Promote your game in Thumbrot

Free card swaps for game developers.

Thumbrot is an iPhone game made of 5-second microgames in an endless vertical feed. Now and then, between microgames, players who don't have Premium or Remove Ads see a full-screen card for another developer's game. We swap these cards for free: your game in our feed, Thumbrot in yours.

How a swap works

1. Send us your game by email with the materials listed below.
2. We check it: the game is live on the App Store, the art is clean, and the game suits a general audience.
3. We agree the dates and you show a card for Thumbrot in your app for the same period.
4. Your card goes live on the start date, by each player's local date: the game checks for new cards when it starts, at most once an hour, so players get it the next time they launch Thumbrot, with no app update.
5. You see the results in your own App Store Connect: give us an App Store campaign link (App Analytics › Campaigns) and Apple counts the page views and downloads it brings.

What to send

• Your app icon: a 1024 × 1024 PNG.
• A 9:16 picture (1080 × 1920 PNG or JPG) or a short looping MP4 of the same size, without sound and under 5 MB. Keep text and key art out of the top 25% and the bottom 35%, where the game's bar, the labels, your game's name and the Get button sit, and keep about 10% clear on each side, which taller iPhones crop. The card template marks these areas.
• The game's name, the developer name and one short line about the game (up to 50 characters).
• Your App Store campaign link.
• The start and end dates you'd like.

How your card appears

• Full screen, between microgames, with a Sponsored label and a Report button always visible.
• Your picture or video, icon, name and line, and a Get button that opens your App Store page.
• Players skip it with a swipe, like any other card. There is no countdown, and nobody gets coins or rewards for tapping or installing.
• At most one card in every 10, never the same game twice within 20 cards, and at most 3 times per session.

What we can't accept

• Games that aren't live on the App Store yet.
• Misleading pictures or claims, or art made to look like a Thumbrot microgame or a system alert.
• Content that isn't suitable for a general audience, including real-money gambling.

Send your game

Email alexandrustruta@gmail.com with the subject “Thumbrot promo swap” and the materials above. We usually answer within a few days.