Although Uptodown reserves the right to refuse the admission of apps to its platform, there are a number of specific criteria for which an app may be rejected:
- Apps without permission to be published: it’s essential that the person submitting an app for publication on Uptodown be the creator of the app, own its distribution rights or have the developer's permission to submit it.
- Apps that don’t work properly: any app that closes suddenly on a regular basis, causes problems of any kind or is compatible with very few devices.
- Apps that don’t have a clear and specific function: the submitted apps must have a clear function that does not contradict the information provided by the author.
- Apps with excessive and/or intrusive advertising: apps whose main purpose is to generate profits through ads are not accepted, setting aside their value as software.
- Apps with malware detected by Virustotal that we consider harmful to the user: any app with indications of being harmful to users, either by jeopardizing their privacy or device features.
- Apps that perform any type of phishing or identity theft attempt: any app that attempts to obtain user data illegitimately or fraudulently.
- Apps that use trademarks or others’ iconography in an attempt to impersonate them: apps that use icons, images or names registered by third parties, or that try to resemble them as much as possible to confuse the user will be rejected.
- IPTV apps that include paid channels lists: apps that feature paid TV channels or software that makes it easier to obtain them.
- Cheat apps, infinite coins or hacks: apps designed exclusively to obtain paid resources for free in a way that goes against the intended software's authorship.
- Streaming apps that offer paid content for free: apps that offer links to consume paid audiovisual material from third parties at no cost.
- Apps to download paid content: apps that allow the export and download of media content from paid services or platforms.
- Apps that collect links to private groups on social media: apps that distribute user accounts from any social media or messaging service without their explicit consent.
- Apps with explicit erotic or sexual content: apps that include adult audiovisual content will not be accepted.
- Apps with an invalid icon: only icons with a size larger than 128x128 pixels and a square aspect ratio will be accepted.
- Low-quality webviews: apps that simply display the content of a web page published on the Internet without offering any added value.
- Multiple apps similar to each other: although there is no maximum number of apps that can be published on Uptodown, our team of editors may reject an app if they consider that the author is trying to publish multiple apps that are very similar to each other.
- Apps with not enough information: submitted apps must contain additional information attached from the developer. Though recommended, it’s not mandatory to fill in all the fields, required or not, nor to attach images and a description of the app's operation.
- Unmodified templates: apps that have been created using templates and have not been modified to add new functionalities.
- Plain text: apps that only offer plain text without adding any additional functionality.
- Low-quality images: if the screenshots or an icon uploaded to an app are not of sufficient quality (i.e. low resolution), the app will be rejected until they are re-uploaded at a suitable resolution.
Still, our Content team may consider other possible rejection reasons not listed here based on the app's subject matter (terrorism, violence, hatred towards social groups) or on potential malicious use (piracy, scamming).
Any attempt to circumvent these requirements will be grounds to ban the registered user's account from our Developers Console indefinitely.
Likewise, all these criteria could be applied after publication if an app is updated and any of these practices are detected in new versions.