What's My Vertical? is a sports utility app for iOS that uses video analysis to measure vertical jump height for basketball players.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#48
Sports · paid
Sentiment
2.5
18 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app to track athletic progress without buying expensive jump-and-reach equipment, so the value relies entirely on the accuracy of the video measurement tool.
For Basketball players looking to track vertical jump progress and calculate dunk requirements using their own mobile devices.
What does it look like?
Key features
Measures jump height using video analysis via iPhone camera slo-mo feature
Calculates required jump height based on user standing reach or height
How much does it cost?
Paid model anchored at $1.99, targeting individual athletes seeking a low-cost alternative to professional jump-and-reach testing equipment.
Velocity
Dormant developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: zombie.
Who built it?
Andreas Rauh
3 apps tracked · Sports
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What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate frame by frame video analysis provides accurate vertical jump measurements for athletic training.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Frame by frame video analysis provides accurate vertical jump measurements for athletic training
- Stuttering video playback during frame analysis prevents accurate identification of takeoff and landing points
7 of 7 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for What's My Vertical?
How's the Sports market?
What's My Vertical? occupies a niche sports utility space, currently ranking #42 Paid in the US Sports category. The low review count of 7 suggests limited market penetration relative to broader coaching platforms.
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Key takeaways for What's My Vertical?
Where is it heading?
The sports utility market is consolidating around automated analysis, leaving manual-entry apps like this one increasingly vulnerable. Without a shift to automated detection, the app will continue to lose ground to competitors that offer higher reliability and lower user effort.
- Playback stuttering in the latest release prevents precise frame analysis, which compounds the rating drag already visible on the platform.
- The lack of feature expansion since the last major update signals a maintenance-mode posture that leaves the app exposed to more agile competitors.
The SWOT
- $1.99 price point functions as a low-barrier entry for amateur athletes
- Automated jump detection would remove manual friction
Next best moves
Rebuild video playback engine because stuttering is the #1 complaint → restore measurement accuracy
The counter-intuitive read
The app's low price is a liability, not an asset…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Team-wide video management (available in Hudl but absent here)
Since the last report: The app's competitive position has declined due to unresolved technical issues in its core video analysis tool, resulting in a low user rating and a stagnant development profile.
Bottom line
The app provides a useful measurement tool, but playback stuttering renders it unreliable for its primary purpose, so the PM should prioritize stability over new features to stop the rating decline.
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