Alternatives to Google Play and the App Store or how China lives without Google Play

Alternative stores are not so popular in Russia, but they are an integral part of the Chinese mobile market, where Google Play is blocked. Looking at Android, some Chinese companies have launched their own iOS tablets. At the same time, you can install games and applications from such stores on ordinary iPhone (not Jailbreak). This is one of the features that would be nice to spread around the world, because the monopoly of official parties is not good. So far, only Yandex has launched an alternative store on the Russian market. But its share is very small, so it’s difficult to call it a competitor to Google Play. Perhaps in the future the situation will change, primarily due to the entry of Chinese stores to other markets, for example, many have heard about the application - Mobogenie. But we decided to post a more complete list of alternative applications,

Chinese

Stores : Anzhi - also known as GoAPK. One and most popular store in China.
Camangi - this store is popular among owners of high-resolution phones.
China Mobile Markete is an application store of one of China's largest mobile operators.
MaoPao is one of the largest cross-platform solutions. Supports iPhone and Android.
360 Market is the largest store from the developer of the most popular 360 Security antivirus in China. Over 115,000 applications have been downloaded.
91 HiAPK - the main store, which is preinstalled on Chinese phones. According to the story itself, its audience totals 100 million users.
Xiaomi- Stor from a very successful handset manufacturer. Today, the user base is already more than 10 million people.
D.cn - supports both Android and iOS.
GFan - Android stor with 12 million registrations, active users about 1 million
Baidu - stor from the most popular search engine in China - Baidu. In fact, it is only an aggregator of applications from other alternative stores.
Tencent App Gem is one of the largest IT companies in China.
Wandoujia is another very large store for Android.
Liqucn - supports both Android and iOS.
Eoemarket - works as an aggregator of the most popular applications from other stores.
91Market is one of the largest stores in China.
iiApple is one of the largest store for iOS.

Global

Stores : 1Mobile is one of the largest alternative stores, which is presented on the global market, there is support for the Russian language. There are already over 500,000 applications in the store.
Android Pit is a global Android store from German developers, which was created as a web site about Android.
Android Tapp - specializes in high-quality paid applications.
AppsLib is a tablet specialization store .
Codengo is an alternative store aggregator.
SlideMe is a global store that is preinstalled on smartphones.
mobile9- Stor with an audience of 40 million users. According to the developer, its main markets are India and the USA.
GetJar is the largest alternative store in the world.
Opera Store / Handster - a large, global store from a well-known browser.
9Games is a top-end portal from the well-known mobile browser developer, UC Web.

Stores from Vendors:

Amazon Appstore is the largest alternative store in the USA and Europe.
Dell Mobile Application Store - manufacturer's store Dell.
LG Smart World is an application store from LG.
Motorola is an app store from Motorola.
Samsung Apps - Samsung's app store.
Lenovo App Store is an application store from Lenovo.
DoCoMo Market - an application store from the Japanese vendor Docomo.
Tegra Store is a store from Nvidia. It is preinstalled on Tegra tablets.

Local Stores:

Yandex.Store - an application store from Yandex.
Aircell PocketApps - application store of the Indian operator Aircel.
Airtel App Central is the app store of the Indian operator Airtel.
Apptown is a stor from the Netherlands. Supports Android, Windows and iOS (Jailbroken).
Appvisor is the side of the Swedish telecom operator Swisscom.
AppZone is the side of the Indonesian telecom operator Telkomsel.
AT&T- AT&T operator application store in the USA.
M TN Congo is a leader in West Africa. Subscribers about 3 million.
MTN Nigeria is a leader in Nigeria with an audience of 47 million subscribers.
T-Store - a mobile store from South Korea from the operator SK Telecom.

The list of stories is not complete. If you know good stories that were not mentioned in this article, please indicate them in the comments.

Material taken from Jamie Giggs article - The Ultimate App Store List