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- Free
- Open Source
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United StatesPlatforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
Google Play Store Alternatives
Google Play Store is described as 'Official Android marketplace for apps, games, books, movies, and more accessible via Android devices and web browsers with user reviews for each item' and is a leading App Store in the online services category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Google Play Store for a variety of platforms, including Android, Web-based, Android Tablet, F-Droid and Linux apps. The best Google Play Store alternative is F-Droid, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Google Play Store are Aurora Store, Steam, Aptoide and APKMirror.
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Alternatives list
66 AppBrain alternativesAppBrain is a website which makes sense out of the high number of apps available in the Google Play Store.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
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66 Apple App Store alternativesMarketplace offering 1.8 million apps in 175 storefronts, with secure payment options, expert-curated collections, daily content updates, strong privacy standards, and strict content moderation. Supports 195 payment methods in 45 currencies and instant downloads.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Online
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Apple TV
- Safari
- Apple Car Play
- visionOS
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G-Droid is a client application to browse the F-Droid repository. It has a slighly different approach of UI design to the F-Droid client.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Comments about G-Droid as an Alternative to Google Play Store
Almost everyone thinks G-Droid is a great Google Play Store alternative.
- G-Droid is Free and Open Source
- G-Droid is Lightweight and Privacy focused
67 AppAgg alternativesA web based Application Aggregator. Support all major platforms: Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Steam, GOG, Meta, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
61 GNOME Software alternativesSoftware lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Linux Mobile
- GNOME
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Comments about GNOME Software as an Alternative to Google Play Store
Gwrvan BarréGNOME Software is NOT an android app store !!!!!
its not for android, thus not a google play store alternative
Some users think GNOME Software is a great Google Play Store alternative, some don't.
- GNOME Software is Free and Open Source
- GNOME Software is Privacy focused and Lightweight
48 Blays Hub alternativesDownload, Install and Share apps & mods easily. FOSS and features Material You UI.
The project's aim is to promote free and open source software on the Android platform. Fossdroid takes its data from F-Droid and organizes the apps in an attractive Google Play-like arrangement, with the ability to view apps by what’s new / trending / most popular.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
7 App Lounge alternativesApp Lounge is the second iteration of the application store embedded within /e/OS. It allows everyone to access millions of applications directly from their phone home screen.
42 Hydra Launcher alternativesHydra is a Game Launcher with its own embedded BitTorrent Client and a self-managed repack scraper.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Comments about Hydra Launcher as an Alternative to Google Play Store
Google Play store is an Android App Store, hydra launcher is not, thus not a real alternative to the play store.
- Hydra Launcher is Freemium and Open Source
36 APKUpdater alternativesAPKUpdater is a tool that simplifies the process of finding updates for your installed apps. It will provide functionality similar to an app store without having to install the associated spyware that comes with it.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
- Android TV
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72 HUAWEI AppGallery alternativesAppGallery is a Huawei's official app distribution platform. You can use AppGallery on your Huawei mobile device to search, download, manage and share mobile apps.
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Has the advantage of being open source and only lists open source apps (since it uses the F-Droid repository), which has privacy benefits over Google play Store. It has a better interface than F-Droid, plus a system of labels, rankings and comments, that are lacking on the original F-Droid app. (personal experience: images, like logos, load way faster on G-droid than F-Droid for me)