Get your app listed

Sterling Pick lists apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad and the rest of Apple’s platforms that meet a published standard. You apply, a person reviews your app by hand, and if it passes, it’s listed with our review and the Sterling Pick badge.

How it works

1. Apply. Tell us about the app, upload its icon and screenshots, and give us a way to use the full version, such as a TestFlight link or a test account.
2. Pay the review fee, $99. It pays for the review, whatever the outcome. If you withdraw before the review starts, we refund it.
3. We review it against our nine criteria. If we need something, we ask. Then we tell you our decision, with written reasons if we don’t approve it.
4. If it’s approved, you can list it for $249 a year. The offer is open for 60 days. Once you’ve paid, your app goes live with our review, and you get the badge.
5. Every year we check the app again before the listing renews.

Prices are in US dollars, plus VAT where it applies.

What the fees don’t buy

• Approval. Only the review decides, and apps that don’t meet the standard aren’t listed.
• A better place. Lists are never ordered by payment.
• Our words. We write the review and the listing. You can ask us to correct facts, but not to change our opinion.

Founding places

The first 20 makers can buy a founding place: the review fee waived, the first year listed for $149, and renewals locked at $149 a year. How founding places work

Who can apply

Businesses, sole traders included, applying in the course of their business. You accept the terms of listing when you submit an application.

Applications aren’t open yet. They open before launch, to founding places first.