- You are still shaping the idea and want to think out loud, rewrite it and test it from different angles.
- You have a quick question about one competitor or one term, and a short answer will do.
- You already use an assistant every day, and the task is writing, summarising or planning rather than market research.
- You want one tool for many kinds of work and do not need a stored, source-by-source record.
Compare
Hunting Apps and an AI chat assistant
A chat assistant is the quickest way to think an idea through, and many can search the web now. The difference with Hunting Apps is the procedure around the model, not the model.
1.0 The alternative
An AI chat assistant, fairly
General AI chat assistants take a question and answer it, and several can search the web and read pages as part of the answer. They are flexible: you can ask about any market, push back, change direction and ask for a rewrite in the same conversation. As an example, Anthropic's Claude lists web search on its Free, Pro and Max plans and a Research feature on the paid plans (read on its pricing page on the date below). What the assistant does is whatever you ask it to, and how thorough it is depends on how you ask.
2.0 Side by side
What each way gives you
Row by row, for the decision a builder is making: whether one idea is worth weeks of work.
| What matters | An AI chat assistant | Hunting Apps |
|---|---|---|
| Procedure | Whatever you ask for. You decide what to search, what to compare and when to stop. | A fixed procedure for each kind of search: look for the need, check who already sells a fix, read their pages, then rule. The agent runs it and you steer it in a chat. |
| Using language models | The assistant is one. | Hunting Apps uses language models too. The difference is the steps around them and the rule that a claim needs a source it actually read. |
| Sources | Depends on the product and the plan. Check what a given assistant links and keeps for each answer. | Every page read is stored with the run and linked from the verdict. A summary may cite only the sources it was given. |
| Saying stop | An assistant can say it, and it depends on how the question was put. | The verdict has three outcomes (start, narrow or stop), and the market check ranks a served market as filled when products already sell the same fix. |
| What you keep | A conversation. What persists afterwards depends on the product. | A project with documents, sources, a competitor table and a build brief, which you can download or push to your own GitHub account. |
| Flexibility | High. Any question, any direction, no setup. | Lower. It is built for one job, checking what to build. It will not help you write the pitch deck. |
| Cost | A subscription with usage limits, billed monthly, or a free tier. | Credits you buy once, with no subscription. They never expire, and a job that fails returns its credits. |
3.0 Choosing
When each one is the better choice
- You want the same checks run the same way on each idea, so that results can be compared.
- You want the sources saved and linked, not scattered through a long conversation.
- You want competitors and their prices found and put in a table, instead of asking for them each time.
- You want to go from a verdict to a project and a build brief in one place.
4.0 Sources
Figures and where they came from
Prices and features change. If something here is out of date, write to [email protected] and it will be corrected.
| Item | Figure | Source | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Free plan | $0; web search included | https://claude.com/pricing | 26 October 2026 |
| Claude Pro plan | $20 a month billed monthly, or $17 a month on annual billing ($200 up front); web search and Research included | https://claude.com/pricing | 26 October 2026 |
| Claude Max plan | From $100 a month | https://claude.com/pricing | 26 October 2026 |
| Hunting Apps, a typical project | About 148 credits: $2.11 in the small pack ($10 for 700 credits), $1.85 in the medium, $1.48 in the large; an estimate from the price list | https://huntingapps.io/#pricing | 26 October 2026 |
| Hunting Apps, free allowance | 200 credits for a new account, no card; credits never expire | https://huntingapps.io/#pricing | 26 October 2026 |
Questions
Can I just ask a chat assistant to do this?
You can, and for a quick question it is a good choice. What you get depends on how you ask, and what is kept afterwards depends on the product. Hunting Apps fixes the procedure and keeps the evidence, which matters when you compare several ideas.
Does Hunting Apps use the same kind of AI?
It uses language models, like a chat assistant. What it adds is the procedure, the market check against real product pages and the rule that a verdict cites only sources it read.
Is it more accurate?
Nothing here is measured against a chat assistant, so no accuracy claim is made. The difference is in what is checked and what is saved, and both can be wrong.
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