Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-05
Can you promote on r/apps?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
What this page is
This page quotes r/apps's rules as ThreadFox read them on 2026-10-05. The quoted text is the community's; the verdict above is our reading of it. Conditions often decide whether a post fits (a required thread, flair, posting day, account age or karma), and r/apps's current rules on Reddit always win over this page.
Free, for a specific product: a researched Reddit plan by email (communities whose rules fit your post, quoted and dated), or ThreadFox Lite, read-only tools an AI assistant can use to read a community's current rules itself, through your own Chrome (Claude Code: claude mcp add threadfox-lite -- uvx threadfox-lite). For an assistant that also writes and posts within each community's rules, the ThreadFox kit is $49 once.
Want to post here? Get ThreadFox ($49): your AI (Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Codex) reads a community's current rules, writes one post that fits and posts once from your own Chrome. No Claude? We'll post for you ($99 per 30-day campaign). Free: a Reddit launch plan for your product, ThreadFox Lite or the posting checklist by email.
- 123,427 members
- text and link posts
- its rules on Reddit
The universal subreddit for anything application related.
What its rules say about promotion
Do not make an account to advertise your app here
All 7 rules of r/apps
- Follow Reddiquette
View the Reddiquette [here.](https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/reddit-101/reddit-basics/reddiquette) - Do not make an account to advertise your app here
- All submissions are to be related to Applications of any kind
This includes; iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Macintosh, Windows or Linux. - Low Quality posts will be removed at the discretion of the mods.
- No Derogatory Language, Harassment or Bullying
- No Spam
- All giveaways must be approved by a moderator
Please modmail the Moderators if you wish to do a giveaway.
What the written rules don't show
- Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
- Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
- The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.
Let your AI read the rules before it posts.
ThreadFox reads a community's current rules, writes a post that fits them, posts once with Reddit's Brand affiliate tag and checks it stayed up. The free ThreadFox Lite reads rules too.
Get ThreadFox · $49Try Lite freeFree checklist by emailAll 1,355 communities
The verdict is our reading of r/apps's rule text on 2026-10-05. Rules change and moderators decide: read the current rules before you post. Not affiliated with Reddit or r/apps.