About iPip
What is iPip?
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.
Who makes iPip?
Justinas Rolando, who also makes MacPip, the Mac app directory. See the About page.
Is iPip affiliated with Apple?
No. iPhone and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc.
How is iPip different from MacPip?
MacPip is for Mac apps, iPip is for iPhone and iPad apps. They share one account and one Pips total, and the same rules.
Does iPip host downloads?
No. Every app links to its own App Store page.
Votes and launch days
How do votes work?
One vote per app from each network, with no account. The most voted app ranks first, a tie goes to the app sent in first, and results lock at midnight UTC.
When does a launch day start and end?
It runs from midnight to midnight UTC.
How many apps launch each day?
Up to 5 free launches a day. When Premium opens, up to 3 Premium launches on top, and a Premium launch never takes a free spot.
Can a paid app rank higher?
No. A Premium launch is pinned at the top of its day and labelled Featured, but its number is still its rank by votes. The most voted app wins.
Submitting your app
Is it free to list an app?
Yes. Listing and a free launch cost nothing.
Which apps can be listed?
iPhone and iPad apps on the App Store. We read everything from the public App Store listing.
How do I submit?
Paste your App Store link on the submit page, check what we read, then pick a launch day or just a listing. You sign in with a 6-digit code by email, with no password.
Why do I write a review before a free launch?
Makers support makers here. One honest review of another maker's app, then your launch goes in. We call it Give one, get one. It is labelled Maker review and left out of the star average.
What if my app is not approved?
The reason shows on your status page, so you can fix it and send it back.
Pips
What are Pips?
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. How Pips work.
Are my MacPip Pips the same?
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.
Premium and Featured
What is a Premium launch?
One of 3 Premium spots a day, pinned at the top of its launch day and labelled Featured. It opens soon. Pricing
What is a Featured spot?
A paid place apart from the list, labelled Sponsored. It opens soon, and it never changes votes, rank or winners.
Can I buy Pips?
No. Pips are earned, never bought, and no payment gives any.
Your account
Do I need an account?
To browse or vote, no. To submit or to earn Pips, yes. Your MacPip account works here too.
How do I delete my account?
Write to [email protected] from the email you sign in with, and we delete it. It is one account on iPip and MacPip, so it goes from both.