List of mobile software distribution platforms

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This list of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices includes digital distribution platforms that are intended to provide mobile software to mobile devices. For information on each mobile platform and its market share see the operating systems section of mobile operating system and smart phone. For a comparison of development capabilities of each mobile platform can be found in the article mobile development. For cross-platform development see multiple phone web-based application framework. The article mobile software contains other general information.

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Operating system-native platforms [edit]

These application market places are native to the major mobile operating systems.

Name Established Status Owner Available apps Download count Installed base Device platform Allows individual developers to publish Developer's cut per sale Developer fees Development tool(s) Free IDE?
App Catalog 02009-06-06June 6, 2009 Live Palm/HP 700410002000000000010,002
(Dec 2011)[1]		 7008108000000000000108 million
(Aug 2011)[2]		 70062600000000000002.6 million
(Jul 2010)[3]
 webOS[l 1] Yes 70%[4] Free[4] Mojo SDK Yes
App Store 02008-07-10July 10, 2008 Live Apple 7005775000000000000775,000
(Jan 2013)[5]		 701040000000000000040 billion
(Jan 2013)[5]		 7008500000000000000500 million
(Jan 2013)[5]		 iOS[l 2] Yes 56-71% (varies depending on the developer's country)[6] US$99/year[7] iOS SDK, Xcode Yes (Xcode 4 is free on the Mac App Store and Apple Developer.)
BlackBerry World 02009-04-01April 1, 2009 Live RIM 7005100000000000000100,000
(March 21 2013), including of 20% of Android apps emulated in BB10[8]		 70093000000000000003 billion
(May 2012)[9]		 700775000000000000075 million
(Jan 2012)[10]		 BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 OS[l 3] Yes 70%[11] Free[12] BlackBerry SDK Yes
Download Fun/Download Catalog 02002-10-01October 1, 2002 Closed[13] Danger, Inc./Microsoft 0 0 0 Danger OS Yes 40% Free Danger OS SDK[14] Yes
Google Play 02008-10-22October 22, 2008 Live Google 7005900000000000000900,000
(May 15, 2013)[15]		 48 billion[16] 7008500000000000000500 million
(June 2012)[17]		 Android[l 4] Yes 70% US$25[18] Android SDK Yes
Nokia Store 02009-05-26May 26, 2009 Live Nokia 7005120000000000000120,000 (Aug 2012)[19]

17 million/day (Oct 2012)[19]

~70096000000000000006 billion (Aug 2012)[20]

 7008885000000000000885 million (Mar 2012)[21] Multiple[l 5]

Symbian, MeeGo, Maemo, S40

 Yes 70% 1 €[22] Qt 4 SDK,[23] Nokia Web Tools,[24] Nokia SDK for Java, Java ME[25] Yes
Palm Software Store 02008-12-16December 16, 2008 Closed[26] Palm 70035000000000000005,000
(Dec 2008)[27]		 Unknown Unknown Multiple[l 6]
Palm OS, Windows Mobile		 Yes 60% Unknown Unknown N/A[28]

[29]
Samsung Apps 02009-09-14September 14, 2009 Live Samsung, Handmark 700413000000000000013,000 (March 24 2011)[30] 7008100000000000000100 million (March 2011) 70065000000000000005 million (March 2011) Multiple[l 7][31]
Android, bada		 Yes 70%[32] Free Android SDK, bada SDK Yes
Windows Phone Store 02010-10-21October 21, 2010 Live Microsoft 7005145000000000000145,000
(May 13 2013)

[33]
700154000000000000054 per person
(Dec 2012)[34] (~2 billion)		 700731000000000000031 million
(Mar 2013)[35][36][37][38][39][40]		 Windows Phone[l 8] Yes 70% US$99/year/unlimited paid apps and 100 free apps submissions Or

Free for students [41]

 Windows Phone Developer Tools, includes specialty versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend Yes
Windows Store 02012-10-26October 26, 2012 Live Microsoft 700470000000000000070,000
(May 14 2013)
[42]		 Windows 8, Windows RT Partial Microsoft classifies developer accounts to individual accounts and company accounts.Individual accounts are restricted from using specific app capabilities and cannot list desktop apps in Windows Store, while company accounts do not have this restriction.[43] Microsoft verifies company accounts by contacting the company official, while this is not done for individual accounts.[44] 70% that is raised to 80% if developer sales exceeds US$25,000 in a year Individuals: US$49/year or US$0/year for student, Companies:US$99/year Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 or Visual Studio 2012 professional or higher Yes

Third-party platforms [edit]

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Name Established Status Organizations Available apps Download count Install base Device platform Developer's cut per sale Developer fees Development platform(s)
Amazon Appstore 02011-03-01March 2011 Live Amazon.com 700442200000000000042,200[45] Unknown Unknown Android 70% US$99/year
(Waive fee for first year, plus $50 AWS promo code[46])		 Android SDK
AmmApp 02009-12-01December 2009 Live General Software 70031500000000000001,500
(September 2010)		 Unknown Unknown Windows Mobile Unknown Free Unknown
Android Application Online 02010-03-01March 2010 Live AndAppOnline 70034000000000000004,000
(Dec, 2012)		 Unknown Unknown Android[l 4] 85% Free Android SDK
Aptoide 02010-10-01October 2010 Live Aptoide 7005100000000000000100,000
(Mar, 2013)		 7008300000000000000300 million
(Mar, 2013)		 700710500000000000010.5 million
(Jan, 2013)		 Android up to 87.5% Free Android SDK, Java ME
BBbundle 02012-03-01March 2012 Live BBbundle Unknown Unknown Unknown [l 9]
BlackBerry OS		 Unknown Free Unknown
AndSpot 02010-06-01June 2010 Live AndSpot Unknown Unknown Unknown Android[l 4] 80% Free Android SDK
Ibtikarati Appstore 02012-02-01February 2012 Live Mesh Venture Ltd. Unknown Unknown Unknown iOS Apple N/A Free Unknown
Fasmicro Android Store 02011-06-01June 2011 Live Fasmicro Ltd 70031042000000000001,042
(July, 2011)		 700435180000000000035,180
(July, 2011)		 70032118000000000002,118
(July, 2011)		 Android 100% Free Android SDK
AndroidPIT App Center 02010-10-01October 2010 Live Fonpit AG 70036100000000000006,100 700710000000000000010 million Unknown Android[l 4] 70% Free Android SDK
App Center 02011-01-01January 2011 Live Nukona, Inc. Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple
Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS		 100% Free Android SDK, Apple Xcode/iOS SDK
Appitalism 02010-01-012010 Live Appitalism, Mobile Streams, Simon Buckingham 7005719000000000000719,000 70063000000000000003 million
(April 2011)[47]		 Unknown Multiple[l 9]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Free [48] Android SDK, Java ME
AppsLib 02009-08-01August 2009 Live AppsLib, Archos 700438771000000000038,771
(December 8, 2012)		 Unknown Unknown Android[l 4] 70% Free Android SDK
BloomWorlds 02010-07-01July 2010 Private Beta BloomWorlds Unknown Unknown Unknown Android[l 4] varies US$99/year Android SDK
CeBeans 02000-10-01October 2000 Live Vincent Collura 70039301000000000009,301
(May 10, 2013)		 Unknown Unknown Windows Mobile varies Free Unknown
Cellmania 01999-06-01June 1999 Live General Software 7005200000000000000200,000
(April 2011)[49]		 Unknown Unknown Multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, iOS, Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 varies according to operator deployment Free Unknown
FastApp 02009-01-012009 Live FastApp 7005441904000000000441,904 Unknown Unknown Multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Nokia OS		 varies according to operator deployment Free Unknown
FLYPP 02008-01-012008 Live FLYPP 7005200000000000000200,000 Unknown Unknown Multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Nokia OS		 varies according to operator deployment Free Unknown
GetJar 02004-01-012004 Live GetJar, Accel Partners 7005257000000000000257,000
(September 2011)[50]		 70092000000000000002 billion
(September 2011)[50]		 Unknown Multiple[51]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 N/A Free[51] Unknown
Gnome Escape 02012-01-012012 Live Gnome Escape 7005700000000000000700,000
(March 2013)[52]		 70061000000000000001 million
(March 2013)[52]		 Unknown Multiple[52]
iOS		 N/A Free (Featured Promotional placement available to developers for a fee)[52] Unknown
Indiroid 02011-08-01August 2011 Live Basari Mobile 7005170000000000000170,000
(December 29, 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android[l 4] ≈50% Free Android SDK
MobileRated 02006-01-012006 Live Kalador Entertainment 700455000000000000055,000
(December 2010)[53]		 7008300000000000000300 million
(December 2010)[53]		 Unknown Multiple[53]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java		 N/A Free[48] Android SDK, Java ME
Handmark 02000-01-012000 Live Handmark Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[l 9]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Mobango Unknown Live Mobango Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[l 9]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
neXva Unknown Live neXva Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[l 9]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile		 70-85% Free Unknown
Handango 02000-01-012000 Live PocketGear 190,000[54] Yes Unknown Multiple[l 10]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Palm OS, PSP, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 ≈42% Free N/A
explorePDA.com 02004-01-012004 Live explorePDA 70031500000000000001,500 700710000000000000010 million
(May 2010)[55]		 7008120000000000000120 million
(May 2010)[55]		 Multiple[l 11]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile		 75% Free[55] Java ME, S60
LG Application Store 02009-07-13July 13, 2009 Live LG 70031400000000000001,400
(July 2009)[56]		 Unknown Unknown Windows Mobile[l 12] Unknown Unknown Unknown
MiKandi 02009-11-29November 29, 2009 Live MiKandi Unknown Unknown 700480000000000000080,000
(December 2009)[57]		 Android[58] Unknown Unknown Unknown
MobiHand 02004-01-012004[59] Live
 MobiHand, Inc. 70035000000000000005,000
(June 3, 2009)[60]		 Unknown Unknown BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android[60] 60-80% Free Unknown
Mobspot 02009-01-012009 Disconnected Mobspot, Inc. Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[l 13]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Mobile2Day 1999 Live PocketGear 140,000 Yes Unknown

Multiple
|Symbian OS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android, JavaME. webOS

 60% Free N/A
Opera Mobile Store 02011-03-01March 2011 Live Opera Software 7005140000000000000140,000
(March 2011)[61]		 7005700000000000000700,000 per day
(March 2011)[62]		 Unknown Multiple[63]
Android, Java, Symbian, BlackBerry OS, Windows Mobile, iOS		 700170000000000000070% — Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile; 700150000000000000050% — Java[64] Free[64] Android SDK, Java ME, S60, BlackBerry SDK, Windows Phone Developer Tools
PocketGear 1999 Live PocketGear 7005140000000000000140,000
(June 2010)[65]		 Yes Unknown Multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 ≈55% Free N/A
Soc.io Mall 02011-06-01June 2011 Live Gigamarket Ltd. 70039120000000000009,120 70069000000000000009,000,000
(Jan, 2012)		 700480000000000000080,000
(Jan, 2012)		 Android 80% Free Android
SlideME 02008-04-01April 2008 Live SlideME 700414020000000000014,020
(October 20, 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android[l 4] 80-98% (varies depending on buyer payment method) Free Android SDK
SmartAppFinder 02010-10-01October 2010 Live SmartAppFinder 700412000000000000012,000
(Jan 2012)		 Unknown Unknown Android 70% Free Android SDK
Nduoa Market 02010-05-01May 2010 Live Ndoo Inc. 70039000000000000009,000
(March 31, 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android[l 4] 70% Free Android SDK
Software Store (Sprint) 02006-01-012006 Live Sprint Nextel, Handmark Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple
BlackBerry OS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
VZAppZone
Get It Now		 Unknown Live Verizon Wireless, Intertek Unknown Unknown 700786600000000000086.6 million
(April 2009)[66]		 Multiple[l 14]
BlackBerry OS, BREW, Windows Mobile		 Varies US$750/app per update; 1st platform included, then US$150/platform[67] Unknown
AdultAppMart 02011-01-012011 Live AdultAppMart 70031000000000000001,000
(Dec 2012)[68]		 Unknown Unknown Android[69] Unknown Unknown Unknown

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  8. ^ Windows Phone 7
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  10. ^ http://www.handango.com/info/Partner.jsp?storeId=2218
  11. ^ http://www.explorepda.com/developer/
  12. ^ LG Mobile Developer Network
  13. ^ http://www.mobspot.com/developers
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