ChatGPT's App Store Hits 300+ Integrations, But Nobody's Thrilled

OpenAI's ChatGPT app store has surpassed 300 app integrations half a year after launch. The numbers sound decent on paper. The reality? Not so much.

Adoption has been sluggish. The core problem: many of the third-party apps offer limited functionality. Developers have reportedly found the experience frustrating, suggesting the platform isn't delivering on its promise as a thriving ecosystem.

For OpenAI, the app store was supposed to be a major growth lever — a way to turn ChatGPT into a platform others build on. Instead, it's looking more like a ghost town with a nice storefront.

300-plus apps in six months isn't nothing, but if those apps can't do much and developers are unhappy, the count is just a vanity metric. OpenAI needs to fix the plumbing before the builders walk away for good.