List of mobile app distribution platforms (English Wikipedia)

23.03% of 1.775 billion PC installed base is about 410 million. (1.7 billion PC installed base in August is calculated as: Windows 10 is on more than 75M devices on 26 Aug (after 28 days) http://Blogs.Windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/08/26/windows-10-now-on-75-million-devices/ By linear approx. is 88M Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug (after 33 days). Base on estimation 5.21% of Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/, its mean about 1.7 billion PC devices on market. This also corresponds to https://www.Gartner.com/doc/1602818/forecast-pc-installed-base-worldwide and http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2791017 and also corresponds with 1.65 billion two months back (with 25M monthly increment) (http://Money.CNN.com/2015/06/24/technology/windows-microsoft-sales/). On 30 Nov, is reported 23.03% share of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/.)

Danger.com

Developer.Danger.com

"Danger Developer". Developer.Danger.com. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

Distimo.com

"App stores: Palm App catalog". www.Distimo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

Firefox.com

Marketplace.Firefox.com

"Search results – Firefox Marketplace". Marketplace.Firefox.com. Firefox Marketplace. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

Gartner.com

23.03% of 1.775 billion PC installed base is about 410 million. (1.7 billion PC installed base in August is calculated as: Windows 10 is on more than 75M devices on 26 Aug (after 28 days) http://Blogs.Windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/08/26/windows-10-now-on-75-million-devices/ By linear approx. is 88M Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug (after 33 days). Base on estimation 5.21% of Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/, its mean about 1.7 billion PC devices on market. This also corresponds to https://www.Gartner.com/doc/1602818/forecast-pc-installed-base-worldwide and http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2791017 and also corresponds with 1.65 billion two months back (with 25M monthly increment) (http://Money.CNN.com/2015/06/24/technology/windows-microsoft-sales/). On 30 Nov, is reported 23.03% share of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/.)
"Gartner says worldwide mobile phone sales declined 1.7 percent in 2012". Gartner.com. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
"Gartner says smartphone sales surpassed one billion units in 2014". Gartner.com. Gartner.
"Gartner says annual smartphone sales surpassed sales of feature phones for the first time in 2013". Gartner.com. Gartner.
"Gartner says emerging markets drove worldwide smartphone sales to 19 percent growth in first quarter of 2015". Gartner.com.
"Gartner says worldwide smartphone sales recorded slowest growth rate since 2013". Gartner.com.
"Gartner says emerging markets drove worldwide smartphone sales to 15.5 percent growth in third quarter of 2015". Gartner.com.
"Gartner says Asia/Pacific led worldwide mobile phone sales to growth in first quarter of 2013". Gartner.com. Gartner.
"Gartner says smartphone sales grew 46.5 percent in second quarter of 2013 and exceeded feature phone sales for first time". Gartner.com. Gartner.
"Gartner says smartphone sales accounted for 55 percent of overall mobile phone sales in third quarter of 2013". Gartner.com. Gartner.

GetJar.com

"GetJar - mobile - the worlds biggest open app store". www.GetJar.com. GetJar. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

Developer.GetJar.com

"Company - GetJar Developers". Developer.GetJar.com. GetJar. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

My.GetJar.com

"GetJar - mobile - the worlds biggest open app store". My.GetJar.com. GetJar.

Gitorious.org

"Downloads data". Gitorious.org. Gitorious. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

Google.com

support.Google.com

"Developer registration". Support.google.com. Android Developer Help. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Handango.com

Assets.Handango.com

"Handango overview" (PDF). Assets.Handango.com. Handango. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

Handango.com

"Handango's partners". www.Handango.com. Handango.

Handmark.com

"Handmark - OneLouder Apps". Handmark.com.

Hiptop3.com

"Downloadable content goes away March 2nd - Sidekick 4G / Sidekick LX 2009 / Sidekick 2008 / Sidekick 3 / Hiptop 3". Hiptop3.com. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

Huawei.com

Developer.Huawei.com

"Quick App - Obtaining the Development Tool". Developer.Huawei.com. Huawei Developer. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

IntoMobile.com

"RIM Q1 2010 results - 100 millionth BlackBerry served". IntoMobile.com. Motorola il iDEN. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

Launchpad.net

lists.Launchpad.net

"Landing team 16.09.14 : mailing list archive : ubuntu-phone team in Launchpad". lists.Launchpad.net. Launchpad. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

MSPowerUser.com

"(Update: it's not the new unified Windows Store) Microsoft's universal app store for Windows 10 goes live on the web". MSPowerUser.com. MSPowerUser. 16 July 2015.

MacRumors.com

Broussard, Mitchel (5 January 2017). "App Store sets new records with $240M in sales on New Year's Day, $20B paid to developers in 2016". www.MacRumors.com. MacRumors. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

MarkShuttleworth.com

Shuttleworth, Mark (9 December 2014). "Announcing Ubuntu Core, with snappy transactional updates!". MarkShuttleworth.com. Mark Shuttleworth. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

Mashable.com

"Google Play passes 50 billion app downloads". Mashable.com. Mashable. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Medium.com

Ahmadi, Alireza (10 April 2019). "Factsheet: Cafe Bazaar - Cafe Bazaar". Medium.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

Microsoft.com

MSDN.Microsoft.com

"Account types, locations, and fees". MSDN.Microsoft.com. Microsoft Developer Network. 16 March 2023.
"Opening a developer account". MSDN.Microsoft.com. Microsoft Developer Network. 16 March 2023.
"Registration info". Microsoft.com. Microsoft Developer Network.

Mozilla.org

wiki.Mozilla.org

"Marketplace - MozillaWiki". wiki.Mozilla.org. Mozilla. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

Developer.Mozilla.org

"Firefox Marketplace FAQ - what is the developer's revenue share". Developer.Mozilla.org. Mozilla Developer Network. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

NetMarketShare.com

23.03% of 1.775 billion PC installed base is about 410 million. (1.7 billion PC installed base in August is calculated as: Windows 10 is on more than 75M devices on 26 Aug (after 28 days) http://Blogs.Windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/08/26/windows-10-now-on-75-million-devices/ By linear approx. is 88M Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug (after 33 days). Base on estimation 5.21% of Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/, its mean about 1.7 billion PC devices on market. This also corresponds to https://www.Gartner.com/doc/1602818/forecast-pc-installed-base-worldwide and http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2791017 and also corresponds with 1.65 billion two months back (with 25M monthly increment) (http://Money.CNN.com/2015/06/24/technology/windows-microsoft-sales/). On 30 Nov, is reported 23.03% share of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/.)

Nokia.com

Developer.Nokia.com

"Nokia Developer - global reach statistics". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developers. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
Microsoft. "Nokia X Platform overview". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developer.
"Nokia Developer - your idea, our tools". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Opera.com

Publishers.MobileStore.Opera.com

"Opera Publisher Portal". Publishers.MobileStore.Opera.com. Opera Software ASA.

Apps.Opera.com

"Software Distribution Agreement" (PDF). Apps.Opera.com. Opera Software. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

OperaSoftware.com

"Microsoft and Opera Software sign agreement to extend Opera Mobile Store to more Nokia phones". Opera press releases (Press release). Opera Software ASA. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
"Microsoft and Opera Software sign agreement to extend Opera Mobile Store to more Nokia phones". Opera Press Releases (Press release). Opera Software ASA. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
"A new and improved Opera Mobile Store". Opera Press Releases (Press release). Opera Software ASA. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

Palm.com

Developer.Palm.com

"Developing and distributing with Palm: developer program details". Developer.Palm.com. Palm, Inc. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
"Palm developer network". Developer.Palm.com. Palm, Inc. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

Pocket-lint.com

"How Huawei AppGallery is welcoming more big name global and local apps". www.Pocket-lint.com. Pocket-lint Limited. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
Grabham, Dan (24 July 2020). "What apps can you actually get on Huawei's App Gallery?". www.Pocket-lint.com. Pocket-lint Limited. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

PocketGamer.biz

Jordan, Jon (9 December 2009). "Android adult-only app store MiKandi launches on a natural high". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.

PocketGear.com

Corp.PocketGear.com

"PocketGear – about". Corp.PocketGear.com. PocketGear. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

Precentral.net

"Official app catalog app gallery". www.Precentral.net. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

PressPadApp.com

"App Store pricing matrix for digital publishers - Apple system of price tiers". www.PressPadApp.com. PressPadApp. 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

blog.PressPadApp.com

"App Store pricing matrix". blog.PressPadApp.com. PressPadApp. September 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

PureOS.net

Tracker.PureOS.net

"⚡ PureOS frequently asked questions (FAQ)". Tracker.PureOS.net. PureOS.

Statista.com

"Number of available apps in the Amazon Appstore from 1st quarter 2015 to 2nd quarter 2020". www.Statista.com. Statista GmbH. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
"Number of Google Play Store apps 2017". www.Statista.com. Statista GmbH. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

TheVerge.com

Kastrenakes, Jacob (21 March 2016). "There are now 1 million iPad apps". www.TheVerge.com. The Verge – Vox Media. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
Golson, Jordan (13 June 2016). "Apple's App Store now has over 2 million apps". www.TheVerge.com. The Verge – Vox Media. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
Ingraham, Nathan (2 June 2014). "Apple has sold more than 800 million iOS devices, 130 million new iOS users in the last year". www.TheVerge.com. The Verge – Vox Media. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

WMPowerUser.com

"Microsoft has now sold over 100 million Windows Phones". WMPowerUser.com. MSPowerUser. 21 July 2015.

WMpoweruser.com

"Microsoft reports 50% active Windows Phone user growth over the last year, 400,000 apps in the store". WMpoweruser.com. MSPowerUser. 25 March 2015.

Windows.com

Blogs.Windows.com

23.03% of 1.775 billion PC installed base is about 410 million. (1.7 billion PC installed base in August is calculated as: Windows 10 is on more than 75M devices on 26 Aug (after 28 days) http://Blogs.Windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/08/26/windows-10-now-on-75-million-devices/ By linear approx. is 88M Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug (after 33 days). Base on estimation 5.21% of Windows 10 devices on 31 Aug by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/, its mean about 1.7 billion PC devices on market. This also corresponds to https://www.Gartner.com/doc/1602818/forecast-pc-installed-base-worldwide and http://www.Gartner.com/newsroom/id/2791017 and also corresponds with 1.65 billion two months back (with 25M monthly increment) (http://Money.CNN.com/2015/06/24/technology/windows-microsoft-sales/). On 30 Nov, is reported 23.03% share of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 by http://www.NetMarketShare.com/.)

blogs.Windows.com

"Unifying developer registration: Windows and Windows Phone". blogs.Windows.com. Building Apps for Windows.

XDA-Developers.com

"AppGallery is Huawei's alternative to Google's Play Store on Android". www.XDA-Developers.com. XDA Developers. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
"The best announcements from Huawei Developer Conference 2020". www.XDA-Developers.com. XDA Developers. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

YouTube.com

"There are now 2 billion Android monthly active devices around the world". www.YouTube.com. The official YouTube Channel of Android. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.^{[dead YouTube link]}

applivery.com

"About us | Applivery Mobility Management". 25 November 2021.

appworldreport.com

"The App World analytics website". www.AppWorldReport.com. App World. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

archive.today

"Downloads data". Gitorious.org. Gitorious. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
"PocketGear – about". Corp.PocketGear.com. PocketGear. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

blackberry.com

"BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS Services FAQ — End of Life". BlackBerry.com. BlackBerry. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

businessinsider.com

markets.businessinsider.com

"A pandemic year in apps, according to Uptodown study" (Press release). Business Insider. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

comScore.com

"comScore reports July 2010 U.S. mobile subscriber market share". www.comScore.com. comScore. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

getupdraft.com

"Updraft App Distribution Blog". 2023 [March 21, 2023].

loc.gov

webarchive.loc.gov

"Nokia Developer - publishing your app". Publish.Ovi.com. Ovi. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

mocoNews.net

Duryee, Tricia (19 August 2010). "BlackBerry takes larger cut of developer revenues in updated App World". mocoNews.net. mocoNews. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

msdn.com

create.msdn.com

"Windows Phone 7". create.MSDN.com. Microsoft Developer Network. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010.

nokia.com

developer.nokia.com

"Nokia Developer - Qt". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developer. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
"Nokia Developer - Nokia Web Tools". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developer. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
"Nokia Developer - Tools centre". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developer. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

ovi.com

publish.ovi.com

"Nokia Developer - publishing your app". Publish.Ovi.com. Ovi. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

pocketgamer.biz

Astle, Aaron (10 November 2022). "Huawei AppGallery surpasses 220,000 HMS apps and 580 million user milestones". Pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

t-mobile.com

"T-Mobile Sidekick Update Notes". 20 September 2003. Archived from the original on 20 September 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

uAppExplorer.com

"uApp Explorer". uAppExplorer.com. uAppExplorer. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

uptodown.com

en.uptodown.com

"We are Uptodown". About page. Uptodown. March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

web.archive.org

"App Store pricing matrix". blog.PressPadApp.com. PressPadApp. September 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
"The App World analytics website". www.AppWorldReport.com. App World. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
"BlackBerry App World FAQ". Na.BlackBerry.com. Research In Motion. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
"T-Mobile Sidekick Update Notes". 20 September 2003. Archived from the original on 20 September 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
"Danger Developer". Developer.Danger.com. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
"Android Developers". Developer.Android.com. Android Developers. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
"Developing and distributing with Palm: developer program details". Developer.Palm.com. Palm, Inc. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
"AppGallery is Huawei's alternative to Google's Play Store on Android". www.XDA-Developers.com. XDA Developers. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
"Nokia Developer - global reach statistics". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developers. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
"Nokia Developer - Qt". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developer. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
"Nokia Developer - Nokia Web Tools". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developer. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
"Nokia Developer - Tools centre". Developer.Nokia.com. Nokia Developer. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
"uApp Explorer". uAppExplorer.com. uAppExplorer. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
"Handango overview" (PDF). Assets.Handango.com. Handango. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
Jordan, Jon (9 December 2009). "Android adult-only app store MiKandi launches on a natural high". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
"Palm developer network". Developer.Palm.com. Palm, Inc. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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zdnet.com

"End of a smartphone era as BlackBerry phones reach the end of the line". ZDNet.com. ZDNet. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.