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Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files.. This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.
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.
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The Google Play Store (originally the Android Market), operated and developed by Google, serves as the official app store for Android, allowing users to download apps developed with the Android software development kit (SDK) and published through Google. The store offers both free and paid apps.
In April 2015, BlueStacks, Inc. unveiled that a new version of the App Player, named 2.0, was under development for macOS and was eventually released in July. [14] In December 2015, BlueStacks, Inc. introduced BlueStacks 2.0, [15] enabling users to run multiple Android applications simultaneously. [16]
Leonardo Banchi of AndroidWorld recommended the application as a free alternative to other podcast apps. [20] In April 2023, Jon Gilbert and John Bradbury of Android Police recommended AntennaPod as one of the 17 best free open source apps on Android in 2023 [21] In January 2024 AntennaPod has hit 150,000 monthly active users on Google Play. [22]
This is a list of mobile apps developed by Google for its Android operating system. All of these apps are available for free from the Google Play Store, although some may be incompatible with certain devices (even though they may still function from an APK file) and some apps are only available on Pixel and/or Nexus devices. Some of these apps ...
This list of most-downloaded Google Play Store applications includes most of the free apps that have been downloaded at least 500 million times. As of 2024, thousands of Android applications have surpassed the one-million download milestone, with a significant subset reaching even higher thresholds.