Who makes it
I'm Justinas Rolando. I make apps, and I run MacPip, the Mac app directory. iPip is its sister site for iPhone and iPad apps. I built it because good little apps deserve a fair shot, and the App Store does not give small makers many places to be seen. Say hi on X or at [email protected]. I read every email.
What iPip is
iPip is a free home for indie iPhone and iPad apps. Makers list and launch their apps here, people vote, and the most voted app wins the day. Nobody can buy a vote or a rank.
- Free to list. Every app gets its own page, shown on the iPhone and iPad it is made for, and a link to its App Store page.
- A launch day. Pick a day, and your app sits in Today's launches with live votes from midnight to midnight UTC.
- A rank nobody can buy. Votes alone set the rank and pick the winners. Paid places are labelled, and they never change that.
Where we are today
We are new. 0 apps are live right now. A new site means a fair start for your app, not a flood of downloads, and we would rather you know that before you list.
How an app gets in
- A maker pastes the App Store link. We read the name, icon, screenshots and devices from the public App Store listing.
- A person looks at every app before it goes live. If we say no, the status page tells you why, so you can fix it and send it back.
- A free launch asks you to write one honest review of another maker's app first. We call it "Give one, get one".
How iPip makes money
Not yet. Premium launches and Featured spots will be the only paid things, and they open soon. Listing and free launches stay free, and no payment changes votes, rank or winners. Our rules are short enough to read.
Pips, our points
Pips are iPip's points. You earn them for taking part: +5 Pips for each vote while you are signed in, up to 6 votes a day, +15 for every third day in a row you vote, and +40 for every seventh.
Pips can't be bought, and no payment gives any. They never change votes, rank or winners.
iPip and MacPip share one account, so you have one Pips total and one level on both sites. There is one daily cap of 120 Pips across both sites (30 on an account's first day), so voting on both never doubles anyone's Pips.
Your level comes from every Pip you have ever earned: level 2 takes 60 Pips in all, level 3 takes 150, level 4 270 and level 5 420. Each level asks a little more than the last.
A Premium launch or a Featured spot gives no Pips, and Pips never buy a place on a launch day.
One account with MacPip
Your MacPip account works here too: the same email, the same name and the same Pips. Sign in on one site, and one click signs you in on the other. Nothing tracks you between the two unless you click.
What iPip is not
iPip is not affiliated with Apple. iPhone and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc. We do not host downloads: every app links to its own App Store page.