List of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices

See also: Mobile apps

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

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?
Android Market 02008-10-22 October 22, 2008 Live Google &10000000000680297000000680,297
(Dec 2011)[1]

estimated 920,000 (Dec 2011)[2]

 &1000001000000000000000010 billion
(Dec 2011)[3]		 &10000000190000000000000190 million
(Oct 2011)[4]		 Android[dev link 1] Yes 70% US$25 Android SDK Yes
App Catalog 02009-06-06 June 6, 2009 Live Palm/HP &100000000000070620000007,062
(Jun 2011)[5]		 &10000000108000000000000108 million
(Aug 2011)[6]		 &100000000026000000000002.6 million
(Jul 2010)[7]
 webOS[dev link 2] Yes 70%[8] Free[8] Mojo SDK Yes
Software Store (Palm) 02008-12-16 December 16, 2008 Closed Palm &100000000000050000000005,000
(Dec 2008)[9]		 Unknown Unknown Multiple[dev link 3]
Palm OS, Windows Mobile		 Yes 60% Unknown Unknown N/A
App Store 02008-07-10 July 10, 2008 Live Apple &10000000000512749000000512,749
(Oct 2011)[10]		 &1000001800000000000000018 billion
(Oct 2011)[10]		 &10000000154000000000000154 million
(Oct 2011)[4][11]		 iOS[dev link 4] Yes 70% US$99/year[12] iOS SDK, Xcode Yes (Xcode 4 is free on the Mac App Store on Lion. Xcode 3 is a free download on Apple Developer.)
App World 02009-04-01 April 1, 2009 Live RIM &1000000000004300000000043,000
(Nov 2011)[13]		 ~&100000000050000000000005 million daily(Nov 2011)[14] &1000000007000000000000070 million
(July 2010)[15]		 BlackBerry OS[dev link 5] Yes 70%[16] Free[17] BlackBerry SDK Yes
Download Fun/Download Catalog (Danger Hiptop/pre-2011 T-Mobile Sidekick) 02002-10-01 October 1, 2002 Closed[18] Danger, Inc./Microsoft Unknown Unknown Unknown Danger OS Yes 40% Free Danger OS SDK[19] Yes
Nokia Store 02009-05-26 May 26, 2009 Live Nokia &10000000000116583000000116,583 (Dec 2011)[20]

10 million/day (Oct 2011)[21]

~&100000030000000000000003 billion (estimated) (Oct 2011)[22]

 &10000000825000000000000825 million (Jun 2011)[23] Multiple[dev link 6]
Symbian, Java, MeeGo, Maemo		 Yes 70% 1 €[24] Qt SDK,[25] Nokia Web Tools,[26] Nokia SDK 1.0 for Java[27] Yes
Windows Phone Marketplace 02010-10-21 October 21, 2010 Live Microsoft &1000000000005000000000050,000
(Dec 27 2011)
[28]
&1000000000000001200000012 per person a month
(Mar 2011)[29]		 &100000000050000000000005 million
(Oct 2011)[4]		 Windows Phone,[dev link 7] Yes 70% US$99/100 application submissions Windows Phone Developer Tools, includes specialty versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend Yes

Third-party platforms

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 &1000000000002157000000021,570[30] Unknown Unknown Android 70% US$99/year
(Waive fee for first year, plus $50 AWS promo code[31])		 Android SDK
AmmApp 02009-12 December 2009 Live General Software &100000000000015000000001,500
(September 2010)		 Unknown Unknown Windows Mobile Unknown Free Unknown
Android Application Online 02010-03 March 2010 Live AndAppOnline &10000000000000800000000800
(Dec, 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android[dev link 1] 85% Free Android SDK
AndSpot 02010-06 June 2010 Live AndSpot Unknown Unknown Unknown Android[dev link 1] 80% Free Android SDK
Fasmicro Android Store 02011-06 June 2011 Live Fasmicro Ltd &100000000000010420000001,042
(July, 2011)		 &1000000000003518000000035,180
(July, 2011)		 &100000000000021180000002,118
(July, 2011)		 Android 100% Free Android SDK
AndroidPIT App Center 02010-10 October 2010 Live Fonpit AG &100000000000061000000006,100 &1000000001000000000000010 million Unknown Android[dev link 1] 70% Free Android SDK
App Center 02011-01 January 2011 Live Nukona, Inc. Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple
Android, iOS		 100% Free Android SDK, Apple Xcode/iOS SDK
Appitalism 02010 2010 Live Appitalism, Mobile Streams, Simon Buckingham &10000000000719000000000719,000 &100000000030000000000003 million
(April 2011)[32]		 Unknown Multiple[dev link 8]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Free[33] Android SDK, Java ME
AppsLib 02009-08 August 2009 Live AppsLib, Archos &10000000000000445000000445
(October 20, 2009)		 Unknown Unknown Android[dev link 1] 70% Free Android SDK
BloomWorlds 02010-07 July 2010 Private Beta BloomWorlds Unknown Unknown Unknown Android[dev link 1] varies $99/year Android SDK
Cellmania 01999-06 June 1999 Live General Software &10000000000200000000000200,000
(April 2011)[34]		 Unknown Unknown Multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, iOS, Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 varies according to operator deployment Free Unknown
FastApp 02009 2009 Live FastApp &10000000000441904000000441,904 Unknown Unknown Multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Nokia OS		 varies according to operator deployment Free Unknown
GetJar 02004 2004 Live GetJar, Accel Partners &10000000000257000000000257,000
(September 2011)[35]		 &100000020000000000000002 billion
(September 2011)[35]		 Unknown Multiple[36]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Flash Lite, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 N/A Free[36] Unknown
Indiroid 02011-08 August 2011 Live Basari Mobile &10000000000170000000000170,000
(December 29, 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android[dev link 1] ≈50% Free Android SDK
MobileRated 02006 2006 Live Kalador Entertainment &1000000000005500000000055,000
(December 2010)[37]		 &10000000300000000000000300 million
(December 2010)[37]		 Unknown Multiple[37]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java		 N/A Free[33] Android SDK, Java ME
Handmark 02000 2000 Live Handmark Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[dev link 8]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Mobango Unknown Live Mobango Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[dev link 8]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
neXva Unknown Live neXva Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[dev link 8]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile		 70-85% Free Unknown
Handango 02000 2000 Live PocketGear 190,000[38] Yes Unknown Multiple[dev link 9]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Palm OS, PSP, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 ≈42% Free N/A
explorePDA.com 02004 2004 Live explorePDA &100000000000015000000001,500 &1000000001000000000000010 million
(May 2010)[39]		 &10000000120000000000000120 million
(May 2010)[39]		 Multiple[dev link 10]
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile		 75% Free[39] Java ME, S60
LG Application Store 02009-07-13 July 13, 2009 Live LG &100000000000014000000001,400
(July 2009)[40]		 Unknown Unknown Windows Mobile[dev link 11] Unknown Unknown Unknown
MiKandi 02009-11-29 November 29, 2009 Live MiKandi Unknown Unknown &1000000000008000000000080,000
(December 2009)[41]		 Android[42] Unknown Unknown Unknown
MobiHand 02004 2004[43] Live
 MobiHand, Inc. &100000000000050000000005,000
(June 3, 2009)[44]		 Unknown Unknown BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android[44] 60-80% Free Unknown
Mobspot 02009 2009 Live Mobspot, Inc. Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[dev link 12]
Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Mobile2Day 1999 Live PocketGear 140,000 Yes Unknown Symbian OS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android, JavaME. webOS 60% Free N/A
PocketGear 1999 Live PocketGear &10000000000140000000000140,000
(June 2010)[45]		 Yes Unknown Multiple
Android, BlackBerry OS, Java, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 ≈55% Free N/A
Samsung Application Store 02009-09-14 September 14, 2009 Live Samsung, Handmark Unknown Unknown Unknown Multiple[dev link 13]
bada, Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile		 70%[46] Free Samsung Mobile Innovator
SlideME 02008-04 April 2008 Live SlideME &1000000000001402000000014,020
(October 20, 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android[dev link 1] ≈95% Free Android SDK
SmartAppFinder 02010-10-01October 2010 Live SmartAppFinder &100000000000050000000005,000
(August 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android 70% Free Android SDK
Nduoa Market 02010-05 May 2010 Live Ndoo Inc. &100000000000090000000009,000
(March 31, 2011)		 Unknown Unknown Android[dev link 1] 70% Free Android SDK
Software Store (Sprint) 02006 2006 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 &1000000008660000000000086.6 million
(April 2009)[47]		 Multiple[dev link 14]
BlackBerry OS, BREW, Windows Mobile		 Varies US$750/app per update; 1st platform included, then US$150/platform[48] Unknown

Notes

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External links

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Android Developers". Developer.android.com. http://developer.android.com/index.html. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  2. ^ "Palm Developer Network". Developer.palm.com. 2011-08-29. http://developer.palm.com/. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
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  4. ^ Apple Inc.. "iOS Dev Center". Developer.apple.com. http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  5. ^ "BlackBerry App World Vendor Support". Na.blackberry.com. http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/appworld/. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  6. ^ http://developer.nokia.com
  7. ^ Windows Phone 7
  8. ^ a b c d http://www.appitalism.com/dev/
  9. ^ http://www.handango.com/info/Partner.jsp?storeId=2218
  10. ^ http://www.explorepda.com/developer/
  11. ^ LG Mobile Developer Network
  12. ^ http://www.mobspot.com/developers
  13. ^ "Application Store: Seller Office". Samsung. http://seller.samsungapps.com/. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
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