Mobile app and productivity directories, in short
Most of the larger directories quietly assume a web product, which rules them out for a mobile app. The ones here take App Store and Play Store links, so start from this shorter list rather than working down the main table.
What counts as an app directory
An app directory indexes software you install on a phone rather than open in a browser. Entries usually link straight to the App Store or Play Store, carry the store screenshots, and are organised by platform first and category second. A handful also cover desktop and browser extensions, but the defining feature is that the product lives behind a store link.
This is the smallest category on the list, and the reason is structural: most directories assume a web product with a URL that can be crawled, previewed and screenshotted. An app behind a store listing breaks all three of those assumptions, so most of the general sites quietly exclude them.
By the numbers
These 9 directories have a median rating of DR 49. The strongest is Product Hunt at DR 91, the weakest at DR 12. 6 of them accept a submission for nothing, and 1 charge for every listing. 4 pass a dofollow link.
That is 9 points below the median for the full list of 175 directories, which sits at DR 58. By band that is 1 rated 80 or above, 3 rated 60 to 79, 3 rated 40 to 59 and 2 rated below 40. 3 of them have no traffic estimate at all, which usually means too little to measure rather than none.
What a listing actually gets you
Productivity is a category people browse rather than search, which is unusual. Visitors arrive without a specific tool in mind, willing to try something, which makes the listing itself do more of the selling than in any other category here.
The audiences also overlap heavily between these sites, so the same person may meet your tool three or four times across a month. That repetition is how an unknown tool becomes a familiar one, provided the description says the same specific thing every time.
Submitting without wasting the evening
Pick the one sentence that separates you from the tool everyone already uses, and repeat it exactly everywhere. Because the audience overlaps, inconsistency is more costly here than elsewhere: three different descriptions read as three forgettable tools rather than one memorable one. Lead with the workflow, not the feature list, and name the thing you replace.
Common mistakes
Submitting a web landing page when the directory wanted the store URL, which gets rejected without explanation. Ignoring platform: an iOS-only app on an Android-focused directory will be accepted and then never shown. And reusing store copy written for ASO keyword stuffing, which reads badly out of that context.
Where to start
By audience size, the biggest here are Product Hunt, TrustMRR and SideProjectors, led by 4.84M visits a month. The highest-rated one you can use without paying is Product Hunt at DR 91. 4 approve quickly, Dofollow Tools, SideProjectors and Productivity Directory among them.
Questions people ask
How many are there, and what do they cost?
9 directories match on this page. 6 take a submission for nothing, 2 run a free tier with paid upgrades, and 1 charge for every listing.
Which should I submit to first?
By rating, Product Hunt (DR 91), Dofollow Tools (DR 73) and TrustMRR (DR 72). By audience, Product Hunt is the largest at 4.84M visits a month. Relevance beats both: a directory that actually covers what you built will do more than a stronger one that does not.
What is an app directory?
A curated index of mobile applications, usually linking to the App Store or Play Store and organised by platform and category. Most carry store screenshots and a short description rather than a full review.
Why are there so few app directories here?
Because most of the larger directories assume a web product with a visitable URL. Anything that only exists behind a store link is out of scope for them, which leaves a much shorter list than the main table suggests.
Do app directories help with App Store ranking?
Not directly. Store ranking responds to installs and retention. What a directory gives you is a web page about your app that search engines can index, which is where most of an app's discoverable surface area otherwise does not exist.
What counts as a productivity tool?
On these directories, anything that manages work rather than produces it: notes, tasks, calendars, automation, time tracking and knowledge management. Tools that make a specific artefact, like a design or a document, usually sit in their own category instead.
Is it worth submitting to overlapping directories?
Yes, within reason. Repeated exposure to the same audience is how a tool goes from unheard-of to familiar, and each listing is also a separate page that can rank for its own long-tail search.
Which category should I pick?
The narrowest one that genuinely fits. A specific category page has fewer entries, less competition for attention and a better chance of ranking than the general productivity page, which is usually the most crowded on the site.
Every figure quoted above is read off the table on this page, so it moves as the list does. Domain rating and traffic are third-party estimates captured in September 2026: useful for ordering a shortlist, not precise figures.