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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.
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.
This is an incomplete list of notable applications (apps) that run on iOS where source code is available under a free software/open-source software license.Note however that much of this software is dual-licensed for non-free distribution via the iOS app store; for example, GPL licenses are not compatible with the app store.
This list of most-downloaded Google Play Store applications includes most of the free apps that have been downloaded at least 500 million times. It's seen that Subway Surfers tops the gaming category and Remini app tops the Apps Category in 2022.
List of mobile app distribution platforms; A. List of Android apps by Google; List of Android launchers; E. List of endangered languages with mobile apps; F.
The App Store is a digital distribution platform which allows users to browse and download apps developed with Apple's iOS Software Development Kit.The App Store opened on July 10, 2008, with the release of IPhone OS 2, launching with 500 applications available.
The iPhone App Store opened on July 10, 2008. [10] [11] [12] On July 11, the iPhone 3G was released and came pre-loaded with support for App Store. [13] [14] Initially apps could be free or paid, but then in 2009, Apple added the ability to add in-app purchases [15] which quickly became the dominant way to monetize apps, especially games.
App ecosystem Feature Android iOS Tizen Sailfish OS Ubuntu Touch HarmonyOS; Official app store: Google Play: App Store: Tizen Store: Jolla Store: OpenStore: AppGallery: Non-discriminatory stores No, Some apps like Ad blockers are censored on Google Play [87] [88] but developers can distribute apps from their own sources