Find problems worth solving

Validate the pain
before you build.

Pain Monkey searches real conversations across the internet to show you whether people actually care about the problem behind your app idea.

Real conversationsReal painEvidence, not vibes
Pain Monkey curious monkey logowhy is this so hard?I'd pay for this.there has to be a better way.

We look for the signals founders usually hunt for manually.

complaintsworkaroundssolution requestsspending signalscompetitor frustration

HOW IT WORKS

From an idea to
internet evidence.

Not another AI telling you your idea sounds great. Pain Monkey grounds the answer in what people are already saying and doing.

01
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Describe your idea

Tell us what you want to build, who it is for, and the problem you think exists.

02

We hunt for pain

We search real conversations for frustration, workarounds, unmet needs, spending and dissatisfaction.

03

Get the evidence

See the recurring problems, actual source evidence, competitive gaps and your Banana Score.

THE BANANA SCORE

How ripe is
your idea?

One simple score, backed by the underlying signals. The number is a summary; the evidence is the product.

80–100 Ripe60–79 Promising0–59 Still green
APP IDEA

Stop doomscrolling before bed

84/100
RIPE

Strong evidence of recurring pain with clear dissatisfaction toward current solutions.

Pain91
Demand83
Willingness to pay72
Market gap81
App fit94
1,842 real pain signals behind this report

SHOW ME THE RECEIPTS

Every insight should
lead back to a human.

“I tell myself one more reel and suddenly it’s 2am.”
𝕏 source conversation
“Screen Time doesn’t work because I just click ignore.”
r/ source conversation
“I would pay for something that actually made this harder to bypass.”
source conversation
Pain Monkey

EARLY ACCESS

Build because the pain is real.

We’re opening Pain Monkey to the first 50 app builders. Join the list and be one of the first to put an idea through the wringer.

First 50 builders. No spam. Just bananas when they’re ripe.