According to some internet experts as we know it now it will be replaced by a world of apps, easily accessible with a simple touch of the hand on the screen of the smartphone or tablet. The term app is mainly used in reference to the iPhone and other smartphones and mobile phones .
To download these apps we use the stores integrated within the devices, but it is also possible to use other stores or online stores from which to take the apps. In this guide we will show you all the online stores from where we can download apps for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone for free .
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Where to download apps for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone
Mobile applications are certainly not lacking whatever the mobile phone or, better, the smartphone owned: there are so many apps now that it is difficult to try them all in the course of a single life, we might as well try only those that interest us or those of which we have need on the spot!
As already mentioned, in addition to the stores integrated in each device, we also have websites and alternative stores to download that work as search engines for mobile apps of any type.
First of all, then let's see the websites to find applications to download for free, specifically for the most popular and sold mobile models.
1) App for Android
Owners of an Android smartphone such as the Samsung Galaxy, Huawei and Honor mobiles, Motorola, modern Nokia phones and almost all brands that are not Apple, have different ways to download Android applications .
The official app market is the Google Google Play Store which allows you to install applications also from your computer, if you are connected to the site using the same Google account used on the phone.
There are also several alternatives to the Play Store to download Android apps without a Google account :
- AppBrain, the most complete, unofficial site, where to find each app developed for Android terminals.
- The Amazon.it AppStore allows you to download applications for Android even at different prices and conditions and find some that are not found otherwise. The best thing about the App Shop is that, every day, a free application is given which is normally paid.
- AppToide is the largest and most used store in the world on smartphones where Google Play is missing, with all the apps to be installed (also on the Fire TV Stick).
- F-Droid, an exclusively open source (free license) app store to download on any Android device.
Below we can see the Amazon Appstore screen, with many apps ready to be downloaded or purchased through the website or the dedicated store (to be added to the Android device).
These sites offer both the direct download of the APKs to be installed on Android, and the installation of a real alternative store on the smartphone, excellent on those devices that are a bit old to have always updated apps.
Other websites offer download of updated APKs, such as:
- APKMirror, inexhaustible source of updated apps, especially useful for downloading APK of Android apps that are not available from the Google Play store.
- UpToDown, another famous site to recover any updated Android app.
Below we can see the home screen of the APKMirror site, with the apps updated in the last minutes in the foreground.
2) App for iPhone and iPad
Who owns an iPhone or iPad will immediately use the official Apple Store, accessible on the PC from the iTunes program.
IPhone apps can also be found using alternative sites such as AppShopper is instead an alternative to iTunes for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications.
The Apps can be filtered by category, price, rating, popularity and publication time.
This site supports auto-complete auto-suggestions and a link to the iTunes store for download and description is provided in the results.
3) App for Windows Phone / Windows 10 Phone
Downloading apps for Windows Phone can be done from the official WindowsPhone website and, in another article, the best free applications for Windows Phone are reported.
For Windows Phone you can receive free promotional apps by downloading App Deals .
4) Other sites where to find apps
Other sites specialized in applications and games for mobile phones and smartphones, for all models and all brands, however, become much easier to consult.
Among these, the best-stocked in the world and the largest App Store, second only to that of Apple, is the GetJar portal that can be consulted both on the normal internet and on the mobile web.
If you browse GetJar.com from your computer, you will be asked to indicate your phone model so that you can browse the compatible applications and download them freely.
For example, GetJar worked with Facebook to offer a compatible application to all smartphones for which there is no official application.
GetJar has a huge database with all the applications for Nokia, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Android and also for iPhone .
Each application is described with a short review and with an indication of the possible price, if it were not free.
Another site to find free alternatives and not to other applications is the usual AlternativeTo.net, which is also the best to find free alternative programs to the best software for Windows.
AlternativeTo also has sections for Android and for iPhone, where you just have to write the name of an application to see the alternatives or the most similar ones, so you can quickly and easily find the best possible alternatives to the most used apps, thanks to the comparison system app integrated into the site.
Any search can be carried out from the bar at the top right, then in the app pages the alternatives will always be shown, just scroll to discover the most similar apps or with similar functionality to the ones you are looking for.
The site is very neat with applications divided into categories and with the distinction between free and paid ones.
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