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Most Voted Apps Launches: Community-Based App Rankings with API, Widgets, and Developer Dashboard
Bonn, September 15, 2026 – Most Voted Apps launches today, with an app leaderboard determined entirely by user votes. For developers, the platform is more than another app directory: They can verify themselves as an app’s developer, manage app data, embed the current ranking and voting functionality on their own website, and submit updates directly from their CI/CD pipeline via an API.
For apps from the Apple App Store and Microsoft Store, entering the store URL is all it takes; users can submit apps as well. The platform retrieves the app’s name, developer, logo, screenshots, price, categories, and description from official store data and automatically keeps the information in sync. Developers continue to make changes in the respective stores as usual.
Android submissions work differently: Google Play does not provide an official API for retrieving this data, and its terms of service prohibit scraping store pages. Rather than circumventing these restrictions, Most Voted Apps uses a different approach: After email verification, developers can enter their Android app data directly through a form.
Developer Verification
To ensure that only authorized developers can edit an app’s data, the platform requires verification. A confirmation email is sent to the developer email address associated with the app on the respective store. Editing rights are granted only after the confirmation link has been clicked. If an app is already listed, its developer can claim it using the “This app belongs to me” option on the app’s detail page.
After successful verification and an initial review period without issues, developers receive “Trusted” status, allowing subsequent changes to go live immediately without manual review.
Developer Dashboard: Apps, Statistics, and Widgets
Verified developers can manage subtitles, descriptions, links, and categories from their dashboard, upload screenshots for each platform, and specify supported devices – from smartphones and tablets to Wear OS and Google TV, as well as iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Windows. They also have access to statistics on views and votes, update notifications, and the option to add promo codes. Developers who no longer want their app listed can remove it themselves at any time.
Two widgets are available for embedding on developers’ own websites: one displays the app’s current ranking and lets visitors vote, while the other displays an award badge for apps that have placed in the top ten in a monthly vote.
API: Version Information Directly from the CI/CD Pipeline
App data can also be updated automatically via API. After a release, for example, a CI/CD pipeline can send the new version number, release date, and release notes directly to Most Voted Apps. API tokens are generated in the developer dashboard and tied to the developer’s account and verified apps. Documentation is available at mostvoted.com/en/apps/developers.
How the Ranking Works
The ranking is based on positive votes minus negative votes. In the event of a tie, the app with the higher total number of votes ranks first, followed by alphabetical order. The methodology is documented on the website and applies equally to all apps; individual rankings are never adjusted editorially. Sponsored apps are clearly labeled and never affect the order of the community leaderboard.
Several safeguards help prevent manipulation, including email verification before the first vote, bot detection during registration and login, and automated checks for suspicious voting patterns. Votes identified as manipulative are excluded from the ranking.
About movo media GmbH
Most Voted Apps is the first product from Bonn-based movo media GmbH. Its founder and CEO is Stephan Ehrmann, a journalist and media manager who has worked professionally with technology and software for more than 35 years and spent over three decades at Heise Medien – including as deputy editor-in-chief of the computer magazine c’t, founder and editor-in-chief of the Apple magazine Mac & i, and head of heise download.
Press Contact
Stephan Ehrmann
Managing Director
movo media GmbH
Email: se@movo.media
Website: https://mostvoted.com