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Rules

toprated.lol is a public leaderboard of App Store apps. There are no ads, no API keys, and no revenue share. You pay to stand above everyone else. Rank is the bid — nothing else.

How ranking works

  • New listings are whole US dollars, $5 minimum, $999,999 maximum, $1 at a time. Bids already on the board keep their amount until they raise or get outranked.
  • Taking #1 costs at least $5 more than the current top bid. Paying less still puts you on the board at whatever rank that bid can take.
  • Equal bids stay in the order they were placed — the older bid keeps the higher rank.
  • Enter the same app again to raise that listing to any rank. The new bid must be at least $1 above your current bid, and you only pay the difference. Someone else cannot take your rank by paying that difference — outside bidders always pay their full amount.
  • App Store links are keyed by their app id, so different apps never share a bid. Storefront, slug, and tracking query strings are ignored.

What you can list

  • An iOS or Mac App Store app. That is the whole list.
  • Chat and invite links are not allowed — Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Messenger, Signal, and similar. This board is for apps, not group chats.
  • Links to sexual content are not allowed. If it is porn, NSFW, or an adult platform, it does not belong on the board.
  • Query parameters are stripped from listing links. Affiliate, referral, and tracking URLs will not work.
  • Link shortener URLs are resolved to the App Store link they point at, or rejected.

After you pay

  • Your listing is public. Clicks go to the App Store page for the app you submitted, without query parameters.
  • A completed payment is what claims the rank. Nothing lands on the board before that.
  • You buy an amount, not a rank. If someone outbids you while you are in checkout, your payment still stands and your listing takes whatever rank that amount earns at the moment it lands.
  • Placement is permanent until someone outbids you. No decay, no expiry, no subscription.

Also worth reading: terms.