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    Full Growth Audit.

    Where your funnel leaks, and what to fix first.

    A full-funnel teardown of your app across four stages: paid ads, store listing, onboarding, and paywall. Each stage gets a rating, what we observed, and the specific changes worth making.

    It runs from public surfaces. We walk your store listing, your signup flow, and whatever pricing is publicly visible, then rate what we find against the benchmark column that actually matches your model. No account access needed.

    This is the abbreviated version of the audit we run inside paid engagements. Same method, same benchmark set, narrower evidence.

    What you get back

    • A rating per funnel stage with the observations behind it
    • The prioritized changes, ordered by what moves your goal
    • Your funnel benchmarks, pulled from the column matching your access model, AI status, and platform
    • An appendix with the per-stage detail needed to execute

    We run these in batches. Expect results within a few business days.

    What it looks like

    SampleFinch: Self-Care Pet· excerpt from a real run

    The number-one move is the paywall, and it is a reframe, not a discount. Finch Plus sells enhancement, not access: the core self-care loop is free and ad-free by design, so the upgrade cannot lean on unlocking function. It has to pull emotionally. Sell the deepening bond with the pet, fire the ask at high-intent emotional moments instead of at a static entry point, and set the annual plan as the visual default with a clear per-day anchor.

    High-level evaluation (excerpt)
    StageRatingTop opportunity
    Paid adsGood, pending confirmationConfirm campaigns bid and report to the subscribe event, not the install
    App Store listingGoodPromote one job keyword into the iOS title; rewrite the dead "What's New" slot
    OnboardingGoodCapture a durable identifier so free non-converters stay reachable
    PaywallNeeds improvementReframe around the pet bond, fire at emotional peaks, default to annual

    The limit that frames the whole audit: it was run from public surfaces only, with no app access or analytics, so every rating is a directional read. A week of Finch's own numbers would confirm where the leak sits and re-rank these moves.

    Request yours

    Everything below is what the audit actually needs to run. Nothing extra.

    Access model

    The biggest single swing. A gated free tier with an early paywall is still freemium.

    AI-powered or not

    AI apps run about half the cross-vertical trial-start rate, so they get their own column.

    Platform

    iOS and Google Play convert differently. We never blend them.

    We only use your email to send your results and to ask a follow-up question if the audit needs one. No list, no sharing.

    Otter Growth AdvisoryProduct growth for consumer apps and products