Aptoide vs Amazon Appstore

Aptoide allows you to downgrade to a lower version in case you have issues with the latest version you installed, provided there is a version lower than your's available.

Everything is completely free on Aptoide.

Aptoide offers an open source client version. This way anyone can look through the code as well as create their own app stores.

To date, there are 120 Million unique devices that have installed Aptoide, making this app store top market in terms of a user base that is engaged and generates millions of downloads for its community of app developers and publishers.

Aptoide has a feature called "Trusted Stamps". These are signifiers that an app is trusted and will not contain anything malicious. There are also signifiers to let users know if an app may have been flagged for malicious content.

If you're running closed beta tests or if you want to share certain apps with your employees only, this is the way to go. Follow the path: My Store > Privacy > Private.

Aptoide can sync with the apps you installed from other locations, giving you the latest updates from different users to choose from.

Maximize the relevance of your ads and increase your click through rates by targeting specific countries. You can find it by going to Aptoide Ads > Campaigns > Create Ad Group.

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.

One of Aptoide’s big advantages is that its commitment to guarantee a malware free ecosystem. There are several layers of protection and validation. You can hear its CEO explaining it in detail here.

By August 2015, Aptoide's market place had grown to over 350,000 different applications, including all the most well known ones. Information is available in the homepage.

Updates come on Aptoide before Google Play itself (but they can be a bit buggy).

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.

Aptoide offers a partnership program where partners can set up and manage their own retail Android stores. This allows the partner to choose and curate the content and design of their own store.

You can upload your apps just by putting them in a Dropbox folder. The folder Aptoide will sync with your store. Simply go to My Apps > Add App > Upload with Dropbox and start uploading.

Aptoide uses an APT based repository system for their store. Users can create their own repos to then share with friends or use privately for backup functions.

Aptoide offers a publisher program to their users that allows anyone to publish and monetize their apps.

With Aptoide, you can check an option that will facilitate the automatic update of apps to the latest version available in the market.

"Actually free" apps with free in-app purchases. This only applies to a selection of older apps with the "actually free" banner, not to everything.

It's not just for Kindle.

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. Also the fact that they allow anyone to install the store onto their devices means the users collection of apps can be installed easily.

Amazon uses its own API.

Amazon offers app publishing to their users along with tools to pre-test their apps for compatibility. This allows for easy access to publishers in order to get their apps n the store.

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. Not only is this a good incentive to purchase Amazon Android devices, but it also shows a commitment to feature hardcore games on their app store.

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 as well as safe to use.