Sarah Hanlon started iOS App Lists in 2014 as a personal project to keep track of good app discoveries. It has grown into a site of app lists, reviews, guides and iOS news with one goal: helping you find the app that actually fits what you need.
How we choose apps
- An app in one of our “best apps” lists has a rating of 3.5 stars or more, at least 100 ratings, and an update in the last 12 months.
- We research each app from its App Store listing (ratings, prices, update history and release notes), its developer’s site, Apple’s announcements and reporting from established outlets, and we cite our sources.
- We call out the trade-offs: what the free version leaves out, what a subscription costs, where the ads are and who an app isn’t for.
- We rebuild older lists when apps change, so our picks and prices stay current.
- Screenshots come from each app’s App Store listing unless we say otherwise.
Editorial independence
iOS App Lists is supported by advertising. Our rankings and recommendations are never for sale. Sponsored reviews and articles are offered separately, always labeled as sponsored at the top, and never affect our lists. For sponsored single-app reviews, we install and use the app ourselves and take notes before writing.
Contact
Have an app you’d like us to look at, or spotted something we should fix? Reach us through our contact page. If you make apps, our developer resources and free App Store listing checker are a good place to start.