A premium indie glossary from the wellhead
Terms we use when reading App Store cards for this shortlist.
- Age rating
- The App Store content label shown on the card (for example 9+ or 13+).
- App ID
- Numeric identifier in the store URL, used to reopen the exact listing.
- Bundle ID
- Reverse-DNS string published on some listings (for example com.devolver.reigns).
- Checked date
- The day this wellhead re-read the public listing facts.
- Card
- Shorthand for the App Store product page fields we quote.
- Developer
- The name shown as developer on the listing, which may differ from the seller legal entity.
- Genre
- Primary and secondary categories listed under Games on the card.
- IAP
- In-app purchases. We only mention them when the listing declares them.
- Install counter
- Public download total. App Store cards do not publish one.
- Listing
- The store page itself — our source of truth for size, version, and rating.
- One-time purchase
- A paid price with no requirement to subscribe to open the core game.
- Premium indie
- Our beat: paid indie titles with readable store cards and no ad-wall pitch.
- Privacy label
- Apple’s Data Not Collected / Not Linked summary on the listing.
- Rating
- Average stars and rating count shown on the card on the checked date.
- Review (ours)
- The written article under /reviews for each ranked app.
- Seller
- Legal seller named in the Information block.
- Size
- Download size published on the listing.
- Shortlist
- This wellhead’s ranked set — currently three apps.
- Version
- Current marketing version string on the card.
- Verdict table
- Our one-line takeaway per ranked app on the homepage.
- Wellhead
- The desk metaphor for this site — a vertical read of paid cards, not a casino floor.