Submit to Indie App Sales
A shop-window for independent apps that discount together during short events; the July 2026 edition ran July 28 to 30, and the site shows 823 listings in total. Developers register in a portal, describe their discount and can add a featured description; the blog says sponsors help keep it free for participating developers.
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Indie App Sales at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- No price details on their site when we checked.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Home page rendered in a browser: App Store links and developer-site links on the listing cards have no rel attribute (checked 2026-10-09)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- Not verified
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- DR34
- 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
- Shoppers looking for discounted apps from independent developers, mostly iPhone, iPad and Mac
- Last checked
How to submit to Indie App Sales
Open the Indie App Sales submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
Indie App Sales asks you to sign up before you can submit.
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.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Indie App Sales (Shoppers looking for discounted apps from independent developers, mostly iPhone, iPad and Mac), not for search engines.
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 Sales
- Submit in the developer portal before an edition. For July the blog asked for sales to start on July 28 and end on July 31 so the offer covers the whole public event.
- Use a reusable custom offer code for subscriptions or in-app purchases, and write a clear discount description; a featured description makes an app eligible for featured placement.
- The blog's latest post (July 1, 2026) announced the July edition and no later edition is announced yet, so check it for new dates.
- The blog asks participants to share the event with #IndieAppSales.
From Indie App Sales’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 Sales worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
Indie App Sales 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: 34 (moderate). 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 Sales
Is Indie App Sales free?
Yes. Listing on Indie App Sales is free. We checked on Oct 9, 2026.
Does Indie App Sales give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Home page rendered in a browser: App Store links and developer-site links on the listing cards have no rel attribute (checked 2026-10-09).
How do I submit to Indie App Sales?
Submit at https://www.indieappsales.com/devs. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Submit in the developer portal before an edition. For July the blog asked for sales to start on July 28 and end on July 31 so the offer covers the whole public event.
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Sources
The pages we opened on Oct 9, 2026 to write this page.