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 | status | owner | available 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 , Android, BlackBerry 10 | free | Amazon Mobile App SDK | yes | |||||||
| Apple App Store | Apple Inc. | iOS iPadOS | iOS SDK, Xcode | yes | ||||||||
| BlackBerry World | BlackBerry Limited | BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, BlackBerry 10 OS | BlackBerry 10 native SDK, HTML5 Qt4 SDK, Android, Adobe AIR SDK, BlackBerry OS SDK | yes | ||||||||
| Download Fun / Catalog | 20 Sep 2003 | Danger, Inc. / Microsoft | Danger OS | Danger OS SDK | yes | |||||||
| Firefox Marketplace | Mozilla Foundation | Firefox OS | yes | |||||||||
| Google Play | Google, LLC | over | Android | One-time registration fee: | Android SDK, Android Studio | yes | ||||||
| HP App Catalog | Palm, Inc. / Hewlett-Packard | webOS | Enyo | yes | ||||||||
| 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 Java | yes | |||||
| OpenStore for Ubuntu Touch | UBports | most Linux software applications will run on Ubuntu Touch | open-source mobile phones | Linux | yes | |||||||
| PureOS Software Center | ? | Purism supported by The Debian Project | most Linux software applications will run on PureOS | open-source mobile phones | Linux | yes | ||||||
| Samsung Galaxy Store | Samsung Electronics | over | Android, Tizen, Windows Mobile, Bada | - | ||||||||
| Snap Store | Canonical Limited | Linux distributions | Snapcraft | |||||||||
| Ubuntu Software Centre aka Ubuntu App Store | , replaced by Snap Store | Canonical Limited | Ubuntu Touch | Ubuntu SDK | yes | |||||||
| Windows Phone Store | , merged with the Windows Store | Microsoft Corp. | Windows Phone | Windows Phone Developer Tools, includes specialty versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend | yes | |||||||
| date established | status | owner | available 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
There are third-party mobile app distribution platforms currently on this list.
| app store platform name | date established | status | owner | available apps | download count | install base | device platform | cut for developer per sale | developer fees | developer console | development platform |
| Appcircle App Distribution | 2021 | Appcircle Inc | Android and iOS | ||||||||
| Appland | Appland | Android and iOS | |||||||||
| Applivery App Distribution | Applivery Mobility Management | Android and iOS | Android SDK, iOS SDK | ||||||||
| Aptoide | Aptoide | Android and iOS | Android SDK, Java ME | ||||||||
| Cafe Bazaar | Hezardastan Technologies | Android | |||||||||
| Cydia | saurik | iOS | iOS SDK, Xcode | ||||||||
| F-Droid | F-Droid Limited | Android | Android SDK | ||||||||
| GetJar | GetJar, Accel Partners | users | multiple Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, Java, iOS, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Phone | ||||||||
| Handango | PocketGear | multiple Android, BlackBerry OS, Palm OS, PSP, Symbian, Windows Mobile | |||||||||
| Handmark | Handmark | multiple Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile | |||||||||
| MiKandi | MiKandi | 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 | ||||||
| Onside | Mar 2025 | live | Onside | unknown | unknown | unknown | IOS | 0-10% | free | Yes | Payment SDK |
| Pocket Gear | PocketGear | multiple Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile | |||||||||
| Rootpk | Rootpk | Android | |||||||||
| RuStore | VK, MinTsifry Of Russia | Android | |||||||||
| Updraft App Distribution | 2014 | live | / . | unknown | 350,000+ in 2022 | 15,000 Users in 2022 | Android and iOS | 0 | free | Yes | iOS SDK, Android SDK |
| Uptodown App Store | Uptodown Technologies | per month | Android | ||||||||
| date established | status | owner | available apps | download count | install base | device platform | cut for developer per sale | developer fees | developer console | development platform |