In terms of content, Uptodown maintains a much more open policy for app developers in comparison to Google Play, to the point that 9 of the 20 most downloaded applications from this portal are not published on Google Play. Aiming to liberalize a sector which until now was under tight control by the popular search engine, Uptodown is now offering an independent alternative App Store to open up and democratize access to apps and provides content accessible from any region or device. Uptodown has a consolidated position on the web, and is one of the 100 most visited sites globally with the distinction of being the Spanish website with the most traffic in the world according to Alexa ranking. The leading download portal for mobile apps delivers more than 2 billion annual app downloads through its website, and from today is a standalone rival in competing with Google for Android mobile downloads as it is now offering a full-featured alternative native App Store for Android terminals. It is also implementing automatic updates to install new versions of apps providing users with tailored downloads according to their device requirements while also remaining fully compatible but independent from Google Play services.įrom worldwide leader to competing with Google.The official Uptodown App Store is launching with full access to the site’s extensive catalog of over 4 million apps* and 150,000 app reviews provided in 15 languages, including the option to download and use them from any region and any device with no restrictions.

This expansion to their services provides users with a complete app management and install tool from its own completely Google-independent App Store.

From Uptodown’s website there are currently over 2 billion app downloads a year, ranking as one of the 100 most visited sites in the world (Alexa Rank).

For the first time ever, users and Android device manufacturers have access to an independent alternative to Google Play to install apps legally and securely via Uptodown’s native app.

Let me copy here some details our team is sharing with colleagues, friends, collaborators and press. This is a huge moment for us now that we have a totally independent native App Store for Android, produced from scratch. We are really excited about spreading the news on our release to the Android community.

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