The App Store has been open for over a month now and developers are moving out of the coding stage and into the sales and promotion stage. Many developers are seeing numbers drop over time as more and more apps are added, attention wanes, or popularity goes up and down. I've decided to start a running list of websites that review or profile iPhone and iPod Touch apps to help developers in their promotion efforts. This way, developers working on promotion or looking to launch their app can have a list of sites they should contact with pitches or press releases.
I've tried to find contact information for as many sites as possible. I've also put a brief description based on my knowledge or a short visit to the site to help you know what each site is about. I've divided the list into general websites and those specifically catering to games, as the games category seems to be particularly active.
The list will be updated as often as I can, but the comments are open for developers to post other sites they know of or corrections to the list. Site owners and bloggers can feel free to suggest their site in the comments as well. Always list the URL and any contact information. If there are submissions guidelines, please include them as well.
Good luck to all iPhone app developers out there.
Thanks for putting together the great list. It looks pretty comprehensive, and should come in handy for keeping track of all the emerging iPhone app sites out there.
Posted by: nattylux | August 21, 2008 at 01:13 PM
No problem. Keep checking back every few weeks or so as I'll be keeping it updated as sites pop up. With the next update I'll also start adding sites in chronological order so it will be easier for developers to keep track of which sites they might already have contacted.
Posted by: Tom | August 21, 2008 at 01:37 PM
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Posted by: Scott | September 12, 2008 at 01:35 AM