Indie developer corner

Small and solo developers, the people behind most of the App Store.

How we count: a developer is small when we track at most 5 of their apps, none has 30,000 ratings or more, and the seller name does not read like a company (Inc, Group, Department and so on). Our directory does not hold every app a developer ever made, so this is a close estimate, not a registry.

Small developers

27,102

Their apps: 33,371 · 60% of the directory

Free 51%Free with purchases 34%Paid 15%

4.34 average rating · Paid apps cost $5.45 on average

2 of today's top 100 free US apps

Small-developer apps in the US top free chart on 2026-10-13.

Best-loved small apps

Rated 4.7 or higher with at least 500 ratings, highest rated first.

Rising: released in the last 6 months

First released within 180 days, most ratings first.

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