Apps for Good Showcase Rules 2026

The Apps for Good Showcase is our annual celebration of young entrepreneurs changing their world through technology. These Rules set out the eligibility, entry and participation requirements for the Apps for Good Showcase. Apps for Good is registered in England and Wales at C/O RPG Crouch Chapman, 5th Floor, 14-16 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SU. (Company Registration Number 6560779, UK Registered Charity Number 1133656.)

To be eligible for the Showcase:

• Any individual or Team, must have completed an Apps for Good course during the current academic year, this includes Home Study courses and courses completed as part of a club or enrichment activity;
• Entrants must also be in primary or secondary education, home education, or equivalent education within the UK;
• Any individuals on the Team must be no more than 18 (eighteen) years of age at the beginning of the current academic year;
• Each Entry must be the original work of the Team and must not have been previously submitted to the Showcase or any other competition in a substantially similar form.

The Showcase is not open to a Team with any member who is: - over 18 (eighteen) years of age at the start of the academic year - related to, or living in the same household as, any employees, independent contractors, officers and/or directors of Apps for Good or the advertising, promotion and fulfilment agencies or legal advisors of Apps for Good.

The Showcase entry period commences on the 5 November 2025 and ends on 24 June 2026 (Entry Period). In order to enter the Showcase, student teams must complete and submit the online competition entry form. Only one entry may be submitted for each individual or Team.

By submitting an Entry the Team confirms that:

• all parts of that Entry are the Team's work or validly licensed to the Team and that no materials submitted to Apps for Good will breach any law or infringe the rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights) of any third party; and
• subject to any third party rights, each member of the Team has consented to grant to Apps for Good a perpetual, free-of-charge, worldwide licence to use the Team name and any intellectual property rights in the Entry (including in any app prototype) for non-commercial purposes (including in any Apps for Good publicity materials, to operate and promote the Competition and/or as part of the Apps for Good Course Materials).
• Additionally, Teams must obtain necessary permissions and are responsible for ensuring lawful use of third-party content.

By submitting an Entry, you agree that we can send email notifications to the Educator from Apps for Good at your school or your parent/guardian regarding the status of the Showcase and related information. It will be the Educator/Parent/Guardian’s responsibility to pass information onto the Team.

Apps for Good is not responsible for:

• the failure of any Entry to be received by Apps for Good due to technical problems, human error, traffic congestion or unavailable network connections on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof; or
• any failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete or delayed Entry, whether caused by the sender or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in the Showcase.

All Entries will be reviewed as part of a Shortlisting process, during which submissions are refined down to those selected to progress to the Finalist stage. During Shortlisting, Entries will be evaluated by our community of volunteers and representatives from our partner organisations, with support from Apps for Good. Representatives from Apps for Good will also review all applications.

At the conclusion of Shortlisting, selected Entries will advance to the next round as Finalists. All Finalists will be asked to submit a video pitch, which will be shared with a Judging Panel. The Judging Panel may include representatives from our Sponsors as well as senior professionals from the technology and business sectors.

Entries will be assessed according to defined criteria, which may include (but are not limited to) the idea, the solution, clarity of communication and innovation. Each category is scored using a 10-point rating scale, and scores are combined using a weighted formula as follows:

• Idea ratings count 4x
• Product ratings count 3x
• Project presentation counts 1x

All Judges will be independent of participating Teams. Any Judge found to have a conflict of interest will be recused from scoring the affected Entry.

The Judges’ and Apps for Good’s decisions are final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the outcome of the competition.

For transparency, the competition will follow a timeline as outlined on our Showcase webpage.

Exact dates will be communicated to participating Teams and may be subject to change at Apps for Good’s discretion.

Finalists’ video pitches or presentations may be published or shared on the Apps for Good website, social media channels, or other promotional materials, in accordance with the consent forms signed.

Apps for Good reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to select a People’s Choice Award (PCA) Winner. In previous years, the PCA Winner has been the Finalist Team receiving the highest number of votes through a public online voting process. However, Apps for Good may, at its sole discretion, change the selection process for one or more PCA Winners, or choose not to award a PCA Winner in any given year.

If a Showcase entrant is unable to submit the extra work for our Judging Panel, Apps for Good reserves the right to remove its Entry from the Competition and replace it with another Entry.

If a Team, any member of a Team, an Education Partner or an Educator breaches any of these Rules at any stage of the Competition, Apps for Good has the right to withdraw the relevant Entry/Entries from the Competition. Apps for Good reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Competition for any reason.

By submitting an Entry, you agree that Apps for Good shall not be liable to you for any loss or damage suffered by you under or in connection with these Rules.

Apps for Good shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations under these Rules arising from events beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, pandemics, strikes, or network failures.

Apps for Good may revise these Rules from time to time. Any material change will be communicated via the Apps for Good website or by email to participating Educators.

Apps for Good processes personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and applicable data protection laws. Personal data collected as part of the Competition will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes of the Competition and in accordance with Apps for Good’s data retention policy.

These Rules and any disputes arising in connection with them or the Competition shall be governed by English law, and any such dispute shall be decided by the English courts.