Know what to improve next, across everything you’ve shipped.
PortfolioLead works like a product lead for all your apps and websites. It studies each one on a schedule you set, then brings you specific improvements with the evidence behind them.
Top recommendationResume failed map downloads automatically
Pocket Ledger
2 waiting for your decision
Top recommendationInvite your partner during setup
Studio Hours
1 waiting for your decision
Top recommendationLet clients reschedule without contacting the studio
How it works
The product work that keeps getting pushed to next week, done every week.
You can only think hard about one product at a time. PortfolioLead keeps studying all of them, and measures everything it finds against what each product is meant to achieve.
Select any item to see an example.
It studies
Your product’s goalYou confirm it. Everything is judged against it.
You get
App Store reviews
PortfolioLead reads what people say about your app and groups it into themes.
You see what matters to most users, without reading every review.
From reviews to a theme
Lost the whole download at 90%.
Had to restart the map twice on hotel wifi.
Great app, but big maps never finish.
ThemeMap downloads fail · 38 reviews
Your competitors
Research proposes the products you’re really up against, and you confirm which ones to watch.
You find out where rivals are ahead of you, and what they’re doing about it.
Top competitors
Cairnly
Resumes failed downloads automatically.
Watching
Fellwalk
Leads its listing with offline maps.
Watching
Tarnpath
Newer app, growing among day hikers.
Proposed
Your real screens
It opens your real pages at phone and desktop widths, and looks at them the way a new visitor would.
Problems get marked on the screen, each with a suggested fix.
Book a session · Phone
3
Main button is below the fold
On a phone, visitors have to scroll before they can book.
Suggested fixKeep the button visible while scrolling.
Your store listing
Your store page and landing page are compared with your competitors’.
You learn what people see from everyone else, but not from you.
Listing comparison
Cairnly
“Maps that work anywhere, signal or not.”
Fellwalk
“Download your route. Leave your signal behind.”
The gapYour listing never mentions offline maps.
What’s changing in your market
It follows changes in platforms, technology and what people now expect, and cites its sources.
You can act on a change before your users start complaining about it.
Market change
What changedA map data provider announced new terms for offline use.
What to doCheck that Trailmark’s saved maps still comply.
Recommendations with evidence
Each one names a specific change, how it serves your goal, and what supports it.
You can judge an idea quickly, because the reasoning is right there.
Trailmark · iPhone
Resume failed map downloads automatically
Review38 reviews mention failed downloads.
ScreenThe error page has no way to continue.
ResearchTwo competitors resume where they stopped.
Where to focus first
Your products are compared with each other, so your limited time goes where it counts.
You stop choosing from memory, or from whichever app shouted last.
Where to focus
1
Pocket Ledger
New households stall at the partner invite. Start here.
2
Trailmark
Failed map downloads lead the complaints again.
Better listing copy
When your listing falls short, you get replacement wording and the reason for it.
You have copy you can use, without starting from a blank page.
Store listing
CurrentThe best app for your next adventure.
SuggestedOffline hiking maps that work with no signal.
Competitors lead with offline maps. Yours doesn’t mention them.
Growth tests to try
Specific ways to reach more people, each with the cheapest way to try it.
You can test an idea small, and know which number tells you if it worked.
Growth idea
Publish route guides for popular national parks.
Cheapest test
One guide, shared in two hiking groups
Number to watch
Visits from that guide
Design briefs ready to build
An accepted idea becomes an editable brief, placed in the project for your coding tools.
You go from a decision to building, without writing the spec yourself.
Design brief
Problem
Failed map downloads start over from zero.
Open question
Should partial maps count against storage?
Build phases
1. Save progress. 2. Resume automatically.
Test plan
Lose the connection at 90% and reconnect.
Portfolio Digest
Start the week knowing where to focus.
Stop choosing from memory, or from whichever app shouted last. The Digest compares your products and tells you which one deserves your time.
Good ideas travel too: a fix that worked in one product gets suggested for the others.
Portfolio Digest
Where to focus
1
Pocket Ledger
New households stall at the partner invite. Start here.
2
Trailmark
Failed map downloads lead the complaints again.
3
Harborlight
Quiet this week. Nothing needs you.
Carries overTrailmark’s resumable downloads would also help Fern Notes.
Recommendations
Every suggestion shows its work.
“Improve onboarding” doesn’t help anyone. You get a specific change, how it serves your goal, and the reviews, screens and research that support it.
Judge an idea quickly, then accept it, park it or decline it. Your own ideas get rated for fit and risk too.
Trailmark · iPhone
Resume failed map downloads automatically
Serves your goalHikers can trust their maps with no signal.
ReviewLost the whole download at 90%.
ScreenThe error page has no way to continue.
ResearchTwo competitors resume where they stopped.
AcceptParkDecline
Experience reviews
See your product the way a new user does.
You stopped noticing the rough edges long ago. PortfolioLead captures your real pages at phone and desktop widths and marks each problem on the screen.
Each finding comes with a suggested fix, so you know what to change.
Book a session
123
1
Prices appear too late
Show the price beside each session.
2
Times are hard to tap
Make each slot a larger target.
3
Main button is below the fold
Keep it visible while scrolling.
User review themes
Turn a pile of reviews into a short list.
Reviews get grouped into themes, so one loud complaint doesn’t outweigh what most people are saying. You also see what they love, so you don’t break it.
Those themes become evidence for what to build. Reviewer names are never stored.
What users are saying
Map downloads fail38
Love offline mode27
Wants a watch route view21
Trip sharing is confusing12
Storefront and growth
Get found by more of the right people.
Your listing and landing page are compared with competitors and you get replacement copy you can use. Growth ideas are specific, with the cheapest way to test each one.
Try small things first, and know which number tells you if it worked.
Store listing
CurrentThe best app for your next adventure.
SuggestedOffline hiking maps that work with no signal.
Growth idea
Publish route guides for popular national parks.
Cheapest test
One guide, shared in two hiking groups
Number to watch
Visits from that guide
From yes to shipped
A decision becomes a brief your coding tools can build from.
PortfolioLead writes the brief and places it in your project. You keep using Claude Code, Codex or whatever you already build with.
1You accept it
Accepted
Resume failed map downloads automatically
2It writes the brief
The problem
Open questions
Build phases
Test plan
3You paste one prompt
Read the design brief in this project and start on phase 1.
4You see what changed
Shipped
Reviews on failed downloads38→9
Find what to build next
Explorer maps the segments of your niche and looks for ideas to expand into, using what competitors’ users complain about.
Keep an eye on competitors
Research proposes your top competitors, and you confirm which ones are worth watching.
Follow it through
The roadmap tracks accepted work through to shipped, and compares reviews from before and after.
Built to stay yours
Your work stays on your Mac.
No PortfolioLead server
Your portfolio and research are stored on your Mac. There’s no tracking code to add to your apps.
Your source code stays put
PortfolioLead learns what each product does from a short file in the project. It never sends your code to an AI.
Your own AI account
Research runs on your own Claude or OpenAI account, with usage tracking and budgets you control.
You stay in charge
It recommends and writes briefs. It doesn’t change your code, publish anything or contact your users.
Give every product the attention it deserves.
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