# Launch Indie Apps

> Launch Indie Apps is a launch platform and directory for iOS apps built by indie makers and solo founders. Makers submit an App Store link and a person reviews every submission; approved apps get a permanent listing with checked facts such as price, free tier, account and offline use. Readers find apps by what they need done, with the cost shown before they download. Website: https://launchindieapps.com

- For: indie iOS app makers launching an app, and people looking for apps made by independent developers.
- How listing works: paste an App Store link, choose a plan and pay once. There is no subscription. An app that isn't approved is refunded, and so is a submission with no decision within 48 hours of payment.
- Paying never buys approval, kinder wording or a place on a comparison page. Paid places on the homepage (Daily and Weekly Spotlight) are labelled Sponsored, on the site and in the newsletter.
- Run by Rashem (https://x.com/rashem48), a solo founder based in Berlin. Contact: hello@launchindieapps.com. Profiles: https://x.com/launchindieapps.
- Also listed on: LaunchAF (https://launchaf.com/products/product-392).

## Plans

- Listed: $5 one-time at the launch price (13 of 15 launch spots left), then $9. A permanent app page, the Launch Kit (launch posts written for you), the Launch Map and Launch Reports at day 7 and day 30.
- Daily Spotlight: $15 one-time at the launch price (15 of 15 launch spots left), then $29. Everything in Listed, plus 24 hours on the homepage as one of up to three apps.
- Weekly Spotlight: $25 one-time at the launch price (10 of 10 launch spots left), then $49. Everything in Listed, plus the top homepage feature for 7 days and the newsletter's featured slot.
- Current prices and what each plan includes: https://launchindieapps.com/pricing

## How it differs from other places to launch

- A listing here is permanent. A launch day on a board like Product Hunt is one day; the Spotlights here are optional extras on top of the listing, not the listing itself.
- A person reviews every app before it goes live, and the price is paid once. An app that isn't approved is refunded.
- Each listing shows checked facts before anyone downloads: price, free tier, account, offline use and ads. Anything unknown is marked as unknown.
- Makers get the tools to launch everywhere else too: launch posts written for X, Reddit, LinkedIn and Indie Hackers, and the Launch Map of other places to submit an iOS app, each checked on its own site. It works alongside Product Hunt and the directories, not instead of them.

## Discover apps

- [All apps](https://launchindieapps.com/discover): every listed app, searchable, with price and access facts on each listing.
- [Focus and plan your day](https://launchindieapps.com/needs/focus-and-plan): 5 indie iOS apps compared for this need.
- [Track your workouts and steps](https://launchindieapps.com/needs/track-workouts-and-steps): 4 indie iOS apps compared for this need.
- [Keep a daily journal](https://launchindieapps.com/needs/keep-a-journal): 3 indie iOS apps compared for this need.

## For makers

- [Submit your app](https://launchindieapps.com/submit): start a listing from an App Store link.
- [Where to launch an iOS app](https://launchindieapps.com/guides/where-to-launch-ios-app): Where to launch an indie iOS app: Apple’s featuring nomination, launch platforms, directories, communities and press, with each site’s rules and costs checked.
- [What is Launch Indie Apps?](https://launchindieapps.com/blog/what-is-launch-indie-apps): A launch platform and directory for indie iOS apps: how listing works, what it costs, what paying buys and what it never buys.
- [The iOS app launch checklist, from App Review to day 30](https://launchindieapps.com/blog/ios-app-launch-checklist): Every step of an indie iOS app launch in order: three weeks out, the product page, launch day and the 30 days after. Each rule linked to Apple's own page.
- [Your iOS app is approved. Now what?](https://launchindieapps.com/blog/ios-app-approved-now-what): The first 30 days after App Review says yes: when to release, where to post first, what to measure and what to do when the launch goes quiet.

## Free tools

- [App Store character counter](https://launchindieapps.com/tools/app-store-character-counter): Counts an iOS app's name, subtitle, keywords, promotional text and description against Apple's limits, and cleans up the keyword field. Runs in the browser.

## About

- [About](https://launchindieapps.com/about): who runs the site, what paying buys, how facts are attributed and how to report an error.
- [Live stats](https://launchindieapps.com/stats): public, first-party visit and App Store click numbers.