skip the payola
With the widespread media coverage stemming from the recent Wired article on iPhone app payola, it stands to reason that many people will be skeptical about the validity of websites focused on app recommendation. I have a number of sites that I follow for iPhone app critiques with such a high emphasis on design that it’s hard to imagine they are requesting money in exchange for reviews. I’ve seen enough great apps listed that I have pretty good confidence they’re looking for the very best. In case you want some places to keep an eye out for good apps, below is the list of sites that I follow. Most of them are iPhone specific, but some branch out into Mac or other software.
In alphabetical order:
If you are a developer who has paid for a review at one of these sites, I’d love to hear about it so I can remove them from my list.