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AppBoard
Free product discovery platform ranked by real community engagement
Product discovery Germany
AppBoard is a free platform where creators submit software products and get ranked daily by community votes, saves, follows, ratings and invested reputation.
About AppBoard
AppBoard is a free product discovery platform built for creators and small teams to launch, rank and grow their software through community engagement. Creators submit their product in under 5 minutes by pasting a URL, with AI prefilling product details automatically. After a quick publishing check, products go live on the leaderboard where the community engages through votes, saves, follows, reviews and reputation investment. Products are ranked by a Points-Based Score (PBS) that blends recent upvotes, saves, follows, ratings, real click-throughs and invested reputation, weighted by recency so fresh launches get a fair window to climb. The platform has no submission fee, no pay-to-rank system, and no gatekeepers—every product competes on equal terms based on genuine community engagement. Optional paid promotions offer extra visibility on the home page and leaderboard, clearly labelled as sponsored, but never affect the organic ranking score. The reputation system rewards community participation: users earn points by upvoting, commenting, reviewing, following and favoriting other products (capped daily), then invest that reputation in any product to lift its ranking, including their own.
Where it stands out
- AI prefill extracts product details from URL
- Points-Based Score (PBS) ranking system
- Reputation points earned through participation
- Daily budget of 10 votes per user
- Time-windowed leaderboard views
- Permanent product listings
- Featured placement promotion option
- Public API and MCP server access
- Search engine indexing
- Analytics dashboard for visibility tracking
Pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free to submit and launch with optional paid promotions: 7 days featured placement for $9.99 or 30 days for $19.99 (one-time payments, no subscription). Sponsor placements available from $14.99 per week.
AppBoard vs alternatives
Same attributes, side by side| Attribute | AppBoard |  WeLike |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Product discovery | Product discovery |
| Stage | Startup | – |
| Founded | 2026 | – |
| Based in | Germany | Spain |
| DR | 13 | 16 |
| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
| Verified |
Questions
- What is AppBoard?
- AppBoard is a free product discovery platform where creators submit their software products and get ranked by community engagement and reputation. Launching is free with no submission fee and no paywall to appear on the leaderboard. Every day brings a new batch of launches where visitors vote for what they love and the best products rise to the top.
- How does the leaderboard ranking work?
- Products are ranked by their PBS (Points-Based Score), which blends recent upvotes, saves, follows, ratings, real click-throughs and the reputation the community has invested in the product. Every signal is bounded so no single one dominates, and a product's score gently fades as it goes dormant to keep the leaderboard fresh.
- What are reputation points and how do I use them?
- Reputation points reward community engagement. You earn them by upvoting, commenting, reviewing, following, and favoriting other products (each action capped at 10 points per day for a 50-point daily ceiling). You can then invest your reputation balance in any product to raise that product's ranking score, including your own products.
- What are reputation points?
- Reputation points reward community engagement — you earn them by participating, not by receiving. Upvoting, commenting, reviewing, following, and favoriting other products each earn a point, capped per day to keep things fair. Your balance shows on your creator profile and it is yours to spend: investing reputation in a product raises that product's ranking score, your own products included. Earning reputation doesn't lift your rank by itself — investing it is what does.
- How do I submit a product?
- Submitting is free. Log in, click "Submit" in the navigation, and paste your website URL — our AI prefill extracts your product name, tagline, description, and screenshots automatically. Review the details, add categories and pricing, and submit. After a quick publishing check your product goes live on the leaderboard. The whole process takes under 5 minutes and costs nothing.
AppBoard has a free listing. The owner can unlock the full profile with a paid launch for $5:
- Founder story (locked)
- Milestones (locked)
- Demo video (locked)
- Dofollow website link (locked)