About AppStoreHQ
What is it?
AppStoreHQ is the way to discover the best and most personally relevant Android, iPhone, and iPad apps. We follow and analyze mobile app buzz worldwide – from leading tech, Android, and iPhone blogs, to the most influential voices on Twitter – to bring you the best of the mobile web according to the most influential voices on the topic. Our proprietary AppRank technology uses data from reviews as well as download volume and ratings to make sure we show the best, most relevant apps to you.Get Started
We offer several ways to explore the iPhone app universe:- Hottest: Apps that are getting the most buzz right now among leading tech bloggers worldwide.
- Hottest on Twitter: Apps with the strongest tweet volume among the most-followed Twitter users.
- Recently Reviewed: Our streaming feed of every app review we can find.
- Search & Browse: Every app in the App Store, plus the Android Market, weighted by AppRank so the best appear first.
- AppESP: Our Android app personalizes the AppStoreHQ experience and provides recommendations right on your phone. Why not install it today?
Why?
The Apple App Store unlocked a tidal wave of creativity and innovation among designers and developers, making life easier and more fun for all of us. More recently, developers have flooded the Android Market and other app stores with hundreds of thousands of apps. But the rush of new apps has made it tough for users to discover what’s new, and for developers and publishers to get the word out about their good work. By aggregating and amplifying the most passionate and authoritative voices on the topic, we help the best applications rise to the top.How does it work?
AppStoreHQ tracks a carefully-selected list of blogs and other online authorities on the mobile web. Whenever we find a mention of a mobile application we add it to our database and display the new mention on our detail page for that application. The blog or author that posted about the app is always identified, so you can click through to read the full post and - over time - develop your own list of favorite sources for news on the mobile web.
Several times a day, we review all the mentions that we've found, their source, and other variables that help us assess the relative significance of each comment. We combine all these variables to calculate the current intensity (what we call 'hotness') of commentary about each app. These calculations are what power our Hottest and Twitter Hottest lists.
You can purchase applications by using the "Buy Now" button that appears next to the application name. These links will take you directly to the app store listing for the application, and each purchase you make supports both the application developer and AppStoreHQ.
Why should I create an account?
Your free AppStoreHQ account lets you build and save your own lists of applications, blogs, searches and other AppStoreHQ members. Your profile page is where you can find and make changes to your saved items and see other apps and members that match your tastes. It also gives you access to our new AppStoreHQ Deals product, which gives you coupons to install premium apps for free.How can I get my application listed?
If you don't see your application in our listings and would like us to add it, please fill out the appropriate form here.Have suggestions?
No matter whether you're a smartphone addict, an application developer, a tools company or a publisher, we'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions. And if you blog regularly about mobile applications, feel free to suggest your blog for inclusion in our index.
Thanks for dropping by and we are looking forward to hearing from you.
