Dapple Reviews & Product Details

Dapple is a modern submission management platform designed for teams and organisations that need a flexible, collaborative way to collect, review, and manage submissions. Whether you're running open calls, grant applications, contests, pitches, or programme admissions, Dapple makes it easy to set up custom forms, manage workflows, and collaborate with your team across multiple stages. With Dapple, users can create fully custom projects, automate workflows, configure who can access and review them, and move submissions through configurable stages. Users can create panels of reviewers or judges each with personal dedicated review accounts with assigned submissions. The platform handles multi-team and multi-organisation setups, allowing for granular permission control and cross-functional collaboration. What sets Dapple apart is its modern, user-friendly design, it's smart features like Project Hub to control multiple calls simultaneously and the flexibility of different stages. It’s easy to get started by creating a free account and getting setup in just a few minutes. It also scales with your needs, whether you're handling a few dozen entries or thousands. Dapple is ideal for arts organisations, publishers, accelerators, nonprofits, and academic institutions looking for a faster, smarter way to manage submissions. With transparent pricing, powerful collaboration tools, and a focus on flexibility, Dapple helps teams stay organised and focused on what matters most: selecting the best submissions.

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Dapple

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Languages Supported

English

Overview by

Oz Osbaldeston

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Free

Per Month

Starter

$35.00

Per Month

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Dapple Demo - Main Submissions Dashboard

A view of the dashboard

Collecting submissions and creating submission forms

Reviewing submissions

Managing submissions through Stages

A view of the submission dashboard

Dapple Reviews (4)

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Anubhav N.

RevOps and Inbound Marketing Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/15/2025

"A Stress-Free Way to Run Creative Contests"

5/5

What do you like best about Dapple?

We actually use Dapple in a different/creative way to collect CVs even when we’re not actively hiring, and that alone has been a game-changer for us. Instead of starting from scratch every time a role opens up (or paying eye-watering recruiter fees), we’re steadily building a high-quality database of potential candidates in the background.

CVs come in on an ongoing basis and are neatly organised by role department using the Project feature. From there, we can tag candidates, add internal scores, and manage everything through a clear Kanban-style board. It makes it incredibly easy to see who’s interesting and where they sit in the process.

The customer support is also really good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dapple?

Dapple isn’t a “recruiting” tool and so it doesn’t post on any job boards etc. That sometimes comes in the way of distribution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dapple solving and how is that benefiting you?

The biggest problem Dapple solves for us is the stop–start nature of hiring. Normally, you only collect CVs when a role is open, which means rushing, relying on recruiters, and paying significant fees. With Dapple, we can collect applications continuously, even when we’re not actively hiring, and quietly build a strong talent pool over time.

This has a huge practical benefit. Instead of scrambling when a role opens up, we already have a database of relevant candidates to reach out to. Everything is organised by job title, tagged, scored, and easy to review, so we’re not digging through old emails or losing great people in an inbox.

Dapple also replaces messy, manual workflows with a clear process. The Kanban board, custom stages, and automations mean we can track candidates properly and move them through a structured pipeline that actually reflects how we hire. It’s more deliberate, more transparent, and far more efficient.

Overall, it’s helped us reduce reliance on recruiters, save money, and make hiring feel calmer and more intentional — rather than reactive and chaotic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Emily .

Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/8/2025

"A stress-free way to run creative open calls"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Dapple?

I like how effortlessly it pulls the entire submission process together, cutting out unnecessary jumping from place to place. Collecting the entries, sharing them with the team and then reviewing and gathering feedback all happens in the one workflow. Even setting up payments is without faff, so I can focus on the creative parts that I’m truly interested in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dapple?

If there’s anything to nitpick, it’s that once I’d sent the submissions out the the team to review there wasn’t an automated way to chase them up but apparently this is coming in a future update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dapple solving and how is that benefiting you?

Dapple cuts out the messy, time consuming parts of running an open call. Previously we’ve been using email and shared drives, excel sheets and slack threads etc and now everything is in one place. Designers submit their work cleanly, the team reviews it without chasing around for files, and decisions get made faster because the whole process is structured.

The feedback we’ve had from our entrants was that it was a lot easier this time around as well, the customised form gathered all the info we needed at the start and the payments worked smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Daniel C.

Co-Editor

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/18/2025

"An exceptional platform without the prohibitive price tag"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Dapple?

The intuitive interface and tools make reviewing hundreds of submissions simple, while the many personalisations let us keep the human connection that is crucial to independent publishing. Customer support is exceptional too: if we ever have a slight tech issue, Oz and the team are extremely responsive, providing patient and clear explanations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dapple?

If anything, there could be too many features and, with more being added on an ongoing basis, there is a risk that the platform could become overcomplicated, though this is certainly not the case yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Dapple solving and how is that benefiting you?

Dapple is the ideal solution for editors of independent literary magazines who cannot afford (or do not want to support) most submissions platforms. It is a superior submissions manager, which boasts a huge array of features and automations and delivers exceptional user experience for editors and writers - but without the prohibitive price tag of other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Publishing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/7/2025

"Dapple: a game-changer for the publishing world!"

5/5

What do you like best about Dapple?

Dapple is so clearly designed with literary publications in mind, which is so refreshing, because more mainstream platforms like Google Forms and Submittable often lack the features that publishers need. With automations, assigning, stage changing, email sending from one place, team functionality, and so much more, Dapple has truly revolutionized our workflow. Not to mention, they have a top-notch support team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Dapple?

Very little! When there is a flaw, their support team is readily available to help out, debug, resolve a problem, or even add a new feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.