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Pros
Pro Paid user acquisition
With Aptoide you can generate organic downloads, but also run paid acquisition campaigns. These campaigns run on a non-incentivized CPI (cost-per-install) basis and they will appear as display ads and/or search ads. When joining Aptoide, you are offered US $50 in promotional funds for you to try their ad platform and acquire free users.
Pro Fast update
Updates come on Aptoide before Google Play itself (but they can be a bit buggy).
Pro Global presence and localization
Aptoide's client is translated into over 40 languages and it is used in almost every country, even countries where Google Play is unavailable or has a limited presence (e.g, China, Iran, etc). It is great way to reach out to users that you wouldn't normally be able to if you're only publishing on Google Play.
Pro Auto update
With Aptoide, you can check an option that will facilitate the automatic update of apps to the latest version available in the market.
Cons
Con Illegal apps
Aptoide hosts many free apps that are cracks on paid apps from other stores.
Con Slowest downloading
What's terrible for a gamer who is excited to take an opportunity to try other apps, is that it might take at least 5 mins for the install to take place and finish. Depending on the signal strength and size of app, downloads can be faster or slower, like any other download.
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Con Not a large selection of apps
As of 2013 Wikipedia has the Aptoide store listed as having 120,00 different apps. While on it's own it appears to be a large selection, compared to the millions in the Google Play Store it is actually quite limited.