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After the Digital Markets Act ( DMA ) forced Apple to allow third - party app stores for iOS in Europe , several developers have launched alternative fund , like theAltStoreandMacPaw ’s Setapp(currently in closed genus Beta ) . The latest entrant isAptoide , the long - standing Android app memory board upstart , which is launching a game store in Europe .
The company harbinger today that substance abuser will be able to download its game computer memory and apply it on iOS on June 6 .
Aptoide is launching the storage with six title initially , with program to add more later on . The company note that more than 100 developers are set to launch their biz on the app computer storage , but with Apple ’s notarization process , the conventional launch call for prison term .
The launching titles let in Word Jungle , a word puzzle ; Condor — Leap of Faith , a jump - based platformer plot ; All - in - one Solitaire , a aggregation of different Solitaire games ; All - in - one Mahjong , a collection of unlike Mahjong game ; burlesque — Guess the Word , another word teaser game .
The startup said it go through Apple ’s verbose process of applying as an alternative app memory . It tell the technical school giant was n’t always responsive .
TechCrunch briefly tested the app store . The process of installation is pretty simple . Once you get the invitation or access computer code , you’re able to enter the link to download the app storage . You will have to go to setting and permit the download of an app storage from this unknown generator ( Aptoide ) .
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The company plan to onboard 500 to 1,000 user on the waitlist every Clarence Day after the launch . The inauguration is doing this to check that that it rest under the limit of 1 million one-year first installs per year to fend off payingthe core engineering feeof € 0.50 for each first install .
Aptoide has been operating in the app store space with an Android guest since 2009 . Last year , the Android app store reached closely half a billion downloads .
Experience running an app store on Android might be handy to an extent for Aptoide , but iOS is a different ball game with Apple ’s own rules and restrictions . Plus , with other fund vie for substance abuser tending in the EU , the company will need to attract some unique games to its depot .
