How to get your app or tool covered by AddictiveTips
TL;DR
AddictiveTips is a how-to and software site for everyday computer users, running since 2008. It has a free "Tip Us" form where developers send apps, web services and browser extensions, and the editors decide what to write about. It suits startups with a desktop app, mobile app, browser extension or web tool for ordinary users.
What is AddictiveTips?
AddictiveTips publishes tutorials, software roundups and buying guides about Windows, macOS, Linux, Microsoft Office, VPNs and proxies, and streaming. Its About page says the site launched in 2008 and runs major articles in UK, French, Spanish, German and Italian editions. It also runs the AddictiveTipsTV YouTube channel, which reports more than 17,000 subscribers and close to 15 million views. The audience is practical: people who want to fix a Windows problem, pick a VPN or find a tool that does one job well. The site was still publishing in October 2026.
Who should submit to AddictiveTips?
- Founders of desktop software for Windows, Mac or Linux, such as a file tool, screen recorder or system utility.
- Makers of browser extensions and web apps that solve a clear task for ordinary users.
- Privacy and security startups: VPNs, proxies and password tools sit at the centre of the site's coverage.
- Skip it if you sell enterprise B2B software, hardware without a software angle, or a product with no free version or trial a writer can test.
How much does AddictiveTips cost?
Sending a tip is free. Coverage is editorial: the team picks the apps it writes about, and a tip carries no promise of an article. The contact page gives sales@addictivetips.com for sales and partnership requests, and says the site accepts only offers that suit both the site and its readers. AddictiveTips publishes no ad prices, so any paid deal starts with an email to that address.
How do you share your startup on AddictiveTips?
- Open the AddictiveTips Tip Us page. It accepts tips about apps, news and tools, and welcomes software you built yourself.
- Fill in the four required fields: name, email, subject and message.
- Write the subject as the app name plus what it does, and put the download or sign-up link, platforms, price and a free test option in the message.
- Send it once. The page says all emails are read by the editors and asks you not to send the same tip several times.
- For sponsorship or advertising, write separately to sales@addictivetips.com from the contact page.
Tips to get more out of AddictiveTips
- Match an existing format. The site runs lists such as "best tools for" a task, so pitch your app as the answer to one clear problem.
- Give a free tier, trial or test licence. Writers need to run the software before they recommend it.
- Add screenshots and a short list of what your tool does better than the best-known rival.
- Pitch updates that change what the app does, such as a new platform or a free version, instead of re-sending the launch tip.
- Check the YouTube channel too: a tool that works well on screen fits its video tutorials.
Our verdict
AddictiveTips is a small, free way in for consumer software and browser extensions, with a simple form and no gatekeeping fee. Coverage depends on the editors, so treat the tip as one shot at a niche how-to audience and send a product they can test the same day.
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