Synthia®
App Store research · Cultural analysis · 90 seconds

Validate your idea. Before you build.

Synthia gives indie developers, startup founders, and product teams the research they need before writing a single line of code. Scan App Store gaps, generate cultural user panels, and surface market opportunities — all in 90 seconds.

Used by founders and teams across 30+ markets

$3.2T
lost annually to products that failed because founders skipped market research
90 sec
to generate a full App Store gap analysis or cultural research report with Synthia
<2%
of UserTesting's panel represents South Asian, Arab, or African users — your real market is invisible to legacy tools
£15,000
average cost of one moderated cultural study with a research agency — Synthia starts at £0
Features

Research before you build. Ship with confidence.

market opportunity · SEA & West Africa

Fintech · Nigeria

Mobile banking gap

91

Health · Indonesia

Low-bandwidth niche

78

Logistics · Pakistan

Underserved B2B

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Core Tool

Validate your app idea before you write a line of code.

The App Store Research tool analyses app categories across 30+ cultural markets — surfacing underserved gaps, competitor blind spots, and ranked opportunities with full business models. Enter a category and market. Get your report in 90 seconds.

Market gap analysisCompetitor blind spotsCultural gap scoringLaunch timing signals
AK

Aisha K.

UK South Asian

TM

Tariq M.

Lagos, Nigeria

FR

Fatima R.

Riyadh, KSA

Never wait for recruitment again.

See a market you want to test? It's already in Synthia. Generate a full panel of AI personas calibrated to that culture in seconds — no recruiters, no waiting lists.

MarketIndonesian · Urban 25–35
Study typeUsability · 10 personas
Run study →

Skip the manual work entirely.

Open Synthia and your study is already pre-configured. Select a market, choose study type, upload your design. Your insights are ready before your coffee cools.

South Asia

12 studies

24 Mar

Gulf Markets

7 studies

20 Mar

Build your cultural insight library.

Every study flows into your research library, organised by market and insight type. After a month of normal research you have a curated cultural intelligence base.

Notion
Slack
Jira
CI/CD

No copy-pasting. Direct sync.

That insight you needed? Already in your workflow.

One click exports your Synthia report to Notion, Jira, or Slack. Your team gets cultural intelligence exactly where they work — no copy-pasting, no formatting.

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Cultural Fit

Strong alignment

Top friction

Payment trust signals missing for Gulf users

Tell Synthia the market. Get a full report.

Connect Synthia to your CI/CD pipeline. Automated cultural screening before every deploy — no more shipping to a market before you've validated cultural fit.

How it works

Three steps. Any market. 90 seconds.

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01

Pick your cultural market

Choose from 30+ pre-built panels — UK South Asian, Nigerian, Gulf Arab, Indonesian, and more. Each panel comes pre-calibrated to demographics, device habits, and cultural behavioural norms.

30+ marketsDemographicsCultural norms
02
02

Upload your design or URL

Paste a Figma link, a live URL, or describe your flow in plain text. Synthia reads screen hierarchy, UI copy patterns, and UX structure to orient itself in your product.

Figma URLsLive linksPlain text
03
03

Read your cultural report

In under 90 seconds, Synthia returns a cultural fit score, friction map, prioritised recommendations, and compliance flags. Export directly to Notion, Jira, or PDF.

Cultural fit scoreFriction mapNotion export
Who it's for

Built for everyone who builds.

Whether you're a solo dev or a global product team, Synthia eliminates the research bottleneck.

Solo Indie Developers

Validate your app idea against real market gaps before you write a single line of code.

  • Scan App Store categories for underserved niches in your target market
  • Generate a competitive landscape report in 90 seconds
  • Surface the specific gap your MVP needs to fill — before you build the wrong thing
  • Free plan available — no credit card required

Startup Founders

Stop burning runway on assumptions. Research your market before your first sprint.

  • Identify cultural and regional market gaps your competitors are missing
  • Generate investor-ready market intelligence in minutes, not months
  • Test product-market fit hypotheses across 30+ cultural markets
  • Run parallel research across multiple target markets simultaneously

Product Teams

Scale your research practice to every market you care about — without scaling your budget.

  • Run cultural usability research across South Asia, MENA, SEA, Africa, and Latin America
  • Generate user panels pre-calibrated to local demographics, devices, and norms
  • Export reports directly to Notion, Jira, or PDF for your team
  • API access on Agency plan for integration into your research pipeline

Researchers & Academics

Access synthetic user data for populations that legacy panels have never reached.

  • Generate culturally specific personas for populations typically excluded from research
  • Run heuristic evaluations for health literacy, accessibility, and cultural trust signals
  • Export in formats suitable for grant applications and academic publications
  • 30+ cultural markets including rural, low-literacy, and diaspora communities
Coverage

30+ cultural markets.

Growing every week as new cultural datasets are added.

South Asian Diaspora (UK/US/Canada)Pakistan · India · BangladeshArab World & Gulf (UAE, Saudi, Egypt)West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal)East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania)Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam)US Hispanic & LatinoLatin America (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia)UK & Global AccessibilityElderly & Low-Digital-Literacy Users+ More added every month

Don't see your market? Request it →

Testimonials

What teams are saying.

We'd spent £12,000 on a research agency to tell us what Synthia showed us in 4 minutes.
Aisha Rahman

Aisha Rahman

Product Manager, UK Fintech

Researching: British Pakistani users
I'm building for Nigerian users from London. There is literally no other way to research my users. Synthia changed that.
Chidi Okafor

Chidi Okafor

Founder, West African Fintech

Researching: Lagos mobile-money users
Our accessibility research went from a 6-week process to an afternoon. We found 3 WCAG failures we'd completely missed.
Sarah Mitchell

Sarah Mitchell

UX Lead, NHS Digital Supplier

Researching: Elderly and low-vision users
Why Synthia

10× faster. 100× cheaper.

Traditional research takes weeks and costs thousands. Synthia gives you cultural insights in the time it takes to make a cup of tea.

SynthiaUX AgencyDIY Surveys
Time to first insight90 seconds3–6 weeks1–2 weeks
Cost per studyFrom £0£5,000 – £50,000£200 – £2,000
Cultural depth30+ markets1–3 marketsLimited
Accessibility testingExtra cost
Compliance mappingExtra cost
AI bias auditing
App Store intelligence
Re-run & trend tracking
Available 24/7

Agency estimates based on typical UK/US market research firms. Survey estimates based on Typeform/SurveyMonkey enterprise plans.

FAQ

Common questions.

Pricing

Start free. Scale when ready.

No credit card. Cancel anytime. All 30+ cultural markets on every paid plan.

Free

Try Synthia. No credit card needed.

£0forever
  • 1 study (lifetime)
  • 5 personas per study
  • 5 cultural markets
  • PDF export
  • 1 free App Store analysis

Starter

For solo founders validating cultural product decisions.

£19.99/month
  • 10 studies / month
  • 15 personas per study
  • All 30+ markets
  • PDF + CSV export
  • Cross-study search
Most popular

Growth

For product teams running ongoing cultural research.

£49.99/month
  • Unlimited studies
  • 200 personas per study
  • PDF, CSV & Notion export
  • Research Library
  • AI bias auditing
  • Market Monitor

Agency

Custom pricing

Full API access, CI/CD cultural screening, Predictive Briefings, and ResearchOps dashboard.

100 personas/studyFull API accessAI bias auditingCI/CD screeningPredictive BriefingsResearchOps dashboard
Contact us

Free plan: 1 study, no expiry, no card. Paid plans billed monthly. Cancel anytime.

Your users exist. Research them.

Start with 1 free study. No credit card. No recruiting. No waiting.