A free alternative app store for
Aptoide is a software "marketplace" application for installing mobile
applications which runs on the Android operating system. In Aptoide, unlike the Android-default App Store, there is not a unique and centralized store; instead, each user manages their own store. The software package is published by Aptoide S.A., a for-profit company incorporated in November 2011 and headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.
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The name Aptoide is formed from the words "APT" (the Debian package manager) and "oide" (the last syllable of "Android").
History
Aptoide started as a proposal of Paulo Trezentos at the 2009 Caixa Mágica Summer Camp.[5] The proposal was accepted[by whom?] and later became what today is Aptoide. This first stage of development was later developed in the scope of SAPO Summerbits.[6]
The idea behind Aptoide came from different sources. On one hand, the research in Linux installers in Mancoosi European Project,[7] Paulo Trezentos PhD project and Portugal Telecom A5 phone, project where the team participated.
In the end of 2010, it was launched in the Bazaar Android site. Bazaar Android provided the possibility for the users to create their own store. In August 2012, Aptoide and Bazaar Android brands were merged to allow a better communication.[8]
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