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Understand the QuickBooks App Store badges

by Intuit • Image Alt Text 2 •
Image Alt Text Updated 8/5/2026 05:30

When you browse the QuickBooks App Store, you want to find the right tools to connect with QuickBooks and help your business thrive. To make your search easier, we’ve introduced App Partner Badges.

These badges highlight integrations (or apps) that stand out in areas like customer satisfaction, accountant preference, automation, and popularity. When you see a badge on an integration card, it means the developer has met strict programmatic criteria to earn that recognition.

Here is a breakdown of what each badge means and how our partners earn them.

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Accountant Favorite

Accounting professionals rely on tools that are accurate, dependable, and make managing finances easier. When you see the Accountant Favorite badge, it means this integration is highly trusted by accountants and bookkeepers to manage their clients' books. If the pros trust it for the long haul, you can feel confident integrating it into your own workflow.

How it's earned

To earn the Accountant Favorite badge, an app must demonstrate sustained excellence specifically within the accounting community. The partner must achieve:

  • A minimum number of reviews submitted directly by accounting professionals.

  • An average rating of 4.0 or higher (out of 5.0) from those accountant reviews.

  • An average active connection length of greater than one year among their accountant users, proving the app provides lasting, long-term value.

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Users' Choice

The Users’ Choice badge is a stamp of approval from the QuickBooks community. Integrations with this badge have a proven track record of satisfying everyday business owners just like you. It indicates that the integration is not only highly rated but also reliably used year after year to solve real business challenges.

How it's earned

To earn this badge, an integration must show both high satisfaction and high retention among general QuickBooks users. The partner must achieve:

  • A minimum number of overall user reviews.

  • An average rating of 4.0 or higher (out of 5.0).

  • An average customer connection length of greater than one year, demonstrating that users who connect the app tend to keep it for the long term.

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Time Saver

Data entry takes time away from running your business. The Time Saver badge highlights integrations that excel at doing the heavy lifting for you. When connected, these integrations automatically sync and create transactions, significantly reducing the amount of manual entry you have to do day-to-day.

How it's earned

This badge is heavily data-driven and focuses on automation efficiency. The partner earns this by:

  • Maintaining a high percentage of transactions that are automatically generated in QuickBooks, compared to manual entries by the customer.

  • Meeting a minimum threshold for total transactions created within a specified time period, proving the app handles a high volume of automated work reliably.

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Fast Growth

The Fast Growth badge helps you spot trending solutions. Integrations sporting this badge are rapidly gaining popularity and being adopted quickly by the QuickBooks community. If you want to see what new, innovative tools other businesses are currently flocking to, keep an eye out for this badge.

How it's earned

Momentum is the key to the Fast Growth badge. A partner earns this recognition by:

  • Having a certain percentage of their total active connections be new connections created within the last 90 days.

  • Demonstrating rapid, recent adoption on the QuickBooks App Store.

Intuit will continue to expand its offering of App Badges to our global partners, making it easy for you to decide on what options work best for you and your business!

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