List of mobile app distribution platforms


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 native mobile app distribution platforms currently on this list.
app store
name		date
established		statusowneravailable
apps		download
count		installed
base		device
platform		allows
individual
developers
to publish		cut for
developer
per sale		developer
fees
development
tools
free of
charge
IDE?
Amazon
Appstore
for
Android		Amazon.com,
Inc.
Android OS
(customised), Android, BlackBerry 10		free
Amazon
Mobile
App SDK
yes
Apple
App Store
Apple Inc.
iOS
iPadOS
iOS SDK,
Xcode		yes
BlackBerry WorldBlackBerry
Limited


BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, BlackBerry 10 OSBlackBerry 10 native SDK, HTML5 Qt4 SDK, Android, Adobe AIR SDK, BlackBerry OS SDKyes
Download Fun / Catalog20 Sep 2003Danger, Inc. / MicrosoftDanger OSDanger OS SDKyes
Firefox
Marketplace		Mozilla
Foundation
Firefox OSyes
Google Play
Google, LLC

over
AndroidOne-time registration fee:
Android SDK, Android Studioyes
HP App
Catalog		Palm, Inc. / Hewlett-Packard


webOSEnyoyes
Huawei
AppGallery
Huawei
Technologies
Co., Ltd.		300,000

HarmonyOS, Android,
Huawei EMUI		 for first 2 years, then 70%-90% flexible
HarmonyOS SDK,
DevEco Studio, Android SDK,
HMS Core,
HMS Toolkit
yes
.
Microsoft
Store
Microsoft
Corp.


Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone - raised to 80% if developer sales exceeds US$25,000 in a year
One registration fee for both Windows Phone Store and Windows Store.		Visual Studio, Windows App Studio yes
Nokia
Download!
with the
Ovi Store		Nokia
Oyj		Symbian,
Series 40
Nokia
Store
,
replaced
with the
Opera Mobile Store		Nokia
Oyj
/day
~multiple
Symbian, MeeGo, Maemo, S40, Nokia X software platform		Qt 4 SDK, Nokia Web Tools, Nokia SDK for Javayes
OpenStore
for
Ubuntu
Touch		UBports

most Linux software applications will run on Ubuntu Touch		open-source mobile phones
Linuxyes
PureOS
Software
Center		 ?
Purism
supported by The Debian Project

most Linux software applications will run on PureOS		open-source mobile phones
Linuxyes
Samsung Galaxy Store
Samsung
Electronics		over
Android,
Tizen,
Windows
Mobile,
Bada		-
Snap StoreCanonical
Limited		Linux
distributions		Snapcraft
Ubuntu
Software
Centre
aka
Ubuntu
App Store		,
replaced by Snap Store		Canonical
Limited
Ubuntu TouchUbuntu SDKyes
Windows
Phone
Store
,
merged
with the
Windows Store		Microsoft
Corp.


Windows PhoneWindows Phone Developer Tools, includes specialty versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blendyes
date
established		statusowneravailable
apps		download
count		installed
base		device
platform		allows
individual
developers
to publish		cut for
developer
per sale		developer
fees
development
tools
free of
charge
IDE?

;Notes:
  • Google Play — App figures reported by app intelligence firms in 2025 indicate a substantial reduction in listed Play Store apps following tightened policy enforcement and purges. For details see TechCrunch / The Verge coverage.
  • Huawei AppGallery — commonly reported HMS / AppGallery figures are from Huawei / industry reporting in 2022; Huawei's HarmonyOS native app totals and developer counts have been advanced in Huawei's 2024–2025 messaging.

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, software development kit and application programming interface .
There are third-party mobile app distribution platforms currently on this list.
app store
platform
name		date
established		statusowneravailable
apps		download
count		install
base		device
platform		cut for
developer
per sale		developer
fees
developer
console		development
platform
Appcircle App Distribution2021Appcircle IncAndroid and iOS
ApplandAppland


Android and iOS
Applivery
App
Distribution		Applivery
Mobility Management
Android and iOSAndroid SDK, iOS SDK
AptoideAptoide


Android and iOSAndroid SDK, Java ME
Cafe BazaarHezardastan Technologies

Android
CydiasaurikiOSiOS SDK, Xcode
F-DroidF-Droid
Limited

AndroidAndroid SDK
GetJarGetJar,
Accel
Partners

 users
multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, Java, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Phone
HandangoPocketGear
multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Palm OS, PSP, Symbian, Windows Mobile
HandmarkHandmarkmultiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile
MiKandiMiKandi
Android
Opera
Mobile
Store		Opera
Software
 per month
multiple
Android, Java, Symbian, BlackBerry OS, Windows Mobile, iOS		: Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile; 50%: Java
Android SDK, Java ME, S60, BlackBerry SDK, Windows Phone Developer Tools
OnsideMar 2025liveOnsideunknownunknownunknownIOS0-10%freeYesPayment SDK
Pocket
Gear		PocketGear
multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile
RootpkRootpk
Android
RuStoreVK (company), MinTsifry Of Russia
Android
Updraft App Distribution2014live / .unknown350,000+ in 202215,000 Users in 2022Android and iOS0freeYesiOS SDK, Android SDK
Uptodown
App
Store		Uptodown
Technologies
 per month
Android
date
established		statusowneravailable
apps		download
count		install
base		device
platform		cut for
developer
per sale		developer
fees
developer
console		development
platform