One of the main characteristics of androidand what differentiates it from iOS, is that it is an open operating system, in which we are not tied to the play store to download apps. We can install applications in APK or APKM by other means, such as third-party app stores.
Some manufacturers already include their own application stores, such as the Galaxy Store on Samsung Galaxy or the AppGallery on Huawei, but on the web we find other application stores to download applications and games to our mobiles. We will now see The best alternatives to Google Play:
Aurora Store
Aurora Store It is an open source application store with a very neat interface where you will only find applications for free download. It has a powerful search engine that allows you to filter by downloadsranking, apps with ads, with in-app purchases, or filter by applications that depend on Google or not, i.e. if they require Google Play Services or Google Services Framework (GSF) to work. The store app is downloaded from auroraoss.com.
Uptodown
Created in Malaga, Uptodown It offers us a good alternative to discover and download free apps and games for our Android devices. It has both a web version, in which the APK is downloaded to our device, and an application version, in which we install the store on our device so that downloading and updating applications is as easy only in the Play Store.
Mirror APK
APKMirror is the most popular application repository, created by the famous media android font. It only has a web version and it is perfect when we want to download a new update or a specific version of our favorite applications. The only downside is that we need to know which APK we need to download and install APKMirror Installer in order to install apps in Android App Bundles.
Amazon app store
The Amazon app store is the official product store Fire from the manufacturer, which is also available for download for all other mobile devices that want to be able to download applications and games from another store. here Amazon apps are more comprehensive in letting you buy music and books, something that Amazon has removed from its apps on Google Play so as not to pay commissions to Google. Therefore, apps and games from the Amazon Appstore do not depend on Google Play Services. We need to install the store on our device from this link.
F-Droid
F-Droid is an open source store where you can find only open source apps such as the beautiful Read You RSS reader, all of which are free apps and a great place to find free alternatives to Google products. At f-droid.org, you can download applications from its website or install the store on your device.
Aptoid
Ultimately, Aptoid It is one of the best known alternatives to Google Play. It has a web version and its own app that you can download from es.aptoide.com. Its application store is very complete in which you will find an editorial section with recommendations and games of the week so that you can discover new content for your mobile.
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