Built a Great App? Nobody Will Find It.

The App Store buries indie developers. Promo codes game the ranking algorithm.

The App Store is Rigged Against Indie Developers

Your App Gets Buried

2 million apps in the store. Unless you're featured or have massive marketing budgets, users will never find you. Even great apps with perfect reviews sit at rank #500+ in their category.

Rankings Matter More Than Quality

The App Store algorithm prioritizes download velocity over everything else. A mediocre app with 100 downloads this week will rank higher than your masterpiece with 10 downloads.

Promo Codes Game the System

Here's the hack: promo code downloads count toward ranking just like paid downloads. A coordinated burst of free downloads can push you up in rankings, where real paying customers will actually find you.

How This Actually Works

1

Generate promo codes in App Store Connect

Create custom offer codes for your app. Make them good - free trials, discounts, whatever gets people to download.

2

Submit them here

We list your codes on the site. People browse by category and grab codes for apps they actually want.

3

Downloads spike

When codes get claimed, you get a burst of downloads in a short time period. This is what the App Store algorithm notices.

4

Your ranking improves

Higher rankings = more visibility = more organic downloads from people who pay full price. That's where the money is.

Does This Actually Work?

Honestly? It's not magic. You're not going to go from 0 to 100,000 downloads overnight. But here's what you can reasonably expect:

  • ✓ A temporary ranking boost during the promo period
  • ✓ More visibility when people browse your category
  • ✓ Some of those free users will actually become paying customers
  • ✓ It costs way less than Facebook ads or Apple Search Ads

Bottom line: It's one tool in your toolkit. Not a silver bullet, but it works better than posting on Product Hunt for the 100th time.

Want to Try This?

If you've got promo codes sitting unused in App Store Connect, might as well put them to work. It takes 2 minutes to submit and costs nothing to try.

How to create custom codes

No signup required to start. We'll walk you through it.