*Research conducted 2026-10-19. Methods: web-index searches plus direct page fetches (labeled "index"); the live research browser window was unavailable, so nothing was verified through interactive live browsing. Key claims are cited with the source URL and the date read.*
**Stella — Manifest Anything** (Android package `com.priestess.manifestation`; iOS by Perl Productions LLC) is an AI-personalized manifestation-audio app launched ~August 2026 by 23-year-old TikTok creator **Sarah Perl** ("Hot High Priestess", ~2.5M TikTok followers). Users describe their desires in plain language; the app generates personalized, narrated audio "manifestation stories" (spoken as if the desired life is already real) layered with ambient soundscapes (rain, cafés, ocean), plus swipeable affirmations and a "Wall of Manifestations." Marketing tagline: **"Create the life you desire"** / Play Store tagline: **"Manifest your dream life."**
Traction is founder-distribution-driven: Perl reports **$341,537 MRR, 12,379 active subscriptions, and 200,000+ downloads within two months of launch** (founder-reported dashboard, via StartupFinder's writeup of her Starter Story interview). On Android: **21K installs, 4.73★ from 2,077 ratings** (AppBrain, 2026-10-18; Play Store itself shows ~4.73 from ~2,176 ratings), ranking **#194–197 in US Lifestyle Top Grossing** and **#199 in Iran**. The monetization model is an aggressive subscription paywall — **$9.99/week** in the US (₹790/week in India), monthly and yearly tiers also in evidence, **7-day free trial** advertised — and the single biggest product risk is backlash over the hard paywall (no meaningful free tier) and trial/billing confusion in 1-star reviews. The developer question resolves as: **Perl Productions LLC is the legal company; "Priestess" is the Google Play storefront display name** (matching her Hot High Priestess persona).
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**Positioning.** Stella is a personal manifestation companion: "Share your dreams and Stella writes them into being as immersive, narrated audio — so you can listen as if it's already real" (https://downloadstella.com/, read 2026-10-19, index). The Play Store listing copy reads: "Manifest your dream life with Stella! Listen to personalized audio narratives that immerse you in your dream life — whether that's career success, meaningful relationships, financial abundance, or personal growth. Each story is designed to help your mind experience your goals as if they're already happening, making them feel more achievable and real.* Every affirmation and audio experience is generated specifically for you based on your intentions and goals. Track your progress as your personalized content evolves with you, accessible offline whenever you need it." (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.priestess.manifestation&hl=en&gl=US, read 2026-10-19, index).
**Target audience.** Overwhelmingly young women into manifestation/law-of-attraction content — the founder's own audience. Her content is "particularly aimed at young women who want romantic relationships with men" (Business Insider, mirrored at https://b17news.com/gen-zs-manifest-destinyhow-zoomers-are-willing-their-way-to-riches-and-romance-one-tiktok-at-a-time/, index). Reviewers describe categories like career success, relationships, financial abundance, personal growth.
**Taglines/marketing copy.** Site headline: "Create the life you desire." Product header: "Manifest Anything." Feature bullets: "Stories written for you" (weaves your name, loved ones, real dreams into stories); "Listen as if it's already real" (warm narrated audio + ambient soundscapes — rain, cafés, ocean); "A daily practice that sticks" (Desires, swipeable affirmations, Wall of Manifestations); "Manifest on demand" ("Type what you're calling in — '$10k weeks,' 'dream home,' 'Euro summer' — and Stella writes it into being in seconds"); "Your voice, your vibe" (choose narrator); "Private by design" (data never sold/used for ads). CTA: "Join 400,000+ dreamers manifesting with Stella. Start your free 7-day trial today." (https://downloadstella.com/, read 2026-10-19, index).
**Screenshots (index only).** The Play listing carries 16 screenshots (not text-readable via index fetch); the official site's visual identity is a glowing celestial orb on dark, dreamy backgrounds (orb-halo.png, hero-orb.png at downloadstella.com). Reviewers describe the app as "beautiful" and the experience as "made me feel like I was dreaming" (Play Store reviews, index).
**Key stats.** Android: 21K installs, 4.73★ / 2,077 ratings (https://www.appbrain.com/app/stella-manifest-anything/com.priestess.manifestation, data updated 2026-10-18, index). Play Store fetch shows rating 4.7289 from 2,176 ratings, "10K+" download bracket, v2.0.1 updated Oct 9, 2026 (index). iOS exists under Perl Productions LLC and charted in iOS Health & Fitness in several countries incl. #2 in Nepal (https://appfigures.com/top-apps/ios-app-store/uzbekistan/iphone/health-and-fitness?profile=product.336999648206, index — chart type free vs. grossing not specified in source).
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Reconstructed from the official site, store listing, and reviewer descriptions (no live walkthrough was possible):
1. **Install & onboarding questionnaire.** Multiple reviewers describe a "detailed questionnaire" / "questions it asks you" collecting the user's name, loved ones, dreams and desires ("the more honest you are, the more real it feels" — downloadstella.com). One reviewer "spent so much time filling out the questions" before hitting the paywall (Play Store review, index). This is an intentional onboarding-psychology device: effort invested → commitment, then the paywall captures the sunk-cost impulse.
2. **Paywall.** Appears immediately after onboarding, before the home page is visible ("an immediate paywall appears after you feed it all the information it wants... paywall of $9.99/WEEK to even be able to see the home page"). A 7-day free trial is advertised on the site; reviewers report being offered a short free sample (~10 minutes of audio) and allege the trial CTA sometimes drops straight into a paid subscription (see §3).
3. **Input an intention ("Manifest on demand").** The core loop: type what you're calling in ("$10k weeks," "dream home," "Euro summer") and "Stella writes it into being in seconds" — i.e., an LLM generates a personalized first-person "as-if-it's-already-real" script, rendered to narrated audio.
4. **Audio player.** "Every story streams as warm, narrated audio with ambient soundscapes — rain, cafés, ocean." Multiple narrator voices to choose from ("Choose the narrator that resonates with you"). Content is "accessible offline" (Play listing) — generated stories are cached for offline listening.
5. **Daily ritual.** "Desires, swipeable affirmations, and a Wall of Manifestations to celebrate everything you call in." The loop is: listen to your stories daily, swipe affirmations, log/celebrate manifestations. The site: "Return to your stories and affirmations daily, and watch your magic unfold in real time."
6. **Progress tracking.** "Track your progress as your personalized content evolves with you" (Play listing). No evidence of streaks/streak-freeze mechanics on the real Stella app (unlike method apps such as Manifest: Vision Board & 369); retention relies on daily listening habit + reminders. (Note: daily reminders/streaks appear in the copycat "i am stella" listing, not Stella's.)
7. **Community/sharing.** No community features found. "Private by design" is a selling point; sharing is limited to personal use. The "Wall of Manifestations" is a personal celebration feed, not a social feed.
**What reviewers say about the flow.** Positive: the audio feels uncannily personal — "It is so accurate, it is literally pulling, so many things out of my 3D life while inserting those thoughts of my manifestations" (Mara Cain, 5★, AppBrain). Negative: the onboarding→paywall sequence feels like a bait-and-switch — "Asking me so many questions only to end up at a paywall without letting me try anything is really disappointing" (Pankhudi Lanjewar, 1★).
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**Pricing evidence** (no official pricing page found; all figures from user reviews + site CTA):
· **$9.99/week** — US paywall price quoted in a Play review (17 people found helpful).
· **₹790/week** (~$9/week; "adds up to over ₹3,000 a month") — India, per 1-star review Oct 4, 2026.
· **$6.99/month** — monthly tier referenced by a reviewer asked to pay it after a restore failure.
· **$43.10/year incl. taxes** — yearly tier paid Aug 11, 2026 per a refund-complaint review (~$3.59/mo effective).
· **Free trial: 7 days** — per the official site CTA ("Start your free 7-day trial today"). Several 1-star reviews allege the trial offer is misleading: "It says to do a free trial but it isn't even an option, when you try to proceed it goes straight into the paid subscription... absolutely nothing free in the app, their is no basic version" (18 helpful).
**Free vs. paid.** Effectively nothing of substance is free: reviewers report the paywall blocks the home page entirely after onboarding; one reviewer got ~10 minutes of audio before "it completely stopped and gave me premium ads." India review: "They wouldn't even let me read a single story." No one-time lifetime purchase is in evidence (unlike ThinkUp's $99.99 lifetime tier).
**Revenue estimates.** Founder-reported (via StartupFinder's writeup of her Starter Story interview with Pat Walls): **$341,537 MRR, 12,379 active subscriptions, 200,000+ downloads within two months of launch** (https://www.startupfinder.co/posts/how-a-manifesting-app-hit-340kmonth-in-just-2-months-eg93, index). Implied ~$27.6 average revenue per subscriber per month — consistent with a weekly-heavy subscriber mix ($9.99/wk ≈ $43/mo equivalent). Third-party estimates: AppBrain's grossing charts place it #194–197 US Lifestyle Top Grossing; the official site claims "400,000+ dreamers." No Sensor Tower/data.ai figures were publicly available.
**Refund/complaint themes in reviews.** (1) Restore-purchase failures: paid yearly $43.10, reinstalled, then asked to pay $6.99/month — user demanded a refund (Andrea Burke, 1★). (2) Trial-to-paid dark-pattern allegations (above). (3) Price shock, especially India (₹790/week). These map to Google Play subscription-policy risk areas (trial disclosure, restore).
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**Growth engine: founder-led organic social.** Sarah Perl brought a pre-built audience: ~2.5M TikTok followers (@hothighpriestess, since 2020), ~1.2M Instagram, 200K YouTube, 1B+ combined views (https://www.startupfinder.co/posts/how-a-manifesting-app-hit-340kmonth-in-just-2-months-eg93, index). The playbook: years of manifestation content → digital courses (Manifest Magic, Rich B\*tch Bootcamp via Stan) → app as "warm handoff." She also claims a repeatable virality skill, including a "spam account" grown to 700K from scratch (same source). TikTok promo examples found: @hothighpriestess — "use my app Stella to manifest an ex or anything" (11.6K likes, 266 comments, https://www.tiktok.com/@hothighpriestess/video/7639618590374645006, index); @444angelprincess — "get ur custom manifestation future-self story on the Stella app😍" (13.7K likes, https://www.tiktok.com/@444angelprincess/video/7614717757770239246, index).
**Other channels.** Press: Fortune ("Meet a 23-year-old who's making nearly $1 million online..." via https://alphaleaders.co.uk/meet-a-23-year-old-whos-making-nearly-1-million-online-teaching-followers-how-to-manifest-money-out-of-sheer-will/amp/), Business Insider ("Gen Z is obsessed with manifesting their way to riches and romance" via https://b17news.com/...), Starter Story interview, Stan store blog (https://stan.store/blog/sarah-perl/). **No evidence found** of paid ads, ASO-driven growth (category: Lifestyle; likely keywords "manifest," "manifestation," "affirmations"), Product Hunt launch, or Reddit presence.
**Install velocity (Android, AppBrain).** Launched Aug 2026 → 1K+ installs Sep 14 → 5K+ Sep 28 → 10K+ Oct 12 → 21K tracked by Oct 18; ~570 installs/day over the last 30 days. Note iOS launched first (reviewer: "I literally manifested it being available to me in android and here it is!"), so total cross-platform scale is larger — consistent with the founder's 200K+ downloads claim.
**Top 3 praise themes (representative quotes):**
1. **Eerie personalization** — "It is so accurate, it is literally pulling, so many things out of my 3D life while inserting those thoughts of my manifestations. Absolutely incredible." (Mara Cain, 5★)
2. **Emotionally moving audio** — "This app is giving me chills. It's making me want to cry tears of joy." (Mara Cain); "this app literally made me feel like I was dreaming." (Play review)
3. **Effortless daily ritual** — "one of the few things that has made it feel natural, beautiful, and genuinely enjoyable rather than like another task I have to remember to do." (Michelle Escamilla, 5★)
**Top 3 complaint themes (representative quotes):**
1. **Hard paywall, nothing free** — "NOT FREE! An immediate paywall appears after you feed it all the information it wants." (Play review, 17 helpful); "there is nothing free you will have to pay money for manifestation technique" (Kalsum Chouhan, 1★)
2. **Price** — "you're charging ₹790 per week instead of per month that adds up to over ₹3,000 a month. Why is it so costly?" (Pankhudi Lanjewar, 1★)
3. **Billing/restore failures** — "I paid a total of $43.10 with taxes for a yearly membership... I reinstalled the application, and now I cannot proceed unless I pay $6.99 per month for premium." (Andrea Burke, 1★)
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· **Personalization model: AI-generated per user, not a template library.** Every script is generated from the user's stated intentions ("Every affirmation and audio experience is generated specifically for you based on your intentions and goals"). This is the core differentiator vs. library apps like "I am." ai-manifest.com (July 2026, iOS App Store data) names Stella "best for AI audio manifestation" (https://www.ai-manifest.com/guides/best-manifestation-apps.html).
· **Content volume:** effectively infinite — on-demand generation ("writes it into being in seconds") plus saved personal library; offline caching. *Technical inference:* LLM script generation + TTS narration with selectable voices, mixed with ambient beds (rain, cafés, ocean); 105 MB app size suggests bundled voices/soundscapes.
· **Retention hooks:** daily listening ritual (the "practice that sticks"), swipeable affirmations, Wall of Manifestations (progress/celebration), offline access. No public evidence of streaks, streak-repair, or gamification on Stella itself; the moat is emotional attachment to *your* story, not game mechanics.
· **Onboarding psychology:** high-effort questionnaire *before* the paywall — investment/consistency bias converts sunk effort into subscription intent. Reviewers explicitly describe this sequence, and the backlash to it.
· **Method framework:** Neville Goddard–style "living in the end" — "listen as if it's already real." Notably, Stella has **no 369 method, no journaling, no vision board** ("Honest limitation" per ai-manifest.com). Competitors like Manifest: Vision Board & 369 and Myla own the method-structured lane; Stella owns the passive audio-visualization lane.
· **Audio design:** warm narration, user-chosen narrator voice, ambient layers (rain, cafés, ocean); English-only in evidence.
· **Codename clue:** Play listing terms/privacy URLs live at `portal-manifestation-app.github.io/portal-app/` — the app was internally called "Portal," consistent with a fast AI-assisted build by a non-technical founder (StartupFinder: "Sarah had no coding background, but AI-powered development tools" made the MVP possible).
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**Which is accurate — "Priestess" or "Perl Productions"? Both, in different roles.** The legal entity is **Perl Productions LLC** (shown on iOS App Store chart listings, e.g. https://appfigures.com/top-apps/ios-app-store/uzbekistan/iphone/health-and-fitness?profile=product.336999648206; credited by ai-manifest.com as "Stella (Perl Productions)"). **"Priestess"** is the Google Play developer display name (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.priestess.manifestation&hl=en&gl=US) — a brand derived from founder **Sarah Perl**'s "Hot High Priestess" persona. (Her surname is literally Perl, which explains "Perl Productions.")
**Who she is.** Sarah Perl, 23, Los Angeles; immigrated from the Soviet Union as a child, raised poor in South Brooklyn (https://creatorinpublic.com/p/hothighpriestess-built-a-1m-tiktok-business-at-23; https://stan.store/blog/sarah-perl/). Manifestation coach/TikTok star: viral tarot video with <150 followers → 2.5M TikTok followers; Etsy tarot readings → Manifest Magic workshop → Rich B\*tch Bootcamp; ~$1M in course/coaching sales per Fortune (https://alphaleaders.co.uk/...). Socials: TikTok @hothighpriestess, Instagram ~1.2M, YouTube 200K.
**Solo indie or studio?** Solo founder, AI-built, no coding background — effectively a creator-led indie operation, not a studio. No other apps found under Priestess/Perl Productions. Contact/website: downloadstella.com; support email not surfaced in sources reviewed. Company registration details beyond "Perl Productions LLC" were not found.
**Clone/name-squat watch.** "i am stella: manifest life" (Siarhei Ivaneichyk, com.manifestationszoom.app, Sep 2026, 640 installs) and "Manifest Your Dream Self: Orly" (com.nexfriend.app) trade on the Stella name/confused reviewers — early evidence of copycats, relevant to clone-defense thinking.
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| App | Developer | Scale (Android unless noted) | Pricing | Languages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I am – Daily Affirmations | Monkey Taps LLC | 12M installs, 4.79 (303.6K) | Free + sub (monthly/yearly/lifetime) | English (primary) | Category giant; reminders+widgets; US #92 Top Grossing H&F |
| Aya: Manifest Your Dream Self | Lit Apps LLC | 410K installs, 4.6 (20K); 82K last 30d | Subscription | English | **Closest Stella analog on Android**: voice-guided affirmations + ritual audio + vision board; #17 Top Grossing H&F Turkey; strong MX/TR/PL |
| Aura: Daily I am Affirmations | UPLOSS LIMITED | 600K installs, 4.8 (5.2K); 69K last 30d | Freemium | English | Widget-first, 10K-quote library, growing fast |
| ThinkUp | Precise Wellness LLC | iOS-focused | $7.99/mo, $39.99/yr, $99.99 lifetime | English | Record-in-your-own-voice |
| Manifest: Vision Board & 369 | ManifestAI | iOS only, new | $24.99/yr or $3.99/wk (3-day trial) | English | Owns the 369-method lane |
| Sentiments | Skala Code | iOS+Android | Subscription | Portuguese + English | PT-language personalized affirmations, 21-day journey; 15+ categories incl. "pessoa específica" |
| Hiva (Manifest Manifestation) | — | Android, new | Unknown | English | 14 manifestation techniques, instant guided-session generation — Stella-like |
Sources: https://www.appbrain.com/app/i-am-daily-affirmations/com.hrd.iam, https://www.Appbrain.Com/app/aya-manifest-your-dream-self/com.litapps.aya, https://www.appbrain.com/app/aura-alarm-daily-affirmations/net.uploss.affirmation, https://www.ai-manifest.com/guides/best-manifestation-apps.html, https://medium.com/@rishilchallenge04/best-daily-affirmation-apps-in-2026-9-honest-picks-for-every-kind-of-person-5d5bbb6f66f3, https://sentimentsapp.com/, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manifestom.app&hl=en_US.
**Underserved countries/languages (no strong localized AI manifestation-audio app found):**
· **Southeast Asia** — no localized player surfaced at all; demand signal exists ("I am" ranks #165 Top Grossing H&F in Indonesia).
· **Middle East / Arabic** — demand signals: Stella itself ranks #199 Top Grossing Lifestyle in Iran; "I am" ranks #132 H&F Iran, #168 Saudi Arabia. Only Manifestation Deck offers Arabic (translated cards, not AI audio). An Arabic AI-audio manifestation app appears absent.
· **India / Hindi** — AstroKarma (astrology + manifestation, Hindi/regional) and Dr Amiett Kumar's coach app dominate; nothing AI-audio-personalized in Hindi. Caveat: extreme price sensitivity (₹790/week backlash) — needs local pricing (~₹99–199/mo norms).
· **Latin America** — Portuguese covered by Sentiments; Spanish has Positive: Daily Affirmations (native-written ES) and "Ley de atracción," but no AI-audio personalization in Spanish.
· **Europe** — Positive covers PT/ES/FR/DE/IT; iOS "Manifest: Affirmations" covers NL/PT/ES/FR; still no AI-audio leader outside English.
**Is love/relationship manifestation a stronger hook anywhere?** Yes, notably: the founder's own content skews hard to love ("manifest a text back from a guy within 24 hours," aimed at young women — Business Insider); AstroKarma's top questions are love/marriage ("Will my partner return?"); Sentiments lists manifesting "um relacionamento ou uma pessoa específica" as a core category; Stella's own TikTok promo: "use my app Stella to manifest an ex or anything." **Verdict: love/relationship is the #1 hook in the US (Gen Z women), India, and Brazil.** Cultural note: in conservative Middle East markets, relationship-content framing needs care, but demand for the category is visible in chart data.
**Regulatory / store-policy risks:**
· **Subscription transparency (highest risk).** Google Play's Subscriptions policy requires clear disclosure of trial terms, billing, and easy cancellation. Multiple 1-star reviews allege the "free trial" CTA converts straight to paid and that nothing is usable free — a dark-pattern complaint pattern that can trigger policy review.
· **Health/wellness claims.** Stella avoids medical claims ("Everyone" rating; "Private by design"); clones must keep manifestation framed as wellness/mindset, never therapeutic, and add a "not a substitute for professional advice" disclaimer (Sentiments does this explicitly).
· **Billing/restore reliability.** The $43.10/yearly → asked-to-pay-again bug is a support/refund liability; robust purchase-restore is table stakes.
· **Regional:** Iran chart presence is notable given sanctions (no Google Play billing there) — revenue there is effectively unreachable; Saudi/Gulf billing works normally.
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· **Exact in-app SKU list** (all tiers/trial mechanics on Play and App Store) — inferred from reviews and the site; the live research browser was unavailable for an interactive paywall check.
· **iOS download/revenue figures** — only chart positions and the founder's aggregate 200K+ downloads claim.
· **Whether the $9.99/week / ₹790/week pricing is current** vs. tested variants — reviews span Aug–Oct 2026.
· **Screenshot-by-screenshot UX copy** — screenshots not text-readable via index; descriptions come from the official site's marketing copy.
· **Paid acquisition** — no evidence found for/against paid ads.
· **Company registration details** for Perl Productions LLC (state, address) — not found in public sources reviewed.
· Official site: https://downloadstella.com/ (index fetch, 2026-10-19)
· Play Store listing: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.priestess.manifestation&hl=en&gl=US (index fetch, 2026-10-19)
· AppBrain profile + reviews: https://www.appbrain.com/app/stella-manifest-anything/com.priestess.manifestation (index, data updated 2026-10-18)
· Founder/revenue deep-dive: https://www.startupfinder.co/posts/how-a-manifesting-app-hit-340kmonth-in-just-2-months-eg93 (index, 2026-10-19)
· Founder background: https://creatorinpublic.com/p/hothighpriestess-built-a-1m-tiktok-business-at-23 ; https://stan.store/blog/sarah-perl/ ; https://alphaleaders.co.uk/meet-a-23-year-old-whos-making-nearly-1-million-online-teaching-followers-how-to-manifest-money-out-of-sheer-will/amp/ (index)
· BI on love-manifestation content: https://b17news.com/gen-zs-manifest-destinyhow-zoomers-are-willing-their-way-to-riches-and-romance-one-tiktok-at-a-time/ (index)
· iOS publisher/charts: https://appfigures.com/top-apps/ios-app-store/uzbekistan/iphone/health-and-fitness?profile=product.336999648206 ; https://www.icharts.co.za/np/appstore/topgrossingapplications/6013-health-and-fitness (index)
· Competitor comparison: https://www.ai-manifest.com/guides/best-manifestation-apps.html (index, data July 2026)
· Aya competitor: https://www.Appbrain.Com/app/aya-manifest-your-dream-self/com.litapps.aya (index)
· I am: https://www.appbrain.com/app/i-am-daily-affirmations/com.hrd.iam ; https://www.AndroidRank.org/application/i_am_daily_affirmations/com.hrd.iam (index)
· Aura: https://www.appbrain.com/app/aura-alarm-daily-affirmations/net.uploss.affirmation (index)
· Affirmation-app roundup (ThinkUp pricing): https://medium.com/@rishilchallenge04/best-daily-affirmation-apps-in-2026-9-honest-picks-for-every-kind-of-person-5d5bbb6f66f3 (index)
· Sentiments (PT): https://sentimentsapp.com/ (index)
· LOA Toolbox AI coach: https://www.lawofattractiontoolboxapp.com/category/law-of-attraction-toolbox-app/tools/ (index)
· TikTok promos: https://www.tiktok.com/@hothighpriestess/video/7639618590374645006 ; https://www.tiktok.com/@444angelprincess/video/7614717757770239246 (index)
· Regional apps: AstroKarma via https://jaane-mann.en.aptoide.com/app ; Affirma https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.arai.affirma.android&hl=en&gl=jp ; Positive https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmksolucoes.positive ; Hiva https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manifestom.app&hl=en_US ; Manifestation Deck https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skyloveart.mdeck&hl=ln (all index)
· Working notes: notes/source-01-startupfinder.md, notes/source-02-play-listing.md, notes/source-03-official-site.md, notes/source-04-reviews.md, notes/source-05-founder-growth.md, notes/source-06-competitors.md