App Pain API

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other
• You need to fill in: x-api-key

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

claude mcp add --transport http app-pain-api https://hawkmill.com/mcp --header 'x-api-key: your-value'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "app-pain-api": {
      "url": "https://hawkmill.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "app-pain-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hawkmill.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• x-api-key secret HTTP header
  Optional API key for a personal quota; omit to use the keyless daily allowance

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• search_apps

  Search the iOS App Store and Google Play (both merged by default) to find apps and their ids. Use this FIRST when you only know an app name or a category.

• mine_app_pain_points

  THE core tool: fetch recent reviews of any iOS/Android app, keep the negative ones, and cluster them into ranked pain points (title, sharePercent, severity 1-5, verbatim evidence quotes). Ideal for competitive research and product discovery. Cached 7 days (instant on repeat); a C

• get_pain_trend

  How an app's pain points changed over time: compares two archived analyses and labels each theme new / resolved / rising / falling / stable with share deltas (percentage points). Instant (archive read, no LLM). Default: latest vs ~30 days earlier. Returns a note when the app has

• get_app_details

  App metadata: name, developer, category, price, average rating, rating count and 1-5★ histogram (when available).

• get_version_history

  Per-version review stats (review count, average rating, first/last seen) — spot a rating crash right after a bad release. Android: aggregated from recent reviews. iOS: current version + release notes.

• watch_competitors

  Continuous competitor monitoring (paid plans: Starter 2 apps weekly, Pro 15 apps daily). Manage the watchlist and the alert destination; digests of NEW 1-2★ reviews and NEW/RISING pain points are pushed to a Slack / Discord / any https webhook. action: list | add | remove | set_w

• get_app_reviews

  Fetch raw app reviews (unified schema across stores: rating/title/body/version/date/devReply/thumbsUp), 50 per page. Use for drill-down after mine_app_pain_points.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account apppainapi, which owns the repo

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 116 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 7 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 32558 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 86% of the other 32558 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32558 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

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README from the maker

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