About MacBid
Every other Mac app directory ranks by something it asks you to trust — downloads, stars, an editor’s taste, an algorithm nobody publishes. MacBid ranks by the one number it can show you in full: what each app’s owner paid to sit where it sits.
There are no ads, no sponsored slots dressed up as recommendations, and no revenue share. The ranking is the advertising, and the price of every position is printed next to it.
Where the board stands
- $108 bid in total
- 6 apps have been claimed with a paid bid
- 0 listings sit at $0 and have never been paid for
Those are the only figures worth quoting. A count of everything on the board would mostly be measuring apps whose owners have never heard of this site.
Every listing here was paid for
The board carries no placeholder entries. It launched with a directory of Mac apps nobody had paid to be on, and those were removed — counting apps whose owners had never heard of this site was measuring nothing. What is listed is what someone bought.
Who runs this
Dmytro Virych
@dmytrovirychMacBid is built and run by Dmytro Virych, an independent developer. It is not a company front or an affiliate scrape — one person decides what the rules are, and those rules are the ones written on this site.
If something here is wrong, or your app is listed and you want it changed or removed, write to hey@macbid.app and you will get a reply from that person, within three business days. Or find me on @dmytrovirych.
What you get
A position, for as long as nobody outbids it, and the clicks that come with it. Nothing more is promised. Read the rules before you bid — particularly the part where payments are not refundable.