It's out there but it gets deliberately buried instead of promoted. Back when I had access to a decently-sized database of scraped app data, a sure-fire way to

It's out there but it gets deliberately buried instead of promoted. Back when I had access to a decently-sized database of scraped app data, a sure-fire way to find hidden gems was to search for apps that did not ask for internet access. Of course Google does not let you filter for that in any way in the app store, because people making and sharing apps without aggressively monetising them does not make money for Google.