# What iPip is, and why it exists

By Justinas Rolando, November 14, 2026.

> iPip is a free website where makers list and launch iPhone and iPad apps. Each app gets its own page, shown on the devices it is made for. On a launch day people vote, the most voted app wins the day, and no payment can change votes, rank or winners. iPip is the sister site of MacPip, the Mac app directory, and the two share one account.

The App Store is huge, and a small app can disappear in it on the day it ships. I made iPip to give indie iPhone and iPad apps one more fair place to be seen.

## The short version

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.

Every app on iPip is a real App Store app. Its name, icon and screenshots come from its public App Store listing, and a person looks at every app before it goes live.

## What you can do here

- **Find new apps.** [Today's launches](/) show what makers shipped, and [browse](/browse) lists every app, by [iPhone](/browse/iphone) or [iPad](/browse/ipad).
- **Vote.** One vote per app from each network, with no account. Votes alone set the rank.
- **List your own app.** It is free, and it takes a few minutes. [How to submit](/blog/how-to-submit-an-iphone-or-ipad-app) walks through it.

## The rules that matter most

- Votes set the rank, and the most voted app wins the day.
- Paid places, when they open, are always labelled. They never change votes, rank or winners.
- Pips can't be bought, and no payment gives any. They never change votes, rank or winners.

The full list is on [our rules](/rules) page. It is short.

## Who makes it

I'm Justinas Rolando. I also make [MacPip](https://macpip.com), the same idea for Mac apps. iPip and MacPip share one account, so the same email, name and Pips work on both. You can find me [on X](https://x.com/JustinasRoland0).

## Where we are

iPip is new. A new site means a fair start for your app, not a flood of downloads, and I would rather say that plainly than promise numbers we do not have.

## Sources and further reading

- [Our rules](https://ipip.fyi/rules)
- [About iPip](https://ipip.fyi/about)
- [Questions and answers](https://ipip.fyi/faq)

Source: https://ipip.fyi/blog/what-ipip-is