What Pips are
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.
What Pips never do
Pips can't be bought, and no payment gives any. They never change votes, rank or winners. A Premium launch or a Featured spot gives no Pips, and Pips never buy a place on a launch day.
The amounts
| For | Pips | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| A vote, signed in | +5 | 6 votes a day |
| Voting 3 days in a row | +15 | every third day |
| Voting 7 days in a row | +40 | every seventh day |
Taking a vote back takes its Pips back too. A vote for your own app earns none.
One cap, two sites
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. A vote day on either site keeps your streak going.
Levels
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.
Where you see them
Signed in, your level and Pips sit in the island at the top of every page. The same total shows on MacPip.