Is Appydev worth it?
Worth a few minutes for any developer or design tool. The listing is free, needs no account, and the tool page links out with a followed link and is set to index. The catch is silence: no review time is published and there is no dashboard, so you cannot check status. Submit once with a clean logo, a cover image and the right category, then search the site a few weeks later. If the tool is a fit, the separate guest post route (800 words or more) is a stronger way in.
Who should submit to Appydev?
Suits makers of developer tools, CSS and JS libraries, design resources, no-code tools and small web utilities, since that is what the categories cover. Also fine for AI tools that solve a concrete task. Less useful for consumer apps, B2B services or anything outside the web-making space, which will sit in a Misc category with little relevant traffic.
What you need before you submit
- Tool name and website URL
- A category from the list of about 30
- A logo and a cover image (1200 x 675 recommended)
- Optional tagline
- No account needed
How to submit to Appydev
- Open appydev.co/submit/tool
- Enter the name, website, optional tagline and category
- Upload a square logo and a cover image
- Work through the remaining steps of the four-step form
- Submit, then check the site later for your tool page
Appydev: pros and cons
Pros
- Free, with no account
- Followed link from an indexable tool page
- Categories fit developer and design tools well
- Separate guest post route for in-depth articles
Cons
- No published review time
- No dashboard or status page after submitting
- Audience skews to web developers and designers only
Tips for Appydev
- Pick the narrowest category that fits rather than Misc
- Use a cover image that shows the product, since it fills the card
- If you built a developer tool, pitch a tutorial through the blog submit page
- Keep a note of the date you submitted, since there is no tracking
Questions about Appydev
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