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   Aurora Store

    367 likes

   Open source platform for searching, downloading, and updating Android apps from Google Play, supporting login with personal or anonymous accounts, device and locale spoofing, privacy tracker insights, manual older version downloads, and app compatibility checks.

   77 Aurora Store alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Store
   • Software Installer

   Origin

   • India

   Since

   • Since 2018

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • F-Droid
   • OpenAPK

   • India

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment by zlelmefs · Jun 2, 2025

   Both Aurora and F-Droid allow users to access large libraries of safe, official APKs and keep them updated. However, the F-Droid library focuses on marking apps that have potentially unwanted behaviors, and entirely excluding malicious behaviors like ads. The Aurora store is just an anonymous way to access Google Play, and the apps on it are not screened for antifeatures- because Google loves antifeatures!

   Top Negative Comment by Mr Gaylord · Feb 14, 2025

   While you can optionally update apps installed through F-droid via Aurora, you can't add F-droid repositories to it, so, as the other comment states, it's a play store alternative and not a F-droid one.

   Negative comment by coffee415 · Mar 21, 2026

   As many people have mentioned, it's a Google Play storefront.

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   • Aurora Store is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
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   Droid-ify

    153 likes

   Lightweight, minimal Android client for alternative app repositories with a clean interface, offering background updates, session, root, and Shizuku installs, customizable repos, manual updates, offline access after first sync, and settings for update preferences.

   30 Droid-ify alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Store
   • Software Installer

   Origin

   • India

   Since

   • Since 2022

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • F-Droid
   • OpenAPK

   • India

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment by meatzombie · Jan 11, 2024

   Free and reliable app store with pleasantly looking modern interface

   Comment by zlelmefs · Jun 2, 2025

   This is an extremely minor reskin of the fdroid client with no noticeable functionality changes. People say it has more apps, but that's just because it comes with the izzyondroid repository pre-installed. You can also add that to f-droid itself for the same effect.

   Positive comment by Myrano · Apr 2, 2025

   Is faster and has a better UI than F-Droid

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   • Droid-ify is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
   • Droid-ify is MinimalisticF-Droid is not according to our users
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   Obtainium

    151 likes

   Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

   67 Obtainium alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Store
   • Software Installer

   Origin

   • Canada

   Since

   • Since 2022

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • Obtainium
   • F-Droid
   • Android TV
   • OpenAPK

   • Canada

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Feb 18, 2024

   It is a lightweight android app install manager,you can use it download many app on different source and it doesn’t need so many privilege like F-droid/F-droid basic.

   Positive comment by Dejan Stanojevic · Jul 7, 2026

   It gives much more freedom to the user than F-Droid. It has different style - no app is suggested, but search is available, and F-Droid repo is just one of available choices. If you know what you are looking for, you'll probably find it. More freedom, less convenient - but I come to love Android because of the freedom it gives its users. We'll see what happens soon, after Android changes.

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   • Obtainium is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
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   IzzyOnDroid

    85 likes

   An independent, privacy-focused repository for open-source Android applications; distributing developer-signed open-source applications with additional security, provenance, and transparency checks.

   62 IzzyOnDroid alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Store
   • Software Installer

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Since

   • Since 2022

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • F-Droid

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by zlelmefs · Jun 2, 2025

   This is a repository of apps that(mostly) are missing from F-Droid for one reason or another. IoD does not have any app of its own. You can add this repository to the F-Droid app and use both together, so calling this an alternative is misleading.

   Positive comment by PingusMaximus · Jun 22, 2023

   Another free and opensource appstore thats supposed to be faster than F-Droid

   Make sure to add their repo to the many available F-Droid apps!

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   • IzzyOnDroid is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
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   Neo-Store

    105 likes

   The modern and feature-rich F-Droid client for everyone! (Unofficial F-Droid client)

   44 Neo-Store alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Store
   • Software Installer

   Origin

   • International

   Since

   • Since 2021

   Platforms

   • Android
   • F-Droid
   • OpenAPK

   • Global

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by metallicdoritos · Oct 4, 2023

   Much cleaner UI/UX than F-Droid IMO. Plus, option to auto-update, multiple app repository syncing and better search engine.

   Comment by showcase2 · Jun 7, 2025

   Has a nice Interface and more options than F-Doid, but also a major downside: It doesn't list the Links for Creator-Websites or the Source-Code of apps

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   • Neo-Store is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
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   APKMirror

    119 likes

   In an effort to make things easy, and maybe even fun, AndroidPolice.com created APK Mirror. Over the past several months, they've been working to build a smooth, reliable, trust-worthy site to host the downloads users love.

   94 APKMirror alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Store
   • Software Installer

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2015

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Android
   • Android Tablet

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by PingusMaximus · Jun 22, 2023

   Important source of closed-source apps or previous versions. Pretty annoying to use, and not a replacement for F-Droid, but important

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   • APKMirror is Free and ProprietaryF-Droid is Free and Open Source
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   GNOME Software

    52 likes

   Software lets you install and update applications and system extensions.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Software Installer
   • App Store

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2017

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Linux Mobile
   • GNOME

   • United States

   

   

   

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    Blays Hub

     17 likes

    Download, Install and Share apps & mods easily. FOSS and features Material You UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • App Store
    • Package Manager

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Android

    

    

    

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    G-Droid

     56 likes

    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 (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • App Store
    • Software Installer

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Comment by PingusMaximus · Jun 22, 2023

    Very good approach with important added data. F-Droid just has no ratings, searching by Developer, Commenting. But it is no longer developed and unstable, so no good alternative poorly.

    Positive comment by Guest · Jan 8, 2019

    Same repository as F-Droid, but adds more information (such as author, and other apps by said author) Github/Gitlab(?) rating and release cycle/rolling stages.

    As of writing this (January 8, 2019) G-Droid is still BETA but very functional, I personally use it (along side F-Droid)

    Negative comment by Kezxo · Jun 13, 2024

    I was about to say that no other F-Droid app allows for deep searching of your repos but then I discovered that Droid-ify does that now so consider use that instead.

    (You should still have regular F-Droid installed of course)

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    • G-Droid is Free and Open SourceF-Droid is also Free and Open Source
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    Software Manager

     24 likes

    A software manager for the Linux Mint operating system to easily install new applications.

    28 Software Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Package Manager
    • App Store

    Origin

    • Ireland
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • Ireland
    • EU

    

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    Florid

     6 likes

    Browse, search, and install open-source Android apps from the F-Droid repository with a clean Material 3 UI. Built with Flutter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • App Store
    • Software Installer

    Origin

    • India

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    • India

    

    

    

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    Souk

     10 likes

    A flatpak-based app store, written with GTK4 and Rust.

    74 Souk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • App Store
    • Package Manager

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • Germany
    • EU

    

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