Ask HN: How many Android App stores do you use or develop for?

1 points by hashtag 11y ago ↗ HN

I've been an iPhone user from the start (since version 1) so I know very little about the Android ecosystem.

I know that there are multiple App Stores though such as Google Play, Amazon App Store, Samsung, and probably many more...

My first question is as a user, how many do you use and which ones?

My second is if you're a developer, how many do you place your app in?

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uberneo 11y ago ↗

the one which you have mentioned have crazy competition , try something like http://www.mobango.com/ , mobiles24.com . they are small but your app download count will be higher here as compared to the big bros..

on_and_off 11y ago ↗

As an user, I only use Google Play. All the apps are there, except for copyright infringing ones and porn. I guess you could add Humble Indie Bundle to the mix since they have an app (it is terrible though) but it only allows you to download games you have already bought on their website.

As a dev, our app is on Google Play, Amazon App Store (they pushed very hard for us to publish our app on their platform) and the Blackberry Store (common codebase with our Android app, but should be phased out soonish).