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Is the memento mori app market saturated? What the App Store US data says

21 keywords measured on App Store US, last scanned 2026-11-03. Figures are read directly from store pages, not estimated.

NEW ENTRANTS · 12 MONTHS

How many memento mori apps released in the last 12 months are ranking on App Store US today, and how many reached the ratings threshold?

No newcomer has survived here 14 apps holding top-10 were released 6–12 months ago and none reached 50 ratings; 10 more were released in the last 6 months and are too young to judge.
Released 6–12 months ago, past 50 ratings
0/14
top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago that reached 50 ratings
Too young to judge
10
released in the last 6 months, not counted either way
Over 24 months
1/21
same ratings threshold
Median release year, top-10
2025
of 45 dated apps
Store autocomplete confirms people search for this niche. Searched for: "dies memento mori" suggested after typing 35% (position 0).

WHAT WINNERS CHARGE

Are memento mori apps profitable, and what do the top apps on App Store US charge?

5 of 5 sell in-app purchases; prices were read for 4 of them, top prices range from 24.99 USD to 74.99 USD.

Real prices, read from each app's own store page, not estimated

App holding top-5RatingsWhat it chargesLast update
MementoMori: AFKRPG4,84674.99 USD — Diamond Pack Gupdated 2026-10-27
Left: Widgets for Time Left50649.99 USD — Left Premiumupdated 2026-10-24
Time Left • Be Present24624.99 USD — One timeupdated 2026-10-12
remember Mori62sells in-app purchases, price not readupdated 2026-01-06
Stoic Journal & Mindset: Mori4859.99 USD — Lifetimeupdated 2026-10-28

REVENUE CHARTS

Do memento mori apps make money on App Store US, judged by days on a top-grossing chart?

None of the 45 apps holding a top-10 position reached a top-grossing category chart in the last 30 days.

How to read this

Chart read on 30 of the last 30 days.

Only the top-grossing chart counts. Top-paid charts are left out: paid-app sales are thin enough that almost any paid app reaches one. Each category chart lists the 100 highest-earning apps in that category on this store, so the bar is far higher in Games than in Medical.

RATING GROWTH

Are memento mori apps on App Store US still gaining ratings, or has the market gone quiet?

7 of 45 apps are still gaining ratings, a median of 0.34 new ratings a day. 33 gained none in the last 30 days; 5 moved only once.

AppReleasedRatings nowNew ratings per day
Left: Widgets for Time Left20255062.93
Battery HD+20092,7520.62
MementoMori: AFKRPG20224,8460.55
Time Left • Be Present20202460.34
Calendar - 20262024130.17
How to read this

45 of 45 apps holding a top-10 position have rating readings spanning 14+ days.

App Store rating counts are kept per country, so these are App Store US ratings only. Google Play counts are worldwide. Compare apps within one store, never across the two. A rate is the rise in rating count over the days observed in the last 30 days; a drop of more than half is read as a counter reset and earlier readings are discarded.

KEYWORDS

What do people search to find a memento mori app, and which keywords does nobody target?

1 of 8 keywords have no top-10 app aiming at them: life battery memento mori.

KeywordDifficulty (0–100)Apps targeting it
life battery memento mori10nobody — 0/10
memento mori life tracking121/10
memento mori widget121/10
memento mori clock131/10
memento mori remember to die131/10
rude memento mori151/10
memento mori 90 year calendar171/10
memento mori daily reminder171/10

13 more keywords in the full report.

How to read this

Difficulty is the cost of reaching the top, 0–100. "Apps targeting it" counts top-10 apps carrying every word of the keyword in their name or subtitle.

COMPLAINTS

What do users complain about in the top memento mori apps?

Too few complaints collected to summarise (11).

How to read this

Mixes the slice of reviews the store chooses to show, which skews positive, with each app's latest reviews — so the shares show which problems dominate, not how many users hit them.

OTHER STORE

Is the memento mori app market different on Android (Google Play)?

Not yet measured on Google Play.