Top Google Play Store Alternatives to Download Apps and Games.

Top Google Play Store Alternatives to Download Apps and Games.

Introduction

Now we all know that Google Play Store is the best, safest and one of the most trustworthy app store - a place to download Android apps and games for most users on Android operating system . However, for some users, the Play Store sometime is too restrictive and there are so many reasons for that. But still we all very well know that Google always try to remove the apps and games because of adwares, Trojans, etc. There are so many other things to talk but that's for another topic and we will discuss them in another article.

In this article, we are going to write about some alternatives of Google play store. We are writing this because sometime you all still want to download some apps which you all require sometime to do some simple tasks on your smartphones nowadays. But due to some limitations, rules and regulations by Google and Google Play store, numbers of applications (apps.) and games are either banned /restricted or not available on the Play Store. But android is not restrictive Infact, it's open source and free. And Googles' Android OS is also not made with closed environment like iOS. And that made possibilities of different alternatives of Google play store.

It's great that some of the developers and companies in this world made their own version on Google play store alternatives that offer you a place to download apps and games. Some of them even provide you more app choices with so many different versions than Google Play Store. So, if you are interested to give a try, here are the best Google Play Store alternatives you can use in 2020 to download apps and games.

Huawei is also building a third party app store with their own operating system due to the US-China trade war. It will be the new alternative to the Google Play Store in future.

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Important :

• Read : comparisons on basis of different set of situations, concerns and issues.
• While downloading apps and games from unknown sources. It should be from good source.
• If you find any suspicious things happening in your smartphones, then immediately uninstall the app/game.
• Number system in this list is just to make it look clean. You have to read every alternatives features to choose your best alternative.
• There are two types of app stores : native and third party stores where native are provided by OEMs and third party stores provided by others like independent developers, companies, etc.

Comparison

Here we will discuss some issues that might  became a big concern for users in both positive and negative aspects of using or not using alternatives.

why you should use a Play Store alternative

1. We sometime need some alternatives to Google Play Store and in situations like  Google play store and Huawei, fortnite game, etc.

2. Users, sometime get access to unreleased apps that may not available in users region by the app developer.

3. Sometime users also get access to more powerful apps with better customization, features and do more deeply, provide users more control with the Android operating system. Such apps are not allowed on the Play Store for various security concerns.

4.  And finally, most of these Google Play Store alternatives take low commission on paid apps and games means more money to developers ultimately they will be able to provide the app or game services for longer duration.

5. This is my favourite. Sometime, these alternatives provide paid apps free for limited time.

6. There are also some reputed options that offer highly-secure app stores like Google play store.

However, using alternatives to the Play Store does also come with lot of disadvantages and issues.

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why you should not use a Play Store alternatives.

  1. First is the security concerns like Trojans, adwares, malwares, etc. Most of the time, chances are higher for malwares, adwares etc in these alternatives.

2. Avoid downloading paid apps that is free on these stores without checking the developer’s name.

3. Always download apps from trusted developers, websites, etc.

4. If you are not a technical kind of person then you should always avoid using these alternatives.

Now we are going to show some good, reputed source to download apps and games.

1. Aptoide

Aptoide is one of the alternative that is giving strong competition to the Google Play Store. Aptoide is always known for providing apps and games that are generally not found on the Play Store due to geo-restriction or Play Store policy violation. Most of the time, APKs on Aptoide store are directly uploaded by the developers and creators.
Aptoide is open source software and having a GNU licence. This is a third party type app store.

2. APKMirror

This one also have the same features, security checks, verification of apps, etc. as on the Aptoide.

3. F-Droid

F-Droid is a community-maintained software for Android and it contains only free and open source apps. It’s one of the app stores where you can find safe-to-install apps on your Android device because store hosts most of the free and open source apps primarily for Android. This is also a third party app stores. And this one is little bit different from a normal store as it has built in Yalp Store and Aurora Store, etc.

4. Amazon App Store

The Amazon Appstore for Android is an app store for the Android operating system by Amazon.com. So, it's a private company app store in the market to compete with the Google Play Store. This app store is one of the biggest alternative and is also the primary app store on Kindle, Fire Phone and Fire Tablet. Amazon also offers some paid apps for free for a limited time.

5. Getjar

This app store is one the oldest. This is also a third-party app store.

6. Native app stores by OEMs.

Huawei AppGallery by Huawei, Samsung Galaxy Store by Samsung, GetApps app store by Xiaomi and many more by all OEMs.

These are exclusive app store by their respective OEMs or smartphone manufacturers for their respective devices including Android smartphones, smartwatches, smart TVs and more. But Due to Google’s certification and other rules, all OEMs have to preload the Play Store on their devices based on Google's Android operating system. But still these exclusive apps stores are becoming strong contenders and alternatives to Google play store because of some apps availability.

These are some of the top and best app stores to download games and apps which are not available on Google play store. Most of the time, users can use these alternatives /app stores in their custom ROM operating system phones or on rooted phones / devices as Google play store are not supported on these custom operating systems. But on a normal OEMs android phone, users should rely on Google play store for their safety on digital world.

So this is the end of this article by us for now. But we will continue to write more on these topics. In the next, thepaperbyte.com will try to show you all the most commonly used but unavailable apps and games from the Google Play Store. So, stay tuned!

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