How does Most Voted Apps work?
Most Voted Apps isn’t an app store. It’s a decision-making tool for anyone looking to find the best apps.
Thousands of new apps are released every day, and there are many millions in total on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. At the same time, many great apps disappear into the depths of the stores—not because they’re bad, but because marketing budgets, download numbers, and algorithms often take precedence over their actual quality. We believe that good apps should be discovered because people recommend them—not because they have the biggest advertising budget.
Most Voted Apps is the community-driven ranking for apps. Here, it’s not Apple, Google, or an algorithm that decides which apps rank at the top. With us, it’s solely the votes of the people who actually use these apps that determine the rankings. Every user can rate apps positively or negatively. Every vote changes the ranking in real time. This is how our leaderboard constantly evolves—transparently, accountably, and driven by the community. And finally, good apps no longer get lost in the crowd.
Quality Over Quantity
While app stores contain millions of apps, Most Voted Apps deliberately focuses on the apps that people are actually interested in. Apps that no one recommends and that no one remains enthusiastic about over time disappear from the platform. As a result, we don’t end up with an unmanageable database, but rather a curated community leaderboard with relevant recommendations. Negative reviews are intentionally kept visible. After all, they too help other users avoid making the wrong choices and find the apps that are truly worth recommending more quickly.
How Voting Works
Tap or click the up arrow next to an app if you like it, or the down arrow if it doesn’t impress you. Your vote is directly reflected in the leaderboard. An app’s overall ranking is determined by the community’s votes. The voting score is calculated by subtracting the number of negative votes from the number of positive votes. The higher the score, the higher the app ranks on the leaderboard. If multiple apps have the same score, the app with the most total votes is ranked higher. If the total votes are also equal, the ranking is determined by alphabetical order. The rankings are updated immediately with every new vote. If you enable LIVE mode, you can watch the rankings change in real time as soon as someone anywhere in the world casts a vote. This shows that the leaderboard isn’t static—it constantly reflects the community’s current opinion.
New Winners Every Month
Every month, Most Voted Apps honors the community’s favorite apps. A separate award is given for each category—from productivity to health to games. All winners are permanently featured in our Hall of Fame, showcasing which apps have particularly impressed the community.
An award is decided by an app’s vote count at the end of the voting period: every vote it has collected up to that point counts, not just the ones from the competition month. Below each count you can see how many of them came in during that month.
Up to and including October 2026 the opposite rule applied — only votes cast during the competition month decided the award. We changed it because a vote otherwise did not count if someone had already recommended the app earlier; they would have had to withdraw it and vote again. Awards already handed out are unaffected: they are frozen with the figures that applied on the day they were given.
Why Do We Have a Community and a Jury?
The community shows which apps people actually recommend in their everyday lives. The independent jury, consisting of experienced journalists, app testers, and industry experts, complements this perspective with experience and expertise, drawing attention to apps that are still hidden gems. Both systems operate independently of one another and complement each other to provide a more comprehensive guide.
Fairness Instead of Manipulation
A leaderboard only works if every vote counts. That’s why we consistently protect Most Voted Apps from attempts at manipulation. Each user can vote for each app only once. Accounts are verified, and suspicious voting patterns are investigated. This ensures the ranking remains as authentic and trustworthy as possible.
Advertising Without Influencing the Ranking
Most Voted Apps is funded by advertising. We follow a simple principle: Ads may be visible—but the ranking remains independent. Sponsored apps are clearly labeled. Their placement never alters the actual order of the community leaderboard. This ensures that user trust is maintained at all times.
For Developers
Do you develop apps yourself? Then you can submit your apps for free, keep them up to date, and participate in the monthly awards. Verified developers gain additional opportunities to manage their app pages themselves, showcase new versions, and make their apps visible to an engaged community.
Join us!
Apps are part of our everyday lives today. That makes honest recommendations all the more important. That’s why we’ve created a platform where visibility isn’t determined by marketing budgets, but by people. Every vote helps make the recommendations better, more transparent, and more trustworthy. Discover new favorite apps, recommend your favorites, and help build a transparent and trustworthy community-driven app leaderboard.
Who’s Behind It
Behind Most Voted Apps is movo media, an independent software company based in Bonn. Founder Stephan Ehrmann has been working professionally with technology, software, and digital products for more than 35 years—prior to this, he served as deputy editor-in-chief of c’t, as well as founder and editor-in-chief of Mac & i and heise download. As a tech expert, he was a regular guest on media outlets such as Tagesschau, ZDF, and Deutschlandfunk.