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YourFirstApp: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A third deployment of the open-source Open-Launch code, with two free slots a day and a 2000 character floor on the description.

yourfirst.app
YourFirstApp homepage
Eligibility

Who YourFirstApp accepts

You need
An account, created by Google sign-in in one click
A description of at least 2000 characters
A logo file under 1MB
You'll be rejected if
Anyone without 2000 characters to say about their product, since the form will not advance past the first step without them
Anyone who needs a board slot inside six months on the free lane, since the calendar only ever opens its furthest day
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What you actually get
A project page that publishes the moment you submit, with a Coming Soon badge until the launch date, then a day on the board. It renders the whole long description, your categories, tech stack and social links, so the page is a real listing rather than a stub.

How to submit to YourFirstApp

  1. Sign in
    Google is the only option on /sign-in and creates the account in one click.
  2. Project Info
    Name, website URL, a short description, then the full description with its 2000 character floor, then the logo and an optional product image as file uploads.
  3. Details
    Up to three categories, up to five tech-stack tags, platforms, a pricing model, and optional GitHub and Twitter URLs.
  4. Launch Date
    Free Launch or Premium Launch at $9, then a date from a 180 day calendar that greys out everything it has no slots for.
  5. Review and submit
    A summary of the whole form, then Submit Project. The page is public immediately, marked Coming Soon until the date.

YourFirstApp requirements

An account on the site
Product name
the listing title
Short description
rich text, one line
Full description
2000 characters minimum
Logo file
1MB max, 1:1, uploaded
Categories
up to 3 from their list
Tech stack
up to 5 free-text tags
Product imageoptional
16:9, uploaded
GitHub and Twitter URLsoptional

Gotchas

The full description will not accept anything under 2000 characters, which is several times what most launch boards want and more than any pack is likely to hold. Budget an hour for the writing before you open the form.
The free calendar shows 180 days and opens exactly one of them, the furthest. Every earlier day reads zero slots, so the free lane is effectively a booking six months out rather than a queue you can join sooner.
A free listing needs two things at once for a followed link, a top three finish on its launch day and their badge on your site, so hosting the badge on its own guarantees nothing.
The site's /pricing page sells subscription credits for an AI music generator and never mentions launches, so the launch prices exist only inside the submission flow.

Let your agent submit to YourFirstApp

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the YourFirstApp playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 YourFirstApp rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 9 fields this form asks for, 2 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free Launch is $0 with two slots a day and 180 days of scheduling. Premium Launch is $9, skips the queue, promises a followed link from day one and has ten slots a day. The site's own /pricing page shows none of this: it sells music-generation credits at $19.90 to $99.90 a month and belongs to a different product.
Types it into YourFirstApp in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to YourFirstApp?".
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YourFirstApp FAQ

How long does YourFirstApp approval take?
YourFirstApp's typical time from submission to going live is 6+ months.
How much does it cost to submit to YourFirstApp?
YourFirstApp has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free Launch is $0 with two slots a day and 180 days of scheduling. Premium Launch is $9, skips the queue, promises a followed link from day one and has ten slots a day. The site's own /pricing page shows none of this: it sells music-generation credits at $19.90 to $99.90 a month and belongs to a different product.).
Does YourFirstApp give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from YourFirstApp are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 34.
Does YourFirstApp require a backlink to your site?
No, YourFirstApp does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from YourFirstApp?
Anyone without 2000 characters to say about their product, since the form will not advance past the first step without them; Anyone who needs a board slot inside six months on the free lane, since the calendar only ever opens its furthest day.