What is Dapple and who is it for?

Dapple is a submissions and workflow platform built primarily for the creative industries. It helps organisations collect, review, manage, and report on submissions, applications or entries in one place without relying on inboxes, spreadsheets, or outdated application tools. Dapple is for creative organisations such as art institutions, publishers, literary magazines, awards bodies, agencies, festivals, academic institutions and teams running open calls, contests, or applications. It's also designed with creators in mind, making submissions clearer and more transparent.

How does Dapple help reduce admin?

Dapple centralises everything—submissions, reviews, communication, statuses, and reporting—into one structured workflow. This removes manual tracking, cuts down on repetitive tasks, and saves teams hours of administrative work in the process.

Can multiple people review submissions?

Yes. Dapple supports collaborative reviewing with clear permissions, allowing multiple reviewers to assess submissions independently and remotely.

Is Dapple suitable for small teams?

Absolutely. Dapple is designed to scale with you—whether you're a small team managing a few hundred submissions or a larger organisation handling thousands.

How is Dapple different from other submission platforms?

Dapple is built specifically for the creative world, aimed at solving the problems often found in these industries. Its modern, sleek interface helps make often complex workflows very simple. It focuses on clarity, fairness, and respect for both organisations and creators, rather than corporate or generic workflows.

Do applicants need an account to submit?

Yes, however, it's very quick and simple to create and can be done in a matter of seconds. When a creator opens a form, they will be prompted to create a free account. They can either use their Google/Microsoft account, or they will be sent a link via email to confirm. Once created, they will be able to use their account to track the status of all their submissions, any messages, payments made and download any attachments.

Can I communicate with applicants through Dapple?

Yes. Dapple has an inbuilt messaging platform enabling you to manage communication in one place, keeping inbound/outbound messages organised and linked directly to each submission. You are able to send single or bulk messages to multiple applicants, create message templates and configure whether an applicant can respond.

Yes. Dapple is built with modern security standards and role-based permissions to ensure submissions and data are handled safely and responsibly.

Is there a free trial?

You can create an account for free with no credit card details required. We allow this in order to try the system out, see how it works and set everything up in advance of setting your forms live. We automatically add 10 free submissions to every newly created account in order for you to launch and experience live submissions coming through to your dashboard. Once live, you will be able to upgrade to a paid account through the billing section. Please note that there is a 'demo mode' feature enabling you to create different projects and workflows, make test payments and submissions without affecting your live data.

What are my payment options?

Just enter your card details when you upgrade and you'll automatically be billed on a monthly or annual basis. If you require a different mode of payment, please reach out to us directly.

I'd like to add another organisation. Is this possible to add to my account?

Yes! You can add multiple organisations to your Dapple account. You will be billed for each new organisation you'd like to add to your account. Please reach out for more details.

How can I cancel my subscription?

If on the monthly subscription, you can cancel your account at any time. Your account will remain open until the end of your billing cycle. If signed up to an annual plan, your account will remain active until the end of your billing cycle.

I'm stopping submissions for a while. Can I pause my account?

Yes! You have the option to pause your account on every plan. We'll keep your account on ice, keep your setup complete and data safe so you can come back later.

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An "Authentication Error" on Dapple almost always means one of two things: you've clicked an expired sign-in link, or you're already signed into a different Dapple account in another tab or window. Sign out everywhere, request a fresh sign-in link, and try again in an incognito window if the issue persists.

Cause 1: Expired sign-in link

Dapple sends a unique, one-time magic link every time you request sign-in access. Each new link invalidates the previous one. If you click on an older email, you'll see an Authentication Error or a "link no longer valid" message.

Fix:

Request a new sign-in link from the Dapple sign-in page.
Open your inbox and click the link in the most recent email from Dapple — always the newest one.
Check spam or junk if the email doesn't show up within a minute or two.
If your email client collapses threaded emails, expand the full thread to see the latest message. Clicking the three dots in a collapsed thread usually reveals the most recent one.

Cause 2: Already signed into another account

If you're already signed into a different Dapple account in another browser tab, window, or device, trying to sign in to a second account triggers an Authentication Error.

Fix:

Check every open tab and browser window for an existing Dapple session.
Click your initials or profile picture (top-right of any Dapple page) and choose Sign out. This signs you out of all Dapple sessions across browsers.
Request a fresh sign-in link and click it.

Still seeing the error?

Clear your browser cache and cookies for dapplehq.com, then restart the browser and try again. If it still fails, open an incognito / private window — this rules out extensions and cached sessions. If none of that works, contact Dapple support with a screenshot of the error and the email address you're trying to sign in with.

I'm getting an Authentication Error Message when Signing In

Cause 1: Expired sign-in link

Cause 2: Already signed into another account

Still seeing the error?

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