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Best Android game stores	Price	License	Last Updated
-- F-Droid	-	FLOSS	Feb 1, 2019
-- Amazon Appstore for Android	-	-	Jan 1, 2019
-- The Humble Store	-	-	Jul 12, 2018
-- IndieGameStand	-	-	Jan 9, 2019
-- itch.io	-	-	Jan 1, 2019

F-Droid

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No ratings/comments/number of downloads

All apps are presented equally. It is difficult to judge an app's quality/popularity before trying it. On the upside, descriptions are fair (written by the F-Droid maintainers, not by the app authors). See More

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All apps have no ads nor tracking

This alone can be a great reason to use the apps available on F-Droid, but there is also the fact that this can increase battery life due to tracking and ads never requiring a data connection, since they are not present. See More

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Not all apps have screenshots

It can be difficult to tell what an app is like without installing it. See More

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All titles are free and open source

All apps and games on F-Droid are free and open source (FOSS), making for a complete store resource for users who want to use only open source software on their device. See More

Top Con

It doesn't have all the open source apps

There are many open source apps that aren't available on F-Droid due to their authors not making it available on that particular app store. One example is Omni Noted, which is on the Play Store but not F-Droid. See More

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F-Droid compiles all packages

F-Droid compiles all the packages themselves ensuring a high level of security. Other stores just allow the developer to upload the app already compiled, meaning anything malicious could be in the app. See More

Top Con

Poor quality games

A lot of the games that are available on the F-Droid store are not of much quality when compared to titles on other stores. See More

Top Pro

Respectful of privacy

F-Droid is designed with privacy and user rights in mind. F-Droid doesn't track user activity or which devices are connected to the service. See More

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Small selection

There are not many games contained withing the F-Droid store. See More

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Provides a list of anti-features

The anti-features are the following: Advertisements User or device tracking Promotion of non-free software Dependence on a non-free network or service Dependence on another non-free application See More

Top Pro

All titles are FOSS

F-Droid is a FOSS store, which means every game inside is completely open source. See More

Amazon Appstore for Android

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Free app of the day

Every day there is a free paid app given away to any and all users of the Amazon Appstore. See More

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Not available outside of US

Currently the Amazon Appstore is not available to any territories outside of the United States. See More

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Convenient

Using the Amazon Appstore is pretty convenient as a very large portion of the population already have an Amazon account from using their normal website for ordering goods. See More

Top Con

Less apps than Google Play Store

There are far less apps on the Amazon Appstore than the Google Play Store. See More

Top Pro

Exclusives

The Amazon Appstore gets exclusives from time to time such as The Wolf Among Us or République. Though some of the exclusives are also tied to their own hardware such as the HDX. See More

Top Con

Apps can not be used if store is uninstalled

Any app installed from the Amazon Appstore will not work if the Amazon Appstore itself is uninstalled. See More

Top Pro

Curated selection of apps

Unlike the Google Play Store where anyone can publish anything they like, the Amazon Appstore has a review process before an app is allowed to be published to the store. This means everything is curated and supposedly is guaranteed to work. See More

The Humble Store

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Many games come with their PC, Mac and Linux counterparts

When purchasing an Android title from the Humble Store the PC, Mac and Linux title also come with the purchase, which explains the sometime higher price for said titles on other Android markets. See More

Top Con

Some titles are overpriced

The Humble Store often has higher prices on Android games than other Android markets, though this can be explained by the fact that many titles give the PC game along with the Android title. See More

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Exclusive games that no other Android stores carry

The Humble Store carries games that are not published on the Google Play Store. See More

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Small selection of titles

The Humble Store does not have as much of a selection of titles as many other Android stores do. See More

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Google Play Store

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Most variety

Google Play Store is an incredibly large app store and the largest on Android. See More

Top Con

Zero quality control

There is absolutely no quality control on the Play Store whatsoever. AAA publishers constantly get away with purchasing five star reviews from click farm businesses while at the same time game spammers get away with flagging legit games that they have stolen code from and published as a clone. See More

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Default store for the majority of Android devices around the world

The Google Play Store is of course the default store on all Android devices that have Google Play Services. See More

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Search isn't good

For what is the worlds leading search engine provider, Google offers a extremely poor user experience with the search functions on the Play Store. It is often easier to find a title by searching on Google rather than using the in built search on the Play Store. See More

Samsung GALAXY Apps

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Mobile app designed to look native on Android Lollipop (Material Design)

With the name re-brand (to differentiate between its most likely upcoming Tizen app store) there was also a design re-brand that has not only made performance improvements but also improvements to its looks that fit in with the new Android L design. See More

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Offers less apps that are also easily found on the Google Play Store

There are less apps on the Samsung GALAXY Apps store with the majority already being on the Google Play Store as well. See More

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Designed to look native on Android L

With the name re-brand (to differentiate between its most likely upcoming Tizen app store) there was also a design re-brand that has not only made performance improvements but also improvements to its looks that fit in with the new Android L design. See More

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Will be available in a multitude of countries

Samsung states that the store will eventually be available in 161 different countries. See More

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Will offer exclusive apps

Samsung claims that the GALAXY Apps store will carry exclusive apps. Most likely they will be of the proprietary type. See More

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