How We Curate Apps at LibraryOfApps

A directory is only as good as its taste. Anyone can list ten thousand apps; the hard part is helping you find the right one in under a minute. Here's exactly how we approach that.

Our north star: would we recommend this to a friend?

Before anything else, every app faces a simple test — if a friend asked "what should I use for X?", would this be a real answer? That keeps us honest. We're not trying to be comprehensive. We're trying to be useful.

The submission flow

When you submit an app, it doesn't go live instantly. Here's what happens:

1. Basic checks — Does it work? Is the link real? Is the description honest about what it does?
2. Category fit — We slot it into the right place so it surfaces for the right searches.
3. Quality signals — Screenshots, a clear tagline, and real features beat marketing copy every time.

Apps that clear the bar go live. From there, the community takes over.

Why upvotes beat editorial picks

We have opinions, but we trust yours more. Ranking is driven primarily by community upvotes, not our editorial mood. This does two things:

• It surfaces tools that people actually use, not just ones with good landing pages.
• It self-corrects. A flashy launch fades; a genuinely useful tool keeps climbing.

We feature a handful of apps editorially, but featuring gets you a head start — not a permanent throne. Usefulness keeps you there.

What gets rejected

To keep the signal high, we turn away:

• Dead links and abandoned projects
• Listings that misrepresent what the tool does
• Pure clones with nothing new to offer
• Anything sketchy with your data or permissions

You're part of this

The library gets better every time someone upvotes a tool they love, leaves a review, or submits something we missed. If you've built something worth using, submit it. If you've found something great, upvote it so the next person finds it faster.

That's the whole idea: a library that gets sharper the more we all use it.