List of mobile app distribution platforms#Third-party platforms

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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. 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 {{Table row counter|tableno=1|ignore=2}} native mobile app distribution platforms currently on this list.

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!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

|{{Date table sorting|2011–3–22|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Amazon.com,
Inc.

|{{Sort|453706|453,706}}
(Q2 2020)
{{Cite web|url=https://www.Statista.com/statistics/307330/number-of-available-apps-in-the-amazon-appstore/|title=Number of available apps in the Amazon Appstore from 1st quarter 2015 to 2nd quarter 2020|website=www.Statista.com|publisher=Statista GmbH|date= |access-date=21 October 2020}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android OS
(customised)
, Android, BlackBerry 10

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}}

|free {{Cite web|url=https://Forums.Developer.Amazon.com/questions/1576/developer-account-cost.html|title=Developer Account Cost - Amazon Developer forums|website=Forums.Developer.Amazon.com|publisher=Amazon|date=22 August 2013|access-date=28 January 2021}}
(previously: US$90
(waive fee for 1st year, plus $50 AWS promo code)
)

|Amazon
Mobile
App SDK

{{Cite web|url=https://Developer.Amazon.com/public/resources/development-tools/sdk|title=Amazon Mobile App SDK|website=Developer.Amazon.com|publisher=Amazon|date= |access-date= }}

|yes

Apple
App Store

(iOS / iPadOS)

|{{Date table sorting|2008–7–10|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Apple Inc.

|{{Sort|2200000|2,200,000}}
(Jan 2017)
{{Cite web|last=Broussard|first=Mitchel|date=5 January 2017|url=https://www.MacRumors.com/2017/01/05/apple-busiest-day-app-store-imessage/|title=App Store sets new records with $240M in sales on New Year's Day, $20B paid to developers in 2016|website=www.MacRumors.com|publisher=MacRumors|access-date=26 October 2020}}

(1M iPad apps)
(Mar 2016)
{{Cite web|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|date=21 March 2016|url=https://www.TheVerge.com/2016/3/21/11277804/1-million-ipad-apps|title=There are now 1 million iPad apps|website=www.TheVerge.com|publisher=The VergeVox Media|access-date=26 October 2020}}

|{{Val|130|u=billion}}
(Jun 2016)
{{Cite web|last=Golson|first=Jordan|date=13 June 2016|url=https://www.TheVerge.com/2016/6/13/11922926/apple-apps-2-million-wwdc-2016|title=Apple's App Store now has over 2 million apps|website=www.TheVerge.com|publisher=The VergeVox Media|access-date=26 October 2020}}

|{{Val|800|u=million}}
(Jun 2014)
{{Cite web|last=Ingraham|first=Nathan|date=2 June 2014|title=Apple has sold more than 800 million iOS devices, 130 million new iOS users in the last year|url=https://www.TheVerge.com/2014/6/2/5772344/apple-wwdc-2014-stats-update|website=www.TheVerge.com|publisher=The VergeVox Media|access-date=26 October 2020}}

|iOS{{Cite web|url=https://Developer.Apple.com/|title=Apple Developer|website=Developer.Apple.com|publisher=Apple Inc.|date= |access-date=26 October 2020}}
iPadOS

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|60–70|60–70%}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.PressPadApp.com/blog/how-does-the-system-of-tiers-work-in-apple/|title=App Store pricing matrix for digital publishers - Apple system of price tiers|website=www.PressPadApp.com|publisher=PressPadApp|date=2015|access-date=26 October 2020}}
originally
56–70%
(varies depending on the country) {{Cite web|url=http://blog.PressPadApp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/App-Store-Pricing-Matrix.html|title=App Store pricing matrix|website=blog.PressPadApp.com|publisher=PressPadApp|date=September 2012|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816190817/http://blog.Presspadapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/App-Store-Pricing-Matrix.html|archive-date=16 August 2013}}

|{{Sort|99|US$99}}
{{Cite web|url=https://Developer.Apple.com/programs/how-it-works/|title=How it works - Apple Developer Program|website=Developer.Apple.com|publisher=Apple Inc.|date= |access-date=26 October 2020}}

|iOS SDK,
Xcode

|yes {{Cite web|url=https://Developer.Apple.com/programs/whats-included/|title=What's included - Apple Developer Program|website=Developer.Apple.com|publisher=Apple Developer|access-date=26 October 2020}}
(Xcode 6 is free on Mac App Store and Apple Developer)

BlackBerry World

|{{Date table sorting|2009–4–1|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/support/devices/end-of-life|title=BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS Services FAQ — End of Life|website=BlackBerry.com|publisher=BlackBerry|date=4 Jan 2022|access-date=6 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/end-of-a-smartphone-era-as-blackberry-phones-reach-the-end-of-the-line/|title=End of a smartphone era as BlackBerry phones reach the end of the line|website=ZDNet.com|publisher=ZDNet|date=4 Jan 2022|access-date=6 May 2023}}

|BlackBerry
Limited

(formerly
Research
In Motion)

|{{Sort|223601|223,601}}
(26 Oct 2013)
BlackBerry OS, PlayBook, and BlackBerry 10 apps
{{Cite web|url=http://www.appworldreport.com/|title=The App World analytics website|website=www.AppWorldReport.com|publisher=App World|date=|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-date=23 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123022818/http://www.appworldreport.com/|url-status=dead}}

|{{Val|3|u=billion}}
(May 2012)
{{Cite web|url=http://DevBlog.BlackBerry.com/2012/07/three-billion-and-counting/|title=Three billion and counting|website=DevBlog.BlackBerry.com|publisher=BlackBerry Developer Blog|date=July 2012|access-date=7 November 2012}}

|{{Val|75|u=million}}
(Jan 2012)
{{Cite web|publisher=Motorola il iDEN|url=http://www.IntoMobile.com/2010/06/25/rim-q1-2010-results-100-millionth-blackberry-served-24-revenue-increase-year-over-year/|title=RIM Q1 2010 results - 100 millionth BlackBerry served|website=IntoMobile.com|date=25 June 2010|access-date=6 December 2011}}

|BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, BlackBerry 10 OS{{Cite web|url=http://Na.BlackBerry.com/eng/developers/appworld/|title=BlackBerry App World vendor support|website=Na.BlackBerry.com|publisher=BlackBerry|date= |access-date=6 December 2011}}

|{{No|closed
for new app
submission}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}}
{{Cite web|last=Duryee|first=Tricia|url=http://mocoNews.net/article/419-blackberry-takes-larger-cut-of-developer-revenues-in-updated-app-world/|title=BlackBerry takes larger cut of developer revenues in updated App World|website=mocoNews.net|publisher=mocoNews|date=19 August 2010|access-date=6 December 2011}}

|{{Sort|00|free}}
{{Cite web|url=http://Na.BlackBerry.com/eng/developers/appworld/faq.jsp|title=BlackBerry App World FAQ|website=Na.BlackBerry.com|publisher=Research In Motion|date=|access-date=14 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729150323/http://developer.blackberry.com/devzone/blackberryworld/faq/|archive-date=29 July 2013}}

|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

{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2003 |title=T-Mobile Sidekick Update Notes |url=http://www.t-mobile.com/help/products/sidekick_updates.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030920045412/http://www.t-mobile.com:80/help/products/sidekick_updates.asp |archive-date=September 20, 2003 |access-date=September 26, 2022}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}} {{Cite web|url=http://www.Hiptop3.com/archives/downloadable-content-goes-away-march-2nd|title=Downloadable content goes away March 2nd - Sidekick 4G / Sidekick LX 2009 / Sidekick 2008 / Sidekick 3 / Hiptop 3|website=Hiptop3.com|publisher= |date=1 March 2011|access-date=6 December 2011}}

|Danger, Inc. / Microsoft

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Danger OS

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|40|40%}}

|{{Sort|00|free}}

|Danger OS SDK{{Cite web|url=http://Developer.Danger.com/|title=Danger Developer|website=Developer.Danger.com|publisher= |date=27 February 2009|access-date=6 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227045114/http://Developer.Danger.com/|archive-date=27 February 2009}}

|yes

Firefox
Marketplace

|{{Date table sorting|2013–9–6|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}} {{Cite web|url=https://wiki.Mozilla.org/Marketplace|title=Marketplace - MozillaWiki|website=wiki.Mozilla.org|publisher=Mozilla|date=30 March 2018|access-date=12 December 2018}}

|Mozilla
Foundation

|{{Sort|5957|5,957}}
(Mar 2014) {{Cite web|url=https://Marketplace.Firefox.com/search|title=Search results – Firefox Marketplace|website=Marketplace.Firefox.com|publisher=Firefox Marketplace|date= |access-date=11 March 2015}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Firefox OS

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}}
{{Cite web|url=https://Developer.Mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/Mozilla/Marketplace/FAQ#What_is_the_developer's_revenue_share|title=Firefox Marketplace FAQ - what is the developer's revenue share|website=Developer.Mozilla.org|publisher=Mozilla Developer Network|date= |access-date=12 December 2018}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|yes

Google Play
(formerly
Android
Market)

|{{Date table sorting|2008–10–22|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Google, LLC

|{{Sort|3500000|3,500,000}}
(Dec 2017)
{{Cite web|url=https://www.Statista.com/statistics/266210/number-of-available-applications-in-the-google-play-store/|title=Number of Google Play Store apps 2017|website=www.Statista.com|publisher=Statista GmbH|access-date=3 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.AppBrain.com/stats/number-of-android-apps|title=Number of Android applications|publisher=AppBrain|website=www.AppBrain.com|date=22 July 2016|access-date=22 July 2016}}

|{{Val|50|u=billion}}
(Jul 2013)
{{Cite web|url=http://Mashable.com/2013/07/18/google-play-50-billion-apps/|title=Google Play passes 50 billion app downloads|website=Mashable.com|publisher=Mashable|date=18 July 2013|access-date=24 November 2013}}

|over {{Val|2|u=billion}}
(May 2017)
{{Cite web|url=https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=S_M4B-pl05M|title=There are now 2 billion Android monthly active devices around the world|website=www.YouTube.com|publisher=The official YouTube Channel of Android|date=17 May 2017|access-date=17 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}

|Android
{{Cite web|url=http://Developer.Android.com/index.html|title=Android Developers|website=Developer.Android.com|publisher=Android Developers|date=|access-date=6 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206160159/http://developer.android.com/index.html|archive-date=6 December 2011|url-status=dead}}

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}}

|One-time registration fee: {{Sort|25|US$25}}
{{Cite web|url=https://support.Google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113468|title=Developer registration|publisher=Android Developer Help|website=Support.google.com|date= |access-date=24 November 2013}}

|Android SDK, Android Studio

|yes

HP App
Catalog

|{{Date table sorting|2009–6–6|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}}

|Palm, Inc. / Hewlett-
Packard

|{{Sort|10002|10,002}}
(Dec 2011) {{Cite web|url=http://www.Distimo.com/appstores/app-store/22-Palm_App_Catalog|title=App stores: Palm App catalog|website=www.Distimo.com|publisher= |date= |access-date=24 June 2011}}

|{{Val|108|u=million}}
(Aug 2011)
{{Cite web|url=http://www.Precentral.net/app_gallery-app_catalog|title=Official app catalog app gallery|website=www.Precentral.net|publisher= |date= |access-date=22 January 2011}}

|{{Val|2.6|u=million}}
(Jul 2010)
{{Cite web|url=http://www.comScore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/9/comScore_Reports_July_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share|title=comScore reports July 2010 U.S. mobile subscriber market share|website=www.comScore.com|publisher=comScore|date= |access-date=15 September 2010}}

|webOS{{Cite web|url=http://Developer.Palm.com/|title=Palm developer network|website=Developer.Palm.com|publisher=Palm, Inc.|date=29 August 2011|access-date=6 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215185031/https://developer.palm.com/|archive-date=15 December 2011}}

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}}
{{Cite web|url=http://Developer.Palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1840&Itemid=34|title=Developing and distributing with Palm: developer program details|website=Developer.Palm.com|publisher=Palm, Inc.|date=|access-date=4 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201180033/http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1840&Itemid=34|archive-date=1 December 2010|url-status=dead}}

|{{Sort|00|free}}

|Enyo

|yes

Huawei
AppGallery

|{{Date table sorting|2011|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
{{Cite web|url=https://www.XDA-Developers.com/appgallery-huawei-alternative-google-play-store-android/|title=AppGallery is Huawei's alternative to Google's Play Store on Android|website=www.XDA-Developers.com|publisher=XDA Developers|date=22 September 2019|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922211007/https://www.XDA-Developers.com/appgallery-huawei-alternative-google-play-store-android/|archive-date=22 September 2019|url-status=live}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Huawei
Technologies
Co., Ltd.

|220,000
(Nov 2022)
20,000
(Native - Jan 2025)
{{Cite web|url=https://www.XDA-Developers.com/the-best-announcements-from-hdc-together-2020/|title=The best announcements from Huawei Developer Conference 2020|website=www.XDA-Developers.com|publisher=XDA Developers|date=13 September 2020|access-date=25 October 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.Pocket-lint.com/phones/news/huawei/153722-how-huawei-appgallery-is-becoming-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with|title=How Huawei AppGallery is welcoming more big name global and local apps|website=www.Pocket-lint.com|publisher=Pocket-lint Limited|date=10 September 2020|access-date=25 October 2020}}

|432 billion
(Q4 2022){{cite web |last1=Astle |first1=Aaron |title=Huawei AppGallery surpasses 220,000 HMS apps and 580 million user milestones |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/80157/huawei-appgallery-surpasses-220000-hms-apps-and-580-million-user-milestones/ |website=Pocketgamer.biz |date=10 November 2022 |access-date=19 September 2023}}

|{{Val|1|u=billion}}
(Oct 2024)
{{Cite web|last=Grabham|first=Dan|date=24 July 2020|url=https://www.Pocket-lint.com/apps/news/huawei/151580-what-apps-can-you-actually-get-on-huawei-s-app-gallery|title=What apps can you actually get on Huawei's App Gallery?|website=www.Pocket-lint.com|publisher=Pocket-lint Limited|access-date=25 October 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Akhigbe |first1=Benjamin |title=HarmonyOS Next applications has reached 20,000 and 10 billion connected devices on Huawei ecosystem |url=https://www.harmony-developers.com/p/harmonyos-next-applications-has-reached |website=Harmony Developers |publisher=Harmony Developers |access-date=30 March 2025}}

|Android,
Huawei EMUI,HarmonyOS

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|100|100%}} for first 2 years, then 70%-90% flexible

|{{Sort|00|free}}

|Android SDK,
HMS Core,
HMS Toolkit

HarmonyOS SDK,

DevEco Studio

|yes
(Huawei Quick App IDE and DevEco Studio) {{Cite web|url=https://Developer.Huawei.com/consumer/en/doc/development/Tools-Guides/quickapp-obtain-ide|title=Quick App - Obtaining the Development Tool|website=Developer.Huawei.com|publisher=Huawei Developer|date= |access-date=25 October 2020}}

Microsoft
Store

(formerly
Windows Store)

|{{Date table sorting|2012–10–26|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Microsoft
Corp.

|{{Sort|669000|669,000+}}
(Sep 2015)

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Val|410|u=million}}
Windows PC devices
(Nov 2015)
23.03% of 1.775 billion PC installed base is about 410 million. (1.7 billion PC installed base in August is calculated as: Windows 10 is on more than 75M devices on 26 Aug (after 28 days) http://Blogs.Windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/08/26/windows-10-now-on-75-million-devices/ By linear approx. is 88M Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug (after 33 days). Base on estimation 5.21% of Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/, its mean about 1.7 billion PC devices on market. This also corresponds to https://www.Gartner.com/doc/1602818/forecast-pc-installed-base-worldwide and http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2791017 and also corresponds with 1.65 billion two months back (with 25M monthly increment) (http://Money.CNN.com/2015/06/24/technology/windows-microsoft-sales/).

On 30 Nov, is reported 23.03% share of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/.)
{{Val|93|u=million}}
smartphones
{{#tag:ref|Including Windows Phone 8.0, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile. Excluding Windows Phone 7, because although it is still live, so is no longer supported and never be able to take advantage of all types of applications (e.g. universal apps)|group=note|name=wp7}} (Sep 2015)
{{Cite web|url=http://blog.AdDuplex.com/2013/01/windows-phone-device-stats-for-january.html|title=Windows Phone device stats for January 2013|website=blog.AdDuplex.com|publisher=AdDuplex blog|date=8 January 2013|access-date= }}
{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/3061917|title=Gartner says emerging markets drove worldwide smartphone sales to 19 percent growth in first quarter of 2015|publisher= |date= |website=Gartner.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/3115517|title=Gartner says worldwide smartphone sales recorded slowest growth rate since 2013|publisher= |date= |website=Gartner.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/3169417|title=Gartner says emerging markets drove worldwide smartphone sales to 15.5 percent growth in third quarter of 2015|publisher= |date= |website=Gartner.com}}

|Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone

|{{Yes|yes}},
with
restriction {{#tag:ref|Microsoft classifies developer accounts to individual accounts and company accounts. Individual accounts are restricted from using specific app capabilities and cannot list desktop apps in Windows Store, while company accounts do not have this restriction.{{cite web|url=https://MSDN.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj863494.aspx|title=Account types, locations, and fees|publisher=Microsoft Developer Network|website=MSDN.Microsoft.com|date= 16 March 2023|access-date= }} Microsoft verifies company accounts by contacting the company official, while this is not done for individual accounts.{{Cite web|url=https://MSDN.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh868184.aspx#account_info|title=Opening a developer account|publisher=Microsoft Developer Network|website=MSDN.Microsoft.com|date= 16 March 2023|access-date= }}|group=note|name=Microsoft}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}} - raised to 80% if developer sales exceeds US$25,000 in a year

|{{Sort|19|individuals: US$19, or free for student; companies: US$99.}}
One registration fee for both Windows Phone Store and Windows Store.

|Visual Studio 2013 or higher for Windows 8.1.
Visual Studio 2015 or higher for Universal Apps.
Windows App Studio

|yes

Nokia
Download!

|{{Date table sorting|2006|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|replaced}}
with the
Ovi Store

|Nokia
Oyj

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Symbian (S60),
Series 40

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Nokia
Store

(formerly
Ovi Store)

|{{Date table sorting|2009–5–26|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}},
replaced
with the
Opera Mobile Store{{Cite press release|url=http://www.OperaSoftware.com/press/releases/mobile/a-new-and-improved-opera-mobile-store|title=Microsoft and Opera Software sign agreement to extend Opera Mobile Store to more Nokia phones|date=18 November 2014|publisher=Opera Software ASA|work=Opera press releases|access-date=26 March 2015}}

|Nokia
Oyj

|{{Sort|120000|120,000}}
(Aug 2012)
{{Cite web|url=http://www.Developer.Nokia.com/Distribute/Statistics.xhtml|title=Nokia Developer - global reach statistics|website=Developer.Nokia.com|publisher=Nokia Developers|date=22 August 2012|access-date=23 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810110440/http://www.developer.nokia.com/Distribute/Statistics.xhtml|archive-date=10 August 2012}}

|{{Val|17|u=million}}/day
(Oct 2012)

~{{Val|6|u=billion}}
(Aug 2012)
{{Cite web|url=http://www.AllAboutSymbian.com/news/item/14000_Nokia_store_passes_11_million_.php|title=Nokia store passes 11 million downloads a day|website=www.AllAboutSymbian.com|publisher=All About Symbian|date=10 January 2012|access-date=10 January 2012}}

|{{Val|885|u=million}}
{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}}

|multiple {{Cite web|url=http://Developer.Nokia.com|title=Nokia Developer - your idea, our tools|website=Developer.Nokia.com|publisher=Nokia|date=22 February 1999|access-date=24 November 2013}}
Symbian, MeeGo, Maemo, S40, Nokia X software platform

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}}

|{{Sort|01|1}}
{{Cite web|url=https://publish.ovi.com/|title=Nokia Developer - publishing your app|website=Publish.Ovi.com|publisher=Ovi|date=|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-date=12 March 2009|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090312055141/https://Publish.ovi.com/|url-status=dead}}

|Qt 4 SDK,{{Cite web|url=http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Qt/|title=Nokia Developer - Qt|website=Developer.Nokia.com|publisher=Nokia Developer|date=|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-date=27 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627115830/http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Qt/|url-status=dead}} Nokia Web Tools,{{Cite web|url=http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Web/Tools/Nokia_Web_Tools/|title=Nokia Developer - Nokia Web Tools|website=Developer.Nokia.com|publisher=Nokia Developer|date=|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-date=22 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622232437/http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Web/Tools/Nokia_Web_Tools/|url-status=dead}} Nokia SDK for Java, Java ME,{{Cite web|url=http://www.developer.nokia.com/Resources/Tools_and_downloads/|title=Nokia Developer - Tools centre|website=Developer.Nokia.com|publisher=Nokia Developer|date=|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-date=22 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622053819/http://www.developer.nokia.com/Resources/Tools_and_downloads/|url-status=dead}} Nokia X services SDK{{Cite web|url=http://Developer.Nokia.com/nokia-x/platform-overview|title=Nokia X Platform overview|author=Microsoft|website=Developer.Nokia.com|publisher=Nokia Developer|date= |access-date= }}

|yes

OpenStore
for
Ubuntu
Touch

|{{Date table sorting|2014–9|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
{{Cite web|url=https://lists.Launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg09864.html|title=Landing team 16.09.14 : mailing list archive : ubuntu-phone team in Launchpad|website=lists.Launchpad.net|publisher=Launchpad|date= |access-date=23 December 2014}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|UBports
(a democracy)

|{{Sort|001|many}}
most Linux software applications will run on Ubuntu Touch

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|open-source mobile phones

|{{Yes|yes}}
(anything packaged in the Ubuntu package database should run)

|{{Sort|000|{{N/a}}}}

|{{Sort|00|free}}

|Linux

|yes

PureOS
Software
Center

|{{Date table sorting|2017–11|format=dmy|abbr=on}} ?
{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Purism

supported by The Debian Project
(a democracy)

|{{Sort|001|quite many}} {{Cite web|title=⚡ PureOS frequently asked questions (FAQ)|url=https://Tracker.PureOS.net/w/faq/|website=Tracker.PureOS.net|publisher=PureOS|date= |access-date= }}
most Linux software applications will run on PureOS

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|open-source mobile phones

|{{Yes|yes}}
(anything packaged in the Debian package database should run)

|{{Sort|00|0}}

|{{Sort|00|free}}

|Linux

|yes

Samsung Galaxy Store
(formerly
Samsung
Galaxy Apps)

|{{Date table sorting|2009–9|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Samsung
Electronics

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|over {{Val|1|u=billion}}
(Oct 2020)

{{Cite web|title=Samsung Push Service - android market data, growth & stats|url=https://AndroidRank.org/application/samsung_push_service/com.sec.spp.push|website=AndroidRank.org|publisher=AndroidRank|date=16 October 2020|access-date=22 October 2020}}

|Android,
Tizen,
Windows
Mobile
,
Bada

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Snap Store

|{{Date table sorting|2014–12–9|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
{{Cite web|last=Shuttleworth|first=Mark|date=9 December 2014|url=https://MarkShuttleworth.com/archives/1434|title=Announcing Ubuntu Core, with snappy transactional updates!|website=MarkShuttleworth.com|publisher=Mark Shuttleworth|access-date=22 October 2020}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Canonical
Limited

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Linux
distributions

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|000|{{N/a}}}}

|{{Sort|00|free}}

|Snapcraft

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Ubuntu
Software
Centre

aka
Ubuntu
App Store

|{{Date table sorting|2013–10–17|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}},
replaced by Snap Store

|Canonical
Limited

|{{Sort|2650|2,650+}}
(Dec 2015, incl. web apps & scopes)
{{Cite web|title=uApp Explorer|url=https://uAppExplorer.com/|website=uAppExplorer.com|publisher=uAppExplorer|date=|access-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518183355/https://uappexplorer.com/|archive-date=18 May 2019|url-status=dead}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Ubuntu Touch

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|000|{{N/a}}}}

|{{Sort|00|free}}

|Ubuntu SDK

|yes

Windows
Phone
Store

(formerly
Windows
Phone
Marketplace)

|{{Date table sorting|2010–10–21|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}},
merged
with the
Windows Store{{Cite web|url=https://MSPowerUser.com/microsofts-universal-app-store-goes-live-web/|title=(Update: it's not the new unified Windows Store) Microsoft's universal app store for Windows 10 goes live on the web|publisher=MSPowerUser|date=16 July 2015|website=MSPowerUser.com|access-date= }}

|Microsoft
Corp.

|{{Sort|400000|400,000+}}
(Mar 2015)

{{Cite web|url=http://WMpoweruser.com/microsoft-reports-50-active-windows-phone-user-growth-over-the-last-year-400000-apps-in-the-store/|title=Microsoft reports 50% active Windows Phone user growth over the last year, 400,000 apps in the store|publisher=MSPowerUser|date=25 March 2015|website=WMpoweruser.com|access-date= }}

|{{Val|9|u=billion}}
(Mar 2015)

({{Val|105}} per device)

|{{Val|100|u=million}}
(Jun 2015)
{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2335616|title=Gartner says worldwide mobile phone sales declined 1.7 percent in 2012|website=Gartner.com|publisher= |date=13 February 2013|access-date=24 November 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2996817|title=Gartner says smartphone sales surpassed one billion units in 2014|website=Gartner.com|publisher=Gartner|date= |access-date= }}{{Cite web|url=http://WMPowerUser.com/microsoft-now-sold-100-million-windows-phones/|title=Microsoft has now sold over 100 million Windows Phones|publisher=MSPowerUser|date=21 July 2015|website=WMPowerUser.com|access-date= }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2665715|title=Gartner says annual smartphone sales surpassed sales of feature phones for the first time in 2013|website=Gartner.com|publisher=Gartner|date= |access-date= }}
{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2482816|title=Gartner says Asia/Pacific led worldwide mobile phone sales to growth in first quarter of 2013|website=Gartner.com|publisher=Gartner|date= |access-date= }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2573415|title=Gartner says smartphone sales grew 46.5 percent in second quarter of 2013 and exceeded feature phone sales for first time|website=Gartner.com|publisher=Gartner|date= |access-date= }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2623415|title=Gartner says smartphone sales accounted for 55 percent of overall mobile phone sales in third quarter of 2013|website=Gartner.com|publisher=Gartner|date= |access-date= }}

|Windows Phone{{Cite web|url=http://create.msdn.com/en-US/|title=Windows Phone 7|website=create.MSDN.com|publisher=Microsoft Developer Network|date=|access-date=|archive-date=10 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110151757/http://create.msdn.com/en-US|url-status=dead}}

|{{Yes|yes}}

|{{Sort|70|70%}}

|{{Sort|19|individuals: US$19, or free for student; companies: US$99 / unlimited paid apps, and 100 free apps submissions.}}{{Cite web|url=http://MSDN.Microsoft.com/library/windowsphone/help/jj206719%28v=vs.105%29.aspx|title=Registration info|publisher=Microsoft Developer Network|website=Microsoft.com|date= |access-date= }}{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.Windows.com/windows/b/appbuilder/archive/2013/11/06/unifying-developer-registration-windows-and-windows-phone.aspx|title=Unifying developer registration: Windows and Windows Phone|website=blogs.Windows.com|publisher=Building Apps for Windows|date= |access-date= }}
One registration fee for both Windows Phone Store and Windows Store.

|Windows Phone Developer Tools, includes specialty versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend

|yes

date
established
statusowneravailable
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:

{{Reflist|group=note}}

=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 {{Table row counter|tableno=2|ignore=2}} third-party mobile app distribution platforms currently on this list.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:92%"

!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

|{{Site active|live}}

|Appcircle Inc

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android and iOS

|{{Sort|0}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/a}}

Appland

|{{Date table sorting|2011|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Appland

|{{Number table sorting|130,000}}
{{Cite web|url=http://www.AppLandInc.com/|title=Appland web page|date= |website=www.ApplandInc.com|publisher=Appland, Inc.|access-date=29 March 2016}}

|{{Val|25|u=million}}
(Mar 2016)

|{{Val|5|u=million}}
(Mar 2016)

|Android and iOS

|{{Sort|70|up to 70%}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Applivery
App
Distribution

|{{Date table sorting|2017-02|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Applivery
Mobility Management{{Cite web|url=https://www.applivery.com/about|title = About us | Applivery Mobility Management|date = 25 November 2021}}

|{{Number table sorting|2,000,000+}}
(Dec 2020)
{{Cite web|url=https://www.applivery.com/about|title = About us | Applivery Mobility Management|date = 25 November 2021}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android and iOS

|{{Sort|0}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Yes}}

|Android SDK, iOS SDK

Aptoide

|{{Date table sorting|2009–11-17|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Aptoide

|{{Number table sorting|1,100,000}}
(Oct 2020)

|{{Val|17.5|u=billion}}
(Oct 2020)

|{{Val|120|u=million}}
(Oct 2020)

|Android and iOS

|{{Sort|75|up to 75%}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android SDK, Java ME

Cafe Bazaar

|{{Date table sorting|2011–04|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Hezardastan Technologies

|{{Number table sorting|160,000}}
(May 2019)
{{Cite web|last=Ahmadi|first=Alireza|date=10 April 2019|url=https://Medium.com/cafebazaar/factsheet-cafe-bazaar-2bf908cc23d0|title=Factsheet: Cafe Bazaar - Cafe Bazaar|website=Medium.com|publisher= |access-date=17 July 2019}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Val|40|u=million}}
(May 2019)

|Android

|{{Sort|70|up to 70%}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Cydia

|{{Date table sorting|2008–02|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|saurik

|{{Number table sorting|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Val|30|u=million}}

|iOS

|{{Sort|000|{{N/a}}}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|iOS SDK, Xcode

F-Droid

|{{Date table sorting|2010–09–29|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|F-Droid
Limited

|{{Number table sorting|4,002}}
F-Droid Client --> Settings --> Repositories --> F-Droid --> Number of apps — 13 Dec 2022

|{{Val|248|u=million}}
(Mar 2015) {{Cite web|title=Downloads data|url=https://Gitorious.org/f-droid/fdroiddata/source/master:stats/total_downloads_app.txt|website=Gitorious.org|publisher=Gitorious|date= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140130182159/https://Gitorious.org/f-droid/fdroiddata/source/master:stats/total_downloads_app.txt|archive-date=30 January 2014|access-date=11 March 2015}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android

|{{Sort|000|{{N/a}}}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android SDK

GetJar

|{{Date table sorting|2004|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|GetJar,
Accel
Partners

|{{Number table sorting|849,036}}
(Mar 2015)
{{Cite web|url=http://www.GetJar.com/about|title=GetJar - mobile - the worlds biggest open app store|website=www.GetJar.com|publisher=GetJar|date= |access-date=13 March 2015}}

|{{Val|3|u=billion}}
(Mar 2015)
{{Cite web|url=http://Developer.GetJar.com/android/company-2/|title=Company - GetJar Developers|website=Developer.GetJar.com|publisher=GetJar|date= |access-date=13 March 2015}}

|{{Val|200|u=million}} users

|multiple {{Cite web|url=http://My.GetJar.com/site/Developers|title=GetJar - mobile - the worlds biggest open app store|website=My.GetJar.com|publisher=GetJar|date= |access-date= }}
Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, Java, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Phone

|{{Sort|000|{{N/a}}}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Handango

|{{Date table sorting|2000|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}}

|PocketGear

|{{Number table sorting|190,000}}
(MMM 20YY)
{{Cite web|url=http://Assets.Handango.com/marketing/collateral/HandangoOverview.pdf|title=Handango overview|website=Assets.Handango.com|publisher=Handango|date=|access-date=23 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724000147/http://assets.handango.com/marketing/collateral/HandangoOverview.pdf|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|multiple {{Cite web|url=http://www.Handango.com/info/Partner.jsp?storeId=2218|title=Handango's partners|website=www.Handango.com|publisher=Handango|date= |access-date= }}
Android, BlackBerry OS, Palm OS, PSP, Symbian, Windows Mobile

|{{Sort|42|≈42%}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{N/a}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Handmark

|{{Date table sorting|2000|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}}

|Handmark

|{{Number table sorting|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|multiple {{Cite web|url=http://www.Handmark.com/company/application_developers.php|title=Handmark - OneLouder Apps|website=Handmark.com|publisher= |date= |access-date= }}
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

MiKandi

|{{Date table sorting|2009–11–29|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|closed}}

|MiKandi

|{{Number table sorting|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Val|80,000}}
(Dec 2009) {{Cite web|title=Android adult-only app store MiKandi launches on a natural high|author=Jordan, Jon|date=9 December 2009|publisher=Pocket Gamer|url=http://www.PocketGamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/MiKandi/news.asp?c=17206MiKandi|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005031132/http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/MiKandi/news.asp?c=17206MiKandi|archive-date=5 October 2010}}

|Android
{{Cite web|author=Matyszczyk, Chris|date=29 November 2009|title=Droid does, iPhone doesn't: The porn app store|url=http://News.CNET.com/8301-17852_3-10405884-71.html|website=News.CNET.com|publisher=CNET|access-date=7 April 2010}}

|{{Sort|000|{{Unknown|unknown}}}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

Opera
Mobile
Store

|{{Date table sorting|2011–03|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}}

|Opera
Software

|{{Number table sorting|300,000}}
(Nov 2014)
{{Cite press release|url=http://www.OperaSoftware.com/ru/press/releases/mobile/release-2014-11-18|title=Microsoft and Opera Software sign agreement to extend Opera Mobile Store to more Nokia phones|date=18 November 2014|publisher=Opera Software ASA|work=Opera Press Releases|access-date=20 November 2014}}

|{{Val|45|u=million}} per month
(Dec 2012)
{{Cite press release|url=http://www.OperaSoftware.com/press/releases/mobile/a-new-and-improved-opera-mobile-store|title=A new and improved Opera Mobile Store|date=27 February 2012|publisher=Opera Software ASA|work=Opera Press Releases|access-date=12 December 2012}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|multiple {{Cite web|url=http://Publishers.MobileStore.Opera.com/|title=Opera Publisher Portal|website=Publishers.MobileStore.Opera.com|publisher=Opera Software ASA|date= |access-date= }}
Android, Java, Symbian, BlackBerry OS, Windows Mobile, iOS

|{{Sort|70|70%}}: Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile; 50%: Java {{Cite web|url=http://Apps.Opera.com/docs/DistributionAgreementHandster_standard.pdf|title=Software Distribution Agreement|website=Apps.Opera.com|publisher=Opera Software|date= |access-date=29 November 2012}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android SDK, Java ME, S60, BlackBerry SDK, Windows Phone Developer Tools

Pocket
Gear

|{{Date table sorting|1999|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site inactive|closed}}

|PocketGear

|{{Number table sorting|140,000}}
(Jun 2010)
{{Cite web|title=PocketGear – about|url=http://Corp.PocketGear.com/about.html|website=Corp.PocketGear.com|publisher=PocketGear|date= |access-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100220000821/http://Corp.PocketGear.com/about.html|archive-date=20 February 2010|url-status=dead}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile

|{{Sort|55|≈55%}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{N/a}}

Rootpk

|{{Date table sorting|2022|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Rootpk

|{{Number table sorting|700,000+}}
(Sep 2022)

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android

|{{Sort|90|90%}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/a}}

{{Not translated|RuStore|ru|RuStore}}

|{{Date table sorting|2022|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|VK (company), MinTsifry Of Russia

|{{Number table sorting|21,000+}}
(Oct 2022)

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|{{N/a}}

Updraft App Distribution

|2014

|live

|[https://appswithlove.com Apps with love AG] / [https://moqod.com Moqod BV].

|unknown

|350,000+ in 2022{{Cite web |year=2023 |orig-date=March 21, 2023 |title=Updraft App Distribution Blog |url=https://getupdraft.com/blog/app-distribution-ios-and-android-updraft-2023}}

|15,000 Users in 2022

|Android and iOS

|0

|free

|Yes

|iOS SDK, Android SDK

Uptodown
App
Store

|{{Date table sorting|2011-11|format=dmy|abbr=on}}

|{{Site active|live}}

|Uptodown
Technologies

|{{Number table sorting|2,500,000}}
(Mar 2021)
{{Cite press release|url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/a-pandemic-year-in-apps-according-to-uptodown-study-1030170741|title=A pandemic year in apps, according to Uptodown study|publisher=Business Insider|date= |access-date=25 Nov 2021}}

|{{Val|450|u=million}} per month
(Nov 2021)
{{Cite web|url=https://en.uptodown.com/aboutus/uptodown|title=We are Uptodown|date=March 2021|publisher=Uptodown|work=About page|access-date=25 November 2021}}

|{{Unknown|unknown}}

|Android

|{{Sort|80|80%}}

|{{Free|free}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/a}}

date
established
statusowneravailable
apps
download
count
install
base
device
platform
cut for
developer
per sale
developer
fees
(per
year)
developer
console
development
platform(s)
(SDK)

See also

References

{{Reflist|32em}}

=Device platform references=

{{Reflist|group=l}}

{{Mobile phones}}

{{Mobile operating systems}}

{{Software digital distribution platforms}}

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