LaunchRanked
Launch free
Mobile appsFreeUnverifiedDR76Domain Rating by Ahrefs

Submit to AppBrain

An app data site that tracks rankings, ratings and installs for Google Play and shows trending, popular and top-rated lists to browsers. Its Featured Apps Program gives your app a homepage card on a launch date you choose, at no cost, and every install link goes to the official store. You need an app that is live on Google Play and a claimed AppBrain developer account.

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AppBrain at a glance

Pricing
Free
The Featured Apps Program page calls itself free and 'always free to submit' (checked 2026-10-09).
Link type
Unverified
AppBrain's app pages sit behind a Cloudflare check that blocked automated access on 2026-10-09, so the outbound link could not be inspected; the homepage's featured-app cards link to AppBrain's own app pages with no rel attribute
Review
Manual review
Link back required
No
Account required
Yes
Domain Rating
DR76
Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Oct 9, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
Tranco rank
Not ranked
No Tranco rank on record for this site.
Who browses it
Android users browsing trending and top-rated apps, plus developers following the Google Play market
Last checked

How to submit to AppBrain

  1. Open the AppBrain submission page

    This is the page makers use to add a product.

  2. Create an account

    AppBrain asks you to sign up before you can submit.

  3. Have your assets ready

    Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.

  4. Fill in the form carefully

    Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse AppBrain (Android users browsing trending and top-rated apps, plus developers following the Google Play market), not for search engines.

  5. Wait for review

    A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.

Tips for AppBrain

  • Claim your developer account in the AppBrain developer dashboard first; the program requires it, along with an app that is live on Google Play.
  • Submit a short tagline and pick a launch date from the calendar; AppBrain says most apps are approved within a day.
  • Featured apps get a shareable badge and a link for their site and social media.
  • The page asks for a reasonable rating and compliance with Google Play policies.

From AppBrain’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.

What to prepare

The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for mobile app directories.

  • Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
  • A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
  • Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
  • 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
  • The exact page you want the link to point to
  • Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
  • App Store and Google Play links (the public listing, not a TestFlight link)
  • Phone-sized screenshots in the store’s aspect ratio, plus an app icon at 1024×1024 px
  • Price, in-app purchases and subscription terms, stated plainly
  • Promo codes for reviewers, if it’s a paid app

Is AppBrain worth it?

We couldn’t verify the link

We didn’t find a live listing we could inspect, so we don’t know whether AppBrain links are followed. Judge it on audience and effort, and check your own listing’s link once it’s live.

  • Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 76 (very strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
  • No Tranco rank on record, so we can’t say how much traffic it gets.
  • A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
  • Free to list, so the only cost is your time.

This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.

Questions about AppBrain

Is AppBrain free?

Yes. Listing on AppBrain is free. Pricing details: The Featured Apps Program page calls itself free and 'always free to submit' (checked 2026-10-09). We checked on Oct 9, 2026.

Does AppBrain give a dofollow link?

We couldn’t verify this. We didn’t find a live listing to inspect when we checked on Oct 9, 2026, so treat the link type as unknown until you see your own listing.

How do I submit to AppBrain?

Submit at https://www.appbrain.com/product/featured. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Claim your developer account in the AppBrain developer dashboard first; the program requires it, along with an app that is live on Google Play.

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Sources

The pages we opened on Oct 9, 2026 to write this page.