five minutes deliver. A run reads the first; the UX scan walks the second. Reynard is not affiliated with Apple or Google.

    The decisions this covers

    One run per decision. Each one is a thing you would otherwise settle by argument or by guessing.

    Screenshots and the icon

    What the app appears to do, who it appears to be for, and whether the icon is remembered at all.

    The store description

    Whether the first two lines say what the app is, and where a reader stops.

    Price and paywall copy

    Which segment stops accepting the price, and whether the paywall reads as fair for what has been shown so far.

    The onboarding flow

    Where a first-timer hesitates or stops, walked by an agent in a real browser rather than guessed at.

    What a run gives you back

    • What each segment thinks the app does, based only on the store page.
    • Which segment finds the price acceptable and which one stops, with the reason.
    • Whether the paywall lands before or after the app has earned it, per segment.
    • From the UX scan: a step-by-step journey through your live flow with screenshots of the point where the path breaks.
    • Clarity and appeal scores per group, plus the friction each one names.

    When Reynard is the wrong tool here

    Read this part before you pay for anything.

    • The panel is a general population cross-section, not your category's users. For a niche developer tool or a game with a specific audience, that gap is large and the read is weak.
    • Once your app has installs, your own funnel and retention numbers are measured behaviour and outrank any prediction here.
    • The agent cannot pass two-factor authentication, SMS codes or captchas. A blocked login is reported as friction and the run continues on what is reachable without signing in.
    • It is not an accessibility audit, a performance benchmark or a security test.

    What this is, plainly

    The panel is simulated. There are no real respondents, there is no statistical significance, this is not fieldwork, and it is not a substitute for talking to actual buyers. No accuracy figure has been published — /accuracy explains why.

    The first check is free and needs no account. After that a run costs $12, $25 or $39 one-off in dollar markets, and €9, €19 or €29 in euro markets. There is no subscription.

    Where to start

    Run the free check first

    One check costs nothing and needs no account. You see the format of the output before you decide whether it is worth paying for a full run.

    Start the free check