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Submit to Indie App Catalog

A showcase of apps from independent developers for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision and Apple TV, with collections, a news section and a Mac filter. App Store apps are added by URL; apps distributed outside the store have their own section and are added by developers with an account. Submissions are reviewed against a short list of rules about who made the app and how much care went into it.

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Indie App Catalog at a glance

Pricing
Free
No price details on their site when we checked.
Link type
Dofollow
Listing https://indieappcatalog.com/app/3610 (a Mac app sold outside the App Store): both 'Website' links to yangbyte.com/gridly have no rel or rel="noreferrer" only (checked 2026-10-09)
Review
Manual review
Link back required
No
Account required
Not verified
Domain Rating
DR22
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
Apple-platform users looking for apps from independent developers, including Mac apps sold outside the App Store
Last checked

How to submit to Indie App Catalog

  1. Open the Indie App Catalog submission page

    This is the page makers use to add a product.

  2. Sign up if asked

    We couldn’t confirm whether an account is required. Use a company email if one is needed.

  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 Indie App Catalog (Apple-platform users looking for apps from independent developers, including Mac apps sold outside the App Store), 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 Indie App Catalog

  • Indie apps only: the rules ask for apps made by real people you can see and talk to, not large faceless companies.
  • Skip generic or low-effort apps; the rules say they want thoughtful, polished work and name basic QR scanners and generic AI tools as what they see too much of.
  • App Store apps are submitted by App Store URL and must be available on the US App Store, because the catalog pulls details from there.
  • A Mac app distributed outside the store goes through a separate non-App-Store form, which asks you to log in to a developer account first.

From Indie App Catalog’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 Indie App Catalog worth it?

Good for your SEO foundation

Indie App Catalog reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.

  • Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 22 (low). 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 Indie App Catalog

Is Indie App Catalog free?

Yes. Listing on Indie App Catalog is free. We checked on Oct 9, 2026.

Does Indie App Catalog give a dofollow link?

Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Listing https://indieappcatalog.com/app/3610 (a Mac app sold outside the App Store): both 'Website' links to yangbyte.com/gridly have no rel or rel="noreferrer" only (checked 2026-10-09).

How do I submit to Indie App Catalog?

Submit at https://indieappcatalog.com/app/submit. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Indie apps only: the rules ask for apps made by real people you can see and talk to, not large faceless companies.

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Sources

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