Curated or invite-based catalogs where inclusion is gated by the platform rather than self-serve.
1 marketplace in this directory match this tag.
Internal/curated platforms — Setapp in this directory — gate inclusion behind the platform itself rather than open, self-serve submission. Setapp curates and vets every app for quality before it joins the subscription catalog, and continues light review on updates after the first release.
Choose this model when you want the platform’s curation to do quality signaling and distribution for you, in exchange for giving up the always-on self-serve publishing that open marketplaces offer — Setapp pays from a shared subscription pool rather than per-sale pricing you control directly.
MacPaw Inc.
Curated multi-app subscription platform bundling independent Mac and iOS apps under one monthly fee.