Here are some places to find free and paid apps without Google’s help. You can go to the first post on this topic to view sites that are not listed below.
Appitalism
Appitalism brands itself as the Social App Superstore. This site depends on its users to collectively determine the best apps.
YAAM
YAAM stands for Yet Another Android Market, because the developers have a sense of humor. But they also have an idea that really does make YAAM different from most other repositories of Android apps — developers get to keep 100% of the revenue from sales, minus PayPall fees.
AndroidPIT
Not only does AndroidPIT offer a web-based app you can use to download and purchase apps, but the company maintains an app news blog and a page with the latest “test reports,” or app reviews.
GetJarGetJar is the worlds largest free app store. The store boasts over two billion downloads to date and over 150,000 apps available across many different platforms.
F-Droid
The F-Droid repository is a place to find free and open source apps for Android. Not only are all the apps in the directory open souce, but you can find multiple versions of most apps in case you want to use something other than the latest release.
Handster
At the Handster app store you can quickly browse for apps by categories. Or you can do a quick search. Like most stores you can look at apps by various popularity categories as well.
Handmark
I tend to think of Handmark as a company which creates mobile software… but the company also acts as a distributor of mobile apps. You can find hunreds of apps at the Handmark web site. Just enter your name and phone number and the company will email you a download link
Appitalism
Appitalism brands itself as the Social App Superstore. This site depends on its users to collectively determine the best apps.
YAAM
YAAM stands for Yet Another Android Market, because the developers have a sense of humor. But they also have an idea that really does make YAAM different from most other repositories of Android apps — developers get to keep 100% of the revenue from sales, minus PayPall fees.
AndroidPIT
Not only does AndroidPIT offer a web-based app you can use to download and purchase apps, but the company maintains an app news blog and a page with the latest “test reports,” or app reviews.
GetJarGetJar is the worlds largest free app store. The store boasts over two billion downloads to date and over 150,000 apps available across many different platforms.
F-Droid
The F-Droid repository is a place to find free and open source apps for Android. Not only are all the apps in the directory open souce, but you can find multiple versions of most apps in case you want to use something other than the latest release.
Handster
At the Handster app store you can quickly browse for apps by categories. Or you can do a quick search. Like most stores you can look at apps by various popularity categories as well.
Handmark
I tend to think of Handmark as a company which creates mobile software… but the company also acts as a distributor of mobile apps. You can find hunreds of apps at the Handmark web site. Just enter your name and phone number and the company will email you a download link