The Top Android App Marketplaces Globally
You’re one of the smart ones who has realised that you can get a lot more “bang for your buck” by getting your app onto
multiple Appstores. We’ve put together an overview to help you decide which additional stores you could be distributing
your apps to based on your target demographics - who are they, where are they, what devices do they use - and what
type of app you are launching.
China Telecom Tianyi Store
China Telecom's Tianyi Store has a base of 186M mobile subscribers and provides high
quality music, books, videos, games, and apps for Android users. They help providers
promote their own platform in order to improve app distribution for the purpose of
maximizing profitability for the information service operator.
Tao App (Taobao)
Owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, Taobao is the PRC’s largest online
shopping website. Taobao invested $1.46M USD to secure the continuity of its open
platform (TOP) in order to offer app solutions built by independent developers for
merchants and consumers.
MTN Uganda
Zhuoyi Market
MTN is a leading emerging markets mobile app store which exists in 22 countries across
Africa and the Middle East. They develop app stores with a focus on targeting a
particular country's profile.
Zhuoyi Market is a comprehensive and efficient store committed to a product
concept with smooth download speed and improved performance. The Android
library produces 300M in downloads of music, live maps, system input, office business,
and videos.
Amazon Appstore
Naranya Market (Mexico, North America)
App China
Amazon is the largest internet-based retailer in the US. Home to over 120K apps,
Amazon is a natural gateway for the North American and European markets.
Naranya Market, the fastest growing Latin America mobile marketplace and payment
platform with over 600M mobile users.
Founded in 2011 with a 30M user base, AppChina has a library of 120K apps with an
average of 5K downloads per app. A unique feature is the pay back double system
for dollar loss generated by virus infected apps.
Global App Stores
Mumayi
Opera Mobile Store
Opera Mobile Store is a multi platform app store for Google, Android, BlackBerry,
Symbian, Windows Mobile, iOS, and HTML 5 with a monthly reach of 100M users. They
are competitive in Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, and South Africa.
China App Stores
Mumayi is an appstore for Android users with roughly 30K apps and read only memory
which reflects consumer habits for the purpose and improvement of the overall user
experience.
Samsung Apps
360 Mobile Assistant
EoeMarket
Samsung is used for devices manufactured by Samsung Electronics and is supported
by Bada and Android operating systems. The service is primarily shipped on Samsung's
Android-based Galaxy accessory, offering first-party and third-party software as a
competitor to the Google Play Store.
360 Mobile Assistant is the largest Android Platform in China with over 275M active
users and 30B downloads. Its open distribution store is adapted for common and
domestic payment methods.
EoeMarket is a Android based app store accessed primarily in Dongguan and
Shanghai, China which results in roughly 4K users per day.
Yandex
Tencent App Gem
Yandex is a Russian based internet company which operates the largest search
engine in the country and the 4th largest search engine worldwide.
Owned by Tencent Inc which is one of China’s largest and most used Internet service
portals. Tencent’s App Gem is the Chinese company’s solution to Android apps
downloads and allows users to download apps directly to their Android device via the
custom made app. There are versions of App Gem for both Android phones and
tablets and both can be used in conjunction with Tencent’s “iTunes of Android” system.
Yandex powers its own mobile ecosystem of apps, built on the Android platform,
which include apps for search, mail, and mobile maps with browser and cloud data
storage.
Affiliate Stores
Getjar
Baidu Mobile Assistant
AppBrain
Getjar is a Lithuania-based app store accessed across multiple platforms, including
RIM and Java. They are the world's largest free app store, resulting in roughly 3M
downloads per day.
Baidu Mobile Assistant is the largest search engine in China with its own appstore for
Android and PC. The search engine has an immediate install capability for apps.
AppBrain compiles information for Android OS in Switzerland and The Netherlands.
They provide users with the ability to browse, compare functionality, and download
directly.
MIUI app store
Aptoide
MIUI app store is an app store distributed by the Beijing-based phone manufacturer
with annual revenue of $12B USD in 2014. They have more than 3K apps and 10B
downloads within the first 2 year period and are focused on markets in China, Hong
Kong, and Taiwan.
Founded in 2011, Aptoide is a large independent Android app store which allows
people to set up and manage their own personalized app store. With the capability to
upload, test, and approve their own apps, Aptoide has a global reach of 3.5M
monthly active users. Their aim is to offer customization and branding for apps on
open source devices.
Airtel Gabon
Hi Market
Appland
Airtel operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Ranked 3rd worldwide for
mobile subscribers it has deployed several app stores which have the ability to filter
content according to local preferences/settings.
Hi Market is an app store run by Baidu for Android devices. It is a secondary channel
for the company to extend its market reach.
Appland is a white-label, cloud based, app store based in Sweden with a local market
focus. They provide local language capability and house both free and paid apps.
Airtel Kenya
Wandoujia
AppsLib
Airtel operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Ranked 3rd worldwide for
mobile subscribers it has deployed several app stores which have the ability to filter
content according to local preferences/settings.
Wandoujia is a China-based Android app store with 350M installs and an investment of
$120M USD from Goldman Sachs. They have a newly expanded library which includes
ebooks and videos.
AppsLib is a preinstalled tablet app store which lives in over 2M Android based tablets
such as Archos, Arnova and Naxa. They implement Paypal payment configuration
with a focus on premiere placement of tablet apps.
Airtel Nigeria
91 Mobile Assistant
Upload.com
Airtel operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Ranked 3rd worldwide for
mobile subscribers it has deployed several app stores which have the ability to filter
content according to local preferences/settings.
The 91 Mobile Assistant library houses a comprehensive variety of video games,
ringtones, and wallpaper for Android and iOS users. It was acquired by Baidu for $1.9B
USD in 2013 in order to expand their control of apps in China.
Upload.com is a CNET based product with a distribution network of over 100M
downloads across 200 countries for iOS and Android.
Airtel Rwanda
Anzhi Market
Mobango
Airtel operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Ranked 3rd worldwide for
mobile subscribers it has deployed several app stores which have the ability to filter
content according to local preferences/settings.
The Anzhi Market was the first app store in China to surpass 10M users of third party
apps. This equates to roughly 600M downloads and a library with over 450K products
which are mostly game related.
Mobango is a mobile app store supported by a social media community across all
platforms with 10M members and 1B monthly downloads, largely coming from Android
and Java operating systems. The US and India are its largest markets.
Airtel Sri Lanka
Huawei App Store
Mobiles24
Airtel operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Ranked 3rd worldwide for
mobile subscribers it has deployed several app stores which have the ability to filter
content according to local preferences/settings.
The Huawei App Store sold 13.7M products during Q1 2015 on their pre installed
Android app store.
Mobiles24 is focused solely on free apps as well as hosting other media related
content. They are a social app store that encourages users to generate downloads in
exchange for promoting the store.
Airtel Tanzania
Oppo Store
Nexva
Airtel operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Ranked 3rd worldwide for
mobile subscribers it has deployed several app stores which have the ability to filter
content according to local preferences/settings.
Oppo electronics is the 6th largest phone manufacturer in China which maintains full
control over their internal supply chain. They have pre set their store as the first stop for
their customers.
Nexva is a cloud based, multi-operating system supported app store. They provide
operator-direct billing for pre and post paid customers who are interested in
premium apps.
Airtel Zambia
China Unicom WoStore
Qelasy Learning Store
Airtel operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Ranked 3rd worldwide for
mobile subscribers it has deployed several app stores which have the ability to filter
content according to local preferences/settings.
Previously China's state controlled telecom company, China Unicom WoStore is the
online mobile app distribution platform of China Unicom and supports Android,
BlackBerry, iOS, and Symbian. Listed in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and New York, it offers a
robust store that's available to online business and supports various profitable channels.
Qelasy is Africa's first educational tablet. Launched in the Ivory Coast, Qelasy deploys
apps for students focused on education. Payments are handled via phone credit and
language is in French.
CaboApps
CMCC Market
SlideMe
CaboApps is the first store specifically for Cabo Verde, giving developers a way to
reach users across all operating systems. They use a payment mechanism that links to
all the banks in Cabo Verde thus allowing simple direct billing for users.
China Mobile is Mainland China's leading service provider supporting the world's
largest mobile customer base. They launched CMCC Mobile Application Market, an
Android and iOS based app store with a diverse library of goods.
SlideME is an alternative to Google Play which offers a wide range of free and
premium android Apps from application developers all around the world.
MTN Iran
Sogou Mobile Assistant
Soc.io Mall
MTN Iran is the second largest mobile phone network operator in Iran. All apps must
be approved by the Ministry of Culture, so indecent images are prohibited.
Sogou Mobile Assistant operates a popular search engine for smaller tiered cities in
China. Its mobile assistant app store for Android encourages developers to easily
upload content through a brief registration and audit process.
Deemed 'Everything Android You May Ever Need', Soc.io is an online Android Mall
selling a wide range of content ranging from apps, games, e-books, music, and videos.
MTN Congo
Lenovo Store
MTN Congo is the leading telecom company in Congo Brazzaville which is a French
speaking country. There are 4 million subscribers and about 1 million smart phones.
Their ratio of Android vs Blackberry is much higher in Congo than other African
markets.
Lenovo Group is a leading Chinese multinational computer technology company.
Their Android based app store is aimed at offering media content and ebooks upon
installation for smartphone devices and tablets.
MTN Nigeria
Coolmart app store
MTN Nigeria launched an app store powered by U.S. based appstore developer,
neXva. Dubbed the MTN Nigeria NextApps store, the store consists of free and
premium applications such as Efiko, Nigerian Constitution, aHausa and NewsBasket
and is initially only available to Android smartphone users.
Coolmart app store is a Shenzhen based smartphone manufacturer with an annual
production of 60M phones with an app store hosting a range of products.
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