Editorial

Editorial independence policy

This is the formal statement. It is short on purpose.

What we do not accept

No affiliate compensation. We are not enrolled in any affiliate or partner program from any app or app developer. We do not earn commissions on installs, signups, or subscriptions referred from this site.
No sponsorships. We do not accept sponsored articles, sponsored sections, sponsored newsletter slots, or sponsored social posts.
No paid placement. Rankings on this site cannot be purchased. Inclusion in a list cannot be purchased. There is no advertising business on this site.
No review units. When we test a paid app, we buy the subscription. When the test ends, we cancel or keep the subscription on our personal cards based on our personal use, not on continued review need.
No "extended trial" deals. We do not request developer-comp accounts, extended trials, or press-tier access.
No content swaps. We do not trade backlinks, guest posts, or co-marketing for placement.
No AI-generated reviews. Every review is written by a named human reviewer who personally tested the app.

How we fund the site

Out of pocket. The site is small and the operating cost is small. We pay for our own domains, hosting, and app subscriptions. If that ever changes, we will say so on this page before any change goes live, in plain language, with the date.

How we handle conflicts of interest

Neither reviewer holds equity, advisory positions, or paid relationships with any app developer reviewed on this site. If that ever stops being true for a specific app or category, we will recuse from reviewing that category and disclose the conflict on the article and on this page.

How we handle developer outreach

App developers do contact us. We read every email. We do not promise coverage in exchange for product access, demo time, or pitch decks. If a developer wants their app considered, the path is the same as for everyone else: the app gets included on the longlist for the next category review, and it gets evaluated against the others.

How we handle corrections

If we get something wrong, we fix it on the article, with a dated correction note at the bottom of the article. We do not silently rewrite published reviews. We do refresh lists annually with new dates and modified content; that is republishing, not retroactive editing.

How to verify any of this

Pull up any list on this site. Try to find an outbound affiliate URL. There aren't any. The only outbound network or external link you'll find is a single citation to the Dietary Assessment Initiative's 2026 calorie-app validation study, used in our calorie tracker articles as a source for accuracy claims.