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Stardust Store – An independent Android app marketplace

1 points by zishutron ↗ HN
Hi HN, I built Stardust Store, an independent Android app marketplace as part of my ZISHU TRON ecosystem. Website: https://stardustapkstore.zishuai.cloud The main idea is to focus on app discovery, rather than simply providing a large list of APKs. The current platform has: Editor's Choice Trending and New Releases Popular Apps and Games Search by name, developer and category Top Free / Paid / Grossing / Trending / Rated rankings App categories User profiles Wishlist Download history Reviews I built the project independently and I'm currently focusing on improving the marketplace based on feedback from users and developers. The Android version is also available here: Download APK: https://github.com/zishutron/Stardust-store/releases/download/v12.0.1/starduststore.apk

Privacy: https://stardustapkstore.zishuai.cloud/privacy

Terms: https://stardustapkstore.zishuai.cloud/terms

I'd especially appreciate feedback on the marketplace UX, discovery model, rankings, and what developers would expect from an alternative Android app marketplace.

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coretx
You could let real people curate & attest their apps in exchange for free updates. If done in a clever manner, this would keep the bots & astroturfers out of your system.
lucb1e
What's the advantage over, say, F-Droid?
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lucb1e
F-Droid has discovery also, showing all new releases as well as the ones with the most downloads ('trending'). But it sounds like you want it to be more commercial, where you promote vendors who pay for it. Are users even looking for that sort of thing? To have even more apps be pushed on them than they already need in life?