The Smoking Apples reviews are detailed, thorough, and give you a good idea for what the product is worth. We don’t shy from providing screenshots, neither do we hold back from telling the truth. At times we may be a little fanboyistic and forgive a few misgivings, but the information is presented as is.
Each app we review goes through at least a week, and sometimes even a month, of rigorous testing from one of our members. We put the app to test in a real world scenario, using it as we would have otherwise. For the time of the testing period, a twitter client will be our sole twitter client, an image editor will be our sole image editor, and so on and so forth.
Relationships with developers
We are in no way associated with any of the software we review. No one pays us anything or offers us any freebies. We may contact the developers for clarifications and questions, but that’s the extent to our interaction.
Giveaways
Only we absolutely adore the application we are reviewing, we offer to have a giveaway. If the developer chooses (with only a hint that the review is positive), we have a 1 week giveaway for a free license. Again, no freebies are sent to the Smoking Apples team nor do we write the review after a giveaway has been decided. Our reviews will always come first.
Advertising
We might speak highly of the products we advertise, but that is only because we accept ads only for those products that we love to use. We will not post favourable reviews to please our advertisers. If you wish to advertise on Smoking Apples, we’ve got a variety of placements including the sidebar, links or even the Smoking Apples magazine. Contact the team for rates, stats and other details.
Your application, reviewed on Smoking Apples
If you would like your Mac or iPhone application to be reviewed, please contact Avner Kern at pr [at] smokingapples.com and we’ll get back to you. Be warned that if your application isn’t up to mark, we will not hesitate in posting our honest opinion. At the end of the day though, it is hard to find bad Mac applications, so don’t worry, we’ll most probably adore your application!
For private betas, we guarantee total confidentiality and will not publish the review until the developer approves. And we will never leak out any unreleased versions to the public.
If you have any clarifications or questions, don’t hesitate in contacting the Smoking Apples Team!
