AppsInsight is a software discovery platform that ranks apps and IT companies using a published, verifiable methodology. Every score on this site is computed by the same public rule set, every review passes moderation, and no vendor can pay to change a score or a rank. This Trust Center documents exactly how all of it works.
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How AppsInsight works
Every listing on AppsInsight goes through the same five-step pipeline:
- Listing. Apps enter the directory through vendor submission or editorial research. Every listing starts with the same empty profile and the same scoring rules.
- Verification. We check trust signals we can observe directly — HTTPS, published privacy policy and terms, support channels, security certifications, and the AppsInsight verification badge.
- Editorial review. Our editors evaluate product quality, ease of use, feature depth, innovation, and value for money. Editorial points cannot be purchased or influenced by vendors.
- Community reviews. Verified user reviews feed the Community portion of the score, weighted by rating and recency.
- Scoring and ranking. The AppsInsight Score engine combines all of the above into a 100-point score, recalculated automatically whenever a listing changes and in a full weekly pass across the entire directory.
Explore our methodology
The AppsInsight Score, Explained
Every app is scored out of 100 points across five weighted categories. This page shows the exact rules and weights, rendered live from the scoring engine.
Read the methodology →How We Rank Apps on AppsInsight
Category rankings derive from the AppsInsight Score and structured editorial evaluation — with weekly movement tracking and fixed tier bands. Payment never affects position.
Read the methodology →How AppsInsight Makes Money
Our revenue comes from referral partnerships, disclosed in full here. Money cannot change a score, a rank, an editorial verdict, or a review — the scoring engine has no input for payment.
Read the methodology →AppsInsight Editorial Standards
Who writes our content, how research and fact-checking work, how reviews stay honest, where AI is and is not used, and how to request a correction.
Read the methodology →How We Rank IT Companies
Company order is set by AppsInsight editors per category; unranked categories order automatically by rating, review count, verified status, and name. Paid status never affects organic rank.
Read the methodology →Review Integrity — How Reviews Work
Every review comes from a registered account, passes spam protection, and is read by a human moderator before publication. Only approved reviews count toward scores — and none can be bought or removed for money.
Read the methodology →Where Our Data Comes From
Listing data comes from vendors, from signals we verify ourselves, and from automated research of the vendor's own website — and nothing automated is published without human approval.
Read the methodology →Get Listed on AppsInsight
Listing is free. Apps go through a guided wizard and human review; companies list via the directory flow or claim an existing profile. Verification is earned, never bought.
Read the methodology →Appeals & Corrections
Dispute a factual error, a review, a rank, or a badge decision. Every appeal is logged with a reference ID and read by a person — and outcomes follow our published methodology.
Read the methodology →Transparency Report
First-party metrics from AppsInsight's live directory — apps scored, reviews published, appeals logged, and rank movement — refreshed weekly from the same data that powers the site.
Read the methodology →Our Editorial Team
The people who research products, assign editorial scores, moderate reviews, and maintain AppsInsight's methodology — each with a public profile.
Read the methodology →Privacy & How We Handle Your Data
What AppsInsight collects across listings, reviews, and appeals; how long we keep it; your rights; and how it differs from our full legal privacy policy.
Read the methodology →Methodology FAQ
All Trust Center questions in one place — grouped by topic with links to the full methodology pages.
Read the methodology →Our commitments
- Independence. Editorial verdicts and scores are never for sale. Revenue sources are disclosed in full in How We Make Money.
- Transparency. The exact scoring rules and their point values are published in The AppsInsight Score, Explained — rendered live from the engine that computes them. First-party directory metrics are published weekly in our Transparency Report.
- Accountability. Every methodology page names its author, shows its last-updated date, and carries a version number. Our editorial team is publicly listed. Common questions are collected in our Methodology FAQ. If we get something wrong, the corrections contact at the bottom of every page reaches a human who can fix it.