Editorial Standards

How our guides are researched, written, and sourced.

Our guides exist to help everyday iPhone owners make sense of the App Store in plain English: which apps are worth your tap, what the ratings really mean, how pricing and permissions work, and how to keep your phone in good shape. This page explains how that content is made and the standards we hold it to.

How we choose topics

We write about timeless, practical questions, the kind a real person asks themselves before downloading, paying for, or deleting an app. We deliberately avoid topics that go stale quickly, so a guide you read today should still be accurate and useful a year from now, even as the apps on our record boards change.

How we research and write

Each guide starts from a single clear question. We research the topic, then write a direct, jargon-free explanation organised around how people actually use their phones. We use AI tools to help draft and structure articles, and every guide is held to the same editorial rules: plain language, no filler, no fear-mongering, and advice that stays true over time. Guides are published under the name of the site itself rather than an invented author, because they reflect our editorial standards as a whole.

How we handle sources

We cite two to four sources at the bottom of every guide. We strongly prefer official and primary sources, such as Apple's own support and developer documentation, alongside well known, reputable publications. We avoid forums, video pages, question-and-answer threads, and content farms, and we check that every link is live before it goes on the page. Sources are offered as further reading: useful starting points, not a guarantee, and we encourage you to verify anything important for yourself.

Accuracy and corrections

App details, prices, ratings, and policies change often. We do our best to keep guides accurate, but we do not accept responsibility for decisions made based on this content, and you should always do your own research before acting on what you read here. If you spot something wrong or out of date, please contact us and we will correct it.

Independence

We are an independent project and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. We do not accept payment to feature, rank, or recommend any app, and no developer can pay to change a guide or a record board. If we introduce advertising in the future, ads will be clearly labelled and kept separate from our editorial content.

How our record boards work

Alongside the guides, the site computes leaderboards from public App Store data using fixed, published rules. You can read the full method, including our data sources and how often boards refresh, on our About page.

Who runs this

App Store Hall of Records is operated by D2r Internet Holdings, LLC and was founded by Dor Bass, who oversees its guides and records. For how we handle data, see our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.