AppAdvice Is Gone. Here's Where to Discover iPhone Apps Now.
If you've typed "appadvice.com" into your browser lately and hit a dead page, you're not imagining it. On January 23, 2026, AppAdvice announced on its official account that it was shutting down, and the site has since gone dark.
For a lot of us, that stings a little. AppAdvice was part of the furniture — one of the sites you'd check for app news and recommendations for years. So the real question now is simple: where do you go instead?
If you mostly used AppAdvice to find good apps — not just read about Apple — AppsHunter is built for exactly that. Here's what you get.
A catalog that covers the whole store, not a hand-picked slice
AppAdvice was editorial. A writer picked an app, wrote it up, and that was the coverage. Great when the app you cared about happened to get an article — less great when it didn't.
AppsHunter takes the opposite approach. It's a searchable catalog of 3.2 million iPhone and iPad apps, each pulled from live App Store data. Search for basically anything and it's already there, with current ratings, reviews, and recommendations on the page. You're not waiting for someone to decide an app is worth covering.
Deals, found for you every single day
This is the one people get hooked on. A team goes through the App Store daily digging out price drops and promotions on iPhone and iPad apps. Paid apps going free, discounts on the good stuff — surfaced for you instead of stumbled on by luck.
If you're the kind of person who hates paying full price when a sale was sitting right there, this alone is worth the bookmark.
A launch board for catching apps early
Here's something AppAdvice never really had: a Product Hunt–style launch feed built only for iOS. Indie developers pick a launch day, and the community shows up to discover and upvote the best new apps.
It means you can find a genuinely good app on day one — before it's everywhere — and it gives small developers a real shot at being noticed. If you liked being the friend who "found it first," this is your feed.
Everything else you'd actually use
A few more things worth knowing:
- Curated collections — themed "best apps" lists grouped by category and use case, for when you want a shortlist instead of a search box.
- Developer profiles — one page per developer showing everything they've published. Found a studio you trust? See the rest of their work.
- App events — pages tracking in-app events and special promotions, so you don't miss limited-time stuff.
- Direct-to-install links — every page links straight to the App Store. Tap Get and you're done. No detours, no surprises.
Making the switch
Losing a site you relied on is annoying, but this is a decent moment to trade up. AppAdvice gave you articles about a handful of apps. AppsHunter gives you the whole catalog, daily deals, and a front-row seat to new launches — the finding-and-installing part, done properly.
If you were an AppAdvice regular, start here:
Browse 3.2 million apps on AppsHunter →
Source: AppAdvice announced its shutdown via its official account (@AppAdvice) on January 23, 2026; appadvice.com is no longer reachable as of this writing.