List of mobile app distribution platforms
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Template:DMCATemplate:DMCA This list of mobile app distribution platforms includes digital distribution platforms, or marketplace 'app stores', intended to provide mobile applications, aka 'apps' to mobile devices. For information on each mobile platform and its market share, see the mobile operating system and smartphone articles. A comparison of the development capabilities of each mobile platform can be found in the article on mobile app development. For cross-platform development, see the mobile development framework. The mobile app article contains other general information.
Mobile app platforms
Native platforms
These application marketplaces, or 'm' are native to the major mobile operating systems. Anyway, the relative store APK can often be installed in other compatible systems without rooting a device, as it happens for Huawei AppGallery and stock Android.
There are 17 native mobile app distribution platforms currently on this list.
| app store name |
date established |
status | owner | available apps |
download count |
installed base |
device platform |
allows individual developers to publish |
cut for developer per sale |
developer fees (per year) |
development tools (SDK) |
free of charge IDE? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Appstore for Android |
22 Mar 2011 | closed | Amazon.com, Inc. |
Script error: No such module "sort". (2025 estimate)[1] |
unknown | unknown | Android OS (customised), Android, BlackBerry 10 |
yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | free [2] (previously: US$90) |
Amazon Mobile App SDK [3] |
yes |
| Apple App Store (iOS / iPadOS) |
10 Jul 2008 | live | Apple Inc. | Script error: No such module "sort". (approx., 2025)[4] |
unknown | unknown | iOS[l 1] iPadOS |
yes | Script error: No such module "sort". [5] | Script error: No such module "sort". [6] |
iOS SDK, Xcode |
yes [7] |
| BlackBerry World | 1 Apr 2009 | closed [8] | BlackBerry Limited |
Script error: No such module "sort". (26 Oct 2013)[9] |
3 billion (May 2012)[10] |
75 million (Jan 2012) |
BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, BlackBerry 10 OS[l 2] | closed for new app submission |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | BlackBerry 10 native SDK (with full POSIX and Qt support), HTML5 Qt4 SDK, Android (via BlackBerry Android Tools SDK), Adobe AIR SDK, BlackBerry OS SDK | yes |
| Download Fun / Catalog | 20 Sep 2003 | closed [12] | Danger, Inc. / Microsoft | Script error: No such module "sort". | unknown | unknown | Danger OS | yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Danger OS SDK[13] | yes |
| Firefox Marketplace |
6 Sep 2013 | closed [14] | Mozilla Foundation |
Script error: No such module "sort". (Mar 2014) [15] |
unknown | unknown | Firefox OS | yes | Script error: No such module "sort".[16] | unknown | unknown | yes |
| Google Play (formerly Android Market) |
22 Oct 2008 | live | Google, LLC | Script error: No such module "sort". (approx., Apr–May 2025; post-purge)[17][18] |
50 billion (historical: Jul 2013) |
over 2 billion (historical: May 2017) |
Android[19] | yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | One-time registration fee: Script error: No such module "sort". [20] |
Android SDK, Android Studio | yes |
| HP App Catalog |
6 Jun 2009 | closed | Palm, Inc. / Hewlett-Packard | Script error: No such module "sort". (Dec 2011) |
108 million (Aug 2011) |
2.6 million (Jul 2010) |
webOS[l 3] | yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Enyo | yes |
| Huawei AppGallery |
2011 |
live | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
300,000 (HarmonyOS apps; reported November 2025) | 432 billion (Q4 2022 - historical downloads figure)[21] |
1 billion (Huawei ecosystem / device numbers reported by Huawei; see notes)[22] |
HarmonyOS, (formerly) Android, Huawei EMUI |
yes | Script error: No such module "sort". for first 2 years, then 70%-90% flexible |
Script error: No such module "sort". | HarmonyOS SDK, DevEco Studio, (formerly) Android SDK, HMS Core, HMS Toolkit |
yes (Huawei Quick App IDE and DevEco Studio). |
| Microsoft Store (formerly Windows Store) |
26 Oct 2012 | closed | Microsoft Corp. |
Script error: No such module "sort". (reported Sep 2015)[23][24] |
no recent public total (no authoritative global app-count published since 2015) |
410 million (historical figure for Windows PC device base — Sep 2015 estimate) |
Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone | yes | Script error: No such module "sort". - raised to 80% if developer sales exceeds US$25,000 in a year | Script error: No such module "sort". One registration fee for both Windows Phone Store and Windows Store (historical). |
Visual Studio (various versions), Windows App Studio (historical) | yes |
| Nokia Download! |
2006 | replaced with the Ovi Store |
Nokia Oyj |
Script error: No such module "sort". | unknown | unknown | Symbian (S60), Series 40 |
unknown | Script error: No such module "sort". | unknown | unknown | |
| Nokia Store (formerly Ovi Store) |
26 May 2009 | closed, replaced with the Opera Mobile Store[25] |
Nokia Oyj |
Script error: No such module "sort". (Aug 2012) |
17 million/day (Oct 2012) |
~885 million | multiple [l 4] Symbian, MeeGo, Maemo, S40, Nokia X software platform |
yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort".[26] | Qt 4 SDK, Nokia Web Tools, Nokia SDK for Java | yes |
| OpenStore for Ubuntu Touch |
Sep 2014 | live | UBports (a democracy) |
Script error: No such module "sort". most Linux software applications will run on Ubuntu Touch |
unknown | unknown | open-source mobile phones | yes (anything packaged in the Ubuntu package database should run) |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Linux | yes |
| PureOS Software Center |
Nov 2017 ? [citation needed] |
live | Purism supported by The Debian Project (a democracy) |
Script error: No such module "sort". most Linux software applications will run on PureOS[27] |
unknown | unknown | open-source mobile phones | yes (anything packaged in the Debian package database should run) |
Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Linux | yes |
| Samsung Galaxy Store (formerly Samsung Galaxy Apps) |
Sep 2009 | live | Samsung Electronics |
unknown | unknown | over 1 billion (Oct 2020 - device / service related metric)[28] |
Android, Tizen, Windows Mobile, Bada |
unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | |
| Snap Store | 9 Dec 2014 | live | Canonical Limited |
unknown | unknown | unknown | Linux distributions |
yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Snapcraft | unknown |
| Ubuntu Software Centre aka Ubuntu App Store |
17 Oct 2013 | closed, replaced by Snap Store |
Canonical Limited |
Script error: No such module "sort". (Dec 2015, incl. web apps & scopes) |
unknown | unknown | Ubuntu Touch | yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Ubuntu SDK | yes |
| Windows Phone Store (formerly Windows Phone Marketplace) |
21 Oct 2010 | closed, merged with the Windows Store[29] |
Microsoft Corp. |
Script error: No such module "sort". (Mar 2015) |
9 billion (Mar 2015) |
100 million (Jun 2015) |
Windows Phone | yes | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort".[30] | Windows Phone Developer Tools, includes specialty versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend | yes |
| date established |
status | owner | available apps |
download count |
installed base |
device platform |
allows individual developers to publish |
cut for developer per sale |
developer fees (per year) |
development tools (SDK) |
free of charge IDE? |
- Notes
- Google Play — App figures reported by app intelligence firms in 2025 indicate a substantial reduction in listed Play Store apps (from ~3.4M at the start of 2024 to ~1.8M in 2025) following tightened policy enforcement and purges. For details see TechCrunch / The Verge coverage.[17][18]
- Huawei AppGallery — commonly reported HMS / AppGallery figures (220k+ HMS apps; ~580M MAU) are from Huawei / industry reporting in 2022; Huawei's HarmonyOS native app totals (HarmonyOS NEXT) and developer counts have been advanced in Huawei's 2024–2025 messaging (see Harmony Developers report).[31][32]
Third-party platforms
Third-party platforms are software distribution platforms which are used as alternatives to operating system native distribution platforms. Independent operating systems are software collections that use their own software distribution, customised user interface (UI), software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API) (except billing API which is related only to the application store).
There are 18 third-party mobile app distribution platforms currently on this list.
| app store platform name |
date established |
status | owner | available apps |
download count |
install base |
device platform |
cut for developer per sale |
developer fees (per year) |
developer console |
development platform(s) (SDK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appcircle App Distribution | 2021 | live | Appcircle Inc | unknown | unknown | unknown | Android and iOS | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only |
| Appland | 2011 | live | Appland | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". [33] |
25 million (Mar 2016) |
5 million (Mar 2016) |
Android and iOS | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | unknown | unknown |
| Applivery App Distribution |
Feb 2017 | live | Applivery Mobility Management[34] |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Dec 2020) [34] |
unknown | unknown | Android and iOS | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | Yes | Android SDK, iOS SDK |
| Aptoide | 17 Nov 2009 | live | Aptoide | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Oct 2020) |
17.5 billion (Oct 2020) |
120 million (Oct 2020) |
Android and iOS | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | unknown | Android SDK, Java ME |
| Cafe Bazaar | Apr 2011 | live | Hezardastan Technologies | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (May 2019) [35] |
unknown | 40 million (May 2019) [35] |
Android | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | unknown | unknown |
| Cydia | Feb 2008 | live | saurik | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | unknown | 30 million | iOS | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | unknown | iOS SDK, Xcode |
| F-Droid | 29 Sep 2010 | live | F-Droid Limited |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". [36] |
248 million (Mar 2015) [37] |
unknown | Android | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | unknown | Android SDK |
| GetJar | 2004 | live | GetJar, Accel Partners |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Mar 2015) [38] |
3 billion (Mar 2015) [39] |
200 million users [38] |
multiple [40] Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, Java, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Phone |
Script error: No such module "sort". | free [40] |
unknown | unknown |
| Handango | 2000 | closed | PocketGear | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (MMM 20YY) [41] |
unknown | unknown | multiple [l 5] Android, BlackBerry OS, Palm OS, PSP, Symbian, Windows Mobile |
Script error: No such module "sort". | free | Template:Screen reader-only | unknown |
| Handmark | 2000 | closed | Handmark | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | unknown | unknown | multiple [l 6] Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile |
Script error: No such module "sort". | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| MiKandi | 29 Nov 2009 | closed | MiKandi | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | unknown | 80000 (Dec 2009) [42] |
Android [43] |
Script error: No such module "sort". | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Opera Mobile Store |
Mar 2011 | closed | Opera Software |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Nov 2014) [44] |
45 million per month (Dec 2012) [45] |
unknown | multiple [46] Android, Java, Symbian, BlackBerry OS, Windows Mobile, iOS |
Script error: No such module "sort".: Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile; 50%: Java [47] | free [47] |
unknown | Android SDK, Java ME, S60, BlackBerry SDK, Windows Phone Developer Tools |
| Onside | Mar 2025 | live | Onside | unknown | unknown | unknown | IOS | 0-10% | free | Yes | Payment SDK |
| Pocket Gear |
1999 | closed | PocketGear | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Jun 2010) [48] |
unknown | unknown | multiple Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile |
Script error: No such module "sort". | free | unknown | Template:Screen reader-only |
| Rootpk | 2022 | live | Rootpk | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Sep 2022) |
unknown | unknown | Android | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only |
| RuStore | 2022 | live | VK (company), MinTsifry Of Russia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Oct 2022) |
unknown | unknown | Android | unknown | free | unknown | Template:Screen reader-only |
| Updraft App Distribution | 2014 | live | Apps with love AG / Moqod BV. | unknown | 350,000+ in 2022[49] | 15,000 Users in 2022[49] | Android and iOS | 0 | free | Yes | iOS SDK, Android SDK |
| Uptodown App Store |
Nov 2011 | live | Uptodown Technologies |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". (Mar 2021) [50] |
450 million per month (Nov 2021) [51] |
unknown | Android | Script error: No such module "sort". | free | Yes | Template:Screen reader-only |
| date established |
status | owner | available apps |
download count |
install base |
device platform |
cut for developer per sale |
developer fees (per year) |
developer console |
development platform(s) (SDK) |
See also
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- Cloud gaming
- Mobile application management
- Mobile content management system
- Mobile device management
- List of mobile device management software
- Mobile security
- Over-the-air update
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