[vbezhenar]

For some reason AppStore has surprisingly low amount of free software. It's either free with ads, free with in-app purchases or paid. Or free software missing marketing and it's hard to find it in AppStore or popular ratings.

Is there some compilation of free software links?

[frou_dh]

It costs money to join the Apple Developer Program so it's probably in peoples' minds to at least recoup that.