Directory index · researched October 2026
AppRater
apprater.netAppRater is a directory for all kinds of startups, including AI tools, developer tools, and mobile apps. We went through its submission pages in October 2026: what it costs, the link you get, who gets in and how to submit.
How much does AppRater cost?
Listing on AppRater is free if you wait your turn, with paid options from $5.
Submitting, publishing, and remaining in the archive are free. No backlink or badge is required. Every submission is screened; clear submissions may publish after screening, while borderline submissions wait for human review. The site says to expect a wait rather than minutes. Payment cannot buy approval or faster review.
- Free submission, publication, and permanent listing if approved
- Every submission is screened
- Published listings are posted to X and Threads and included in the site's discovery surfaces and weekly email
- Recurring X and Threads promotion
- Labelled promoted slot on the homepage
- One labelled promoted spot in the weekly email
- Keeps the listing on the first screen
- Starts immediately; cancellation available through Whop or by email
- Same benefits as monthly listing promotion
- Billed every 3 months
- One public bid on an already approved, active listing
- More bids improve leaderboard position; newest successful bid breaks ties
- Current top three also appear on the homepage
- Custom quote; placements are labelled as sponsored
- Options include homepage banner for a week or month, newsletter sponsorship, dedicated X and Threads post, tag or platform page sponsorship, launch-day push, or a bundle
Extras they sell
- Monthly listing promotion $14 USD per month
- Post-approval placement: recurring social promotion, labelled homepage slot, one labelled weekly-email spot, and first-screen placement. Whop checkout; starts immediately and can be cancelled.
- Three-month listing promotion $35 USD every 3 months
- Same listing-promotion benefits, billed every three months.
- Leaderboard bid $5 USD per bid
- One-time payment adds one bid to an approved, active listing. Ranking depends on successful bids; the newest bid breaks ties. This is a placement boost, not a promise of installs.
- Homepage banner sponsorship
- Labelled full-width banner placement between the archive and collections, for a week or a month; price by inquiry.
- Newsletter sponsorship
- Quoted sponsor slot at the top of the weekly email.
- Dedicated social post
- Quoted post about the product alone on X and Threads, written with the advertiser.
- Other custom promotion or bundle
- Quoted tag or platform page sponsorship, launch-day push, or bundle of placements.
Does AppRater give a dofollow backlink?
AppRater links to your site with a dofollow link, the kind Google may count toward your site's authority.
Its Ahrefs Domain Rating is 18.
Who gets into AppRater, and how fast?
Submissions are reviewed first, and most products that fit get in.
New listings are shown to its audience: on the homepage, in a newsletter or on social media.
The About page says one person works through a long queue and advises: “expect a wait rather than minutes.” Clear submissions may publish as soon as screened; unclear or borderline submissions wait for a person. No fixed turnaround is promised.
How much traffic does AppRater get?
Similarweb ranks apprater.net #8,178,563 in the world by traffic.
What AppRater says about its audience: The Promote page claims Ahrefs Domain Rating DR41, 89.4K visitors in the last 7 days, 111 newsletter subscribers, and 13K apps in the archive. The homepage also showed 1.3M requests and 515 new apps in the last 7 days; the leaderboard showed 514 new apps. The site attributes traffic analytics to Cloudflare.
How do you submit to AppRater?
You submit to AppRater through a form on their site.
What the form asks for
- App name
- Platforms (checkboxes: Web, iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, Other)
- App or store URL
- What makes it useful?
- Tags (optional, comma-separated)
- Image URL (optional; direct image-file URL)
- Your name
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Researched 29 October 2026 from AppRater's own pages. Prices and terms change, so check before you pay. Something out of date? Report a correction.