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For Developers

How you, as an app provider, submit and manage your apps on Most Voted Apps

What it's about

Most Voted Apps is a community leaderboard — the order emerges from real user votes, not from marketing budget. As a developer you get visibility here among people actively looking for good apps — and you can maintain your own entries yourself.

How to submit your app

Apps for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS (Apple App Store)

Click "+ Add App" at the top, paste your app's store URL (format https://apps.apple.com/de/app/...) — and we fetch all details automatically from the official Apple data: name, publisher, logo, screenshots, price, categories, description.

As soon as the app is submitted, the community can vote on it immediately.

Windows apps (Microsoft Store)

Just like Apple: click "+ Add App" at the top, paste your app's store URL (format https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/...) — we pull all details automatically from the Microsoft Store: name, publisher, logo, screenshots, price, categories, description.

You maintain changes to this data as usual in the Microsoft Store — we update automatically.

Android apps (Google Play)

We can't automatically import Android apps — Google Play has no official interface for data retrieval, and reading the store page is prohibited. So we have a different route here:

Only developers themselves can submit their Android apps. Through the Android developer form (with email verification) you enter your app and maintain it. What's in the store, we don't take over automatically — you do.

Advantage for you: you retain full control over the presentation. What you enter is what users see.

Cross-platform link

If your app is available on multiple platforms (Apple + Google Play + Microsoft Store), you can link the versions. Votes from all worlds then count together. Via the Android developer form you simply enter the Apple store link — we link automatically. Our system usually finds the Microsoft version on its own.

Verification as developer

So that only you can maintain your apps, we verify that you really belong to the team behind the app. There are three ways — email is the easiest:

  • Email on your app domain — the easiest way. We send a confirmation link to an address on your app's official domain (from its website or support URL). One click is enough.
  • File or meta tag on your website — you place a one-time code on your homepage (as a meta tag) or as a file; we verify it automatically.
  • Via the store console — you briefly add the code to a publicly visible field of your App Store, Google Play or Microsoft Store listing; we check the public store page.

Start without any login: Open your app's detail page and click "Manage app" or "Verify as provider". With the email method you don't need an account beforehand — the confirmation link creates your account and links the app in one step. (For the website or store method, log in once and pick your way there.) If someone else has already entered your app, it works the same — the maintenance rights transfer to you after proof.

This ensures no stranger can pretend to be you.

The "My Apps" area

Once you're verified, you have access to the "My Apps" area in your account. There you can:

  • maintain your app data (subtitle, descriptions, links, categories)
  • upload, sort and delete screenshots per platform
  • set availability — which devices your app runs on (Phone, Tablet, Wear OS, Google TV, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Windows)
  • set or change the cross-platform link (Apple ⇄ Google Play ⇄ Microsoft Store)
  • generate and embed an Award widget for your own website — with the app's current rank
  • embed the Award medal on your website — in case you won or finished in the top ten
  • upload voucher codes for your app, which we raffle off to users while promoting your app
  • see in the dashboard how many views and votes your app gets
  • submit update notes when something essential changes
  • withdraw your apps if you no longer want them listed

Voucher codes & giveaways

You can add promo codes for your own app (from the App Store, Google Play or Microsoft Store). We raffle them among users who vote — this rewards the voters and gives your app extra attention, because we feature your app in the giveaway. Whether and which codes you provide is entirely up to you; as long as a code hasn't been raffled yet, you can delete it again at any time. If you'd like to offer something other than app codes (e.g. hardware or a service), use the "Offer a prize" form.

Discount campaigns

Is your app currently running a price promotion (e.g. "–50%")? Let us know — we'll show it on our offers page and as a short note on your app's detail page. This is not a raffle and not paid advertising: we only display your campaign. You report the period and discount, we present it; after it ends, it disappears automatically.

API access: update data programmatically

If you'd rather update your app data automatically from your build or release system (instead of manually in the editor), there's a simple HTTP endpoint for that. Typical use case: after each release, your script automatically sets the new version number and a current date on Most Voted Apps.

Create a token: generate it with one click in the "My Apps" dashboard under "API tokens", copy the 64-character token once (it won't be shown again), store it safely. You can revoke it there at any time.

Validity: A token is valid for one year from creation. If it goes unused for 180 days, it expires earlier — that catches forgotten tokens left lying around. The expiry date is shown next to each token in your dashboard, and we flag it there 30 days in advance. Once a token expires the API answers with 401 and the message token expired; just create a new one.

Endpoint:

POST https://mostvoted.com/api/v1/apps/{app_id}Authorization: Bearer <your-token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "version": "2.4.1",
  "updated_date": "2026-08-08",
  "short_description_en": "New: dark mode, faster startup."
}

What you can update: app name, publisher, website, categories, price, short and long descriptions (each DE/EN), logo URL, screenshot URLs (comma-separated), platforms, version and update date.

Rules: The token is tied to your user account and may only update apps you submitted yourself. Image URLs must be https:// and at most 500 characters long. The endpoint returns JSON (status: ok or error with a message).

Trust status for self-service

After the first successful verification and an observation phase without problems, you get the trust status. With that, your changes go live directly without further manual review.

You can only lose the status if we have reason for concern — e.g. complaints from users about false information in your entries.

Sponsored Apps: feature your app prominently

If you wish, you can book your app at a guaranteed, prominent position in a specific category or on the home page — as a Sponsored App. The app then appears visually like a regular leaderboard entry, but:

  • clearly marked with "Sponsored"
  • no rank badge — the real vote position remains unchanged
  • users can vote it up or down like any other app

You can find more information about Sponsored Apps and other ad placements — and how to book them — in our media kit.

What you can't do

  • submit other people's apps when you're not the developer (technically prevented)
  • buy or manipulate votes — leads to account block and loss of your app entries without refund of any advertising bookings

Questions?

Via the contact form you reach us with all matters around app submission, verification, and self-service. We usually answer within a few days.

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