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Replace {slug} with publisher slug.","last_modified_note":"Per-publisher endpoint — derived from the underlying app reports; fetch the response for canonical freshness."},"ai_policy":{"url":"https://marlvel.ai/ai-policy","url_markdown":"https://marlvel.ai/ai-policy.md","format":"text/html","format_alt":"text/markdown","description":"Citation guidelines, licensing, and machine-readable endpoints","last_modified":"2026-04-30"},"methodology":{"url":"https://marlvel.ai/about/methodology","url_markdown":"https://marlvel.ai/about/methodology.md","format":"text/html","format_alt":"text/markdown","description":"Data sources, analysis pipeline, expert review, confidence scoring, and known limitations","last_modified":"2026-04-24"},"sitemap_index":{"url":"https://marlvel.ai/sitemap_index.xml","format":"application/xml","description":"Sitemap index linking per-category sitemaps for all intelligence report pages","last_modified":"2026-05-15"}},"methodology":{"url":"https://marlvel.ai/about/methodology","data_sources":["App Store metadata","Google Play metadata","User reviews","Developer websites","About pages","Public market signals"],"analysis_pipeline":"4-stage AI-powered pipeline: (1) Signal collection & normalization, (2) Feature & market positioning analysis, (3) User sentiment analysis, (4) Intelligence synthesis with peer comparison","minimum_reviews":5,"confidence_levels":{"high":"0.7-1.0: 100+ reviews, diverse data sources, strong sentiment signal","medium":"0.4-0.69: 20-99 reviews, limited source diversity, moderate signal","low":"0.0-0.39: Fewer than 20 reviews, limited data, or very recent launch"},"rating_methodology":"Weighted average across iOS and Android platforms, weighted by review count per platform","independence":"All analyses are fully independent. 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