Aptoide as your next android store
Why you should choose Aptoide as your next android store?
so you want to join the android mobile master race but you are locked down to what play store has to offer, no worries this is where aptoide comes in place
as an ambassador for aptoide let me walk you to the real open world of android
What is Aptoide?
Aptoide is a 3rd party android store just like all of the other 3rd party stores, it is not like google play store (a 2nd party android store) but it has some advantages over play store and some drawbacks that i will explain bit by bit. the word “Aptoide” is derived from the ubuntu package manager APT it is the combination of Apt and oide (derived from android)
The coolest thing about aptoide is that they embraced the open source community by giving the community something that should have been provided from a long time ago: an open source store that provides the open source Linux operating system android as a store to serve all of it’s app for free
it is known that in every linux distro there is a download store to get well known app, and since android is a linux operating system it should have a store right? it started with android store: an open source store where everyone can post whatever they want and everything was for free but then google shifted it’s mind into turning the android store into a digital business where they can generate money and strips down stuff found in the android store
here it is where aptoide comes in place: restores the rights back to the open source community by providing android the store that it should have in the first place where everyone can be a part of it
Advantages:
No geo stricted apps, all apps are available to everyone around the globe
completely free
you can find great apps that some developers can’t afford to put on play store (yes some people can’t pay don’t judge)
Legit Root friendly apps
apps that are no longer found on play store or were found on android store previously before the “Big” transition of play store
opening a store for free and post as much apps as you want
get subscribers and reviews for your apps
daily statistics for downloads and uploads bit by bit
kickass community where you get fast response and downloads
Disadvantages:
some apps are registered on a specific trademark and might sue you if you post their app on a 3rd party store (especially a paid app)
some stores have outdated apps
Security Aspect:
Aptoide has been working on the security part for a long time also day by day, here is some info about aptoide and security directly from their blog:
Aptoide has been growing it’s user base steadily for the past four years years — as a result, it has seen a huge increase in the number and diversity of apps. Since it’s an open social platform with user uploaded content, we must take extra measures to ensure it’s consistent quality over time.
We won’t lie to you. It’s a challenge. There are malicious users who try to upload malware disguised as popular apps all the time. There’s annoying adware as well. That’s precisely why we have an anti-malware system that constantly scans and filters the content on every Aptoide store. Our system is always updating and improving ensuring the best experience for the Aptoide community.
to make yourself safe, aptoide included an amazing feature even play store doesn’t have: trust badge
if you see that green icon next to an app you want to download, it means it has been scanned and approved by aptoide’s security system Sentinel
Aptoide Sentinel works as the following:
Initially, it stays in a temporary pool waiting to be scanned. Then, it goes through a number of Anti-Virus systems. If they fail to detect any threat, the app signature is validated and compared to another marketplace. In the end, there’s even a nice Malware Engine that analyzes the app behaviour. That’s when it is all set to be downloaded and installed on your device!
There’s a rescanning scheme that ensures that an app is scanned at least 3 times within 48 hours of its upload, at least 4 times within a week and at least 5 times within a month. In addition, we also keep rescanning all the apps in Aptoide over and over, even if they’ve been in the stores for months or even years, meaning that an application is rescanned several times to ensure its safe to use by Aptoide users and to soften the work of manually testing applications.
So, as a basic principle you should only download apps with the Trusted badge, avoiding apps that have either a Warning — meaning that, while not malware per se, there’s something strange about it (either has adware or there’s something wrong with the app signature) or Unknown — meaning it’s still waiting to be scanned. If we detect malware in an app it is instantly removed and it won’t be available to download.
Our CEO Paulo Trezento advises “next time you use Aptoide check for the Trusted Stamp, it means it’s 100% safe”.
The best way to stay safe is to always look for Trusted apps!
Also, you should know that every Trusted app, from every user store on Aptoide, will also be available on the Aptoide main apps repository. Aptoide is about social app discovery — users recommending and curating apps to users — so main apps is a central repository where all the safest content is accumulated.
So, should i switch to Aptoide?
i have been an ambassador for a year exactly and i have seen great things coming from the aptoide team. Fast response, new features and updates, and really taking care of their people like if you have a problem on play store, you have to wait for like 2–4 weeks till someone responds to you but on aptoide, talk about less than an hour and you have your answer for your question
i recommend aptoide if you really want to feel the real taste of your android device not restricted to what google has to offer for you, still google dominated a huge partion of the community but that doesn’t mean that aptoide won’t! maybe in the mere future aptoide would have dominated the play store who know?
