About AppOrbit

AppOrbit is a public directory of mobile apps ranked by real, verified monthly revenue. Every listing shows MRR, revenue over the trailing 28 days, and download counts pulled directly from the app’s own billing data — not screenshots, not self-reported numbers, and not estimates. The goal is simple: when you see “$142 MRR” next to an app, that number came from the payment platform that processed it, so founders can benchmark honestly and everyone else can trust what they’re reading.

Founders connect their listing through RevenueCat, the subscription platform their app already uses for billing. AppOrbit reads the app’s live metrics server-side using the founder’s own API key: MRR, active subscriptions, revenue, and the daily revenue trend all come straight from RevenueCat’s reporting API. Nothing is typed in by hand. Keys are encrypted at rest, used only on the server, and never exposed to the browser, logged, or returned in any response.

Verified means the revenue figures are read programmatically from the founder’s RevenueCat account rather than claimed. It does not mean AppOrbit audits a company’s books: revenue outside RevenueCat (one-off ads, sponsorships, web sales on another stack) isn’t captured, and figures are shown as reported by the platform. Listings can also use Alien Mode (anonymous founder) or UFO Mode (hidden app identity) — in both cases the numbers themselves stay verified even when the identity is private.

Metrics sync from RevenueCat continuously, and each listing page shows a “verified … as of” date next to the RevenueCat badge so you can see exactly when its numbers were last pulled. The leaderboard itself refreshes at most once a minute.

AppOrbit is built and run by Daniel Atitienei, an indie app developer. The first listings on the board are his own apps — founding listings that seeded the directory with real, verified data from day one. Any founder can add their app for free, and questions are always welcome via the FAQ or the contact link in the footer.