# App stores privacy ratings

Stores and installers for mobile apps, including ones that do not need a Google account.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [F-Droid](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/f-droid/) | A (92/100) | Unknown | Installable catalogue of FOSS applications for Android, with a client that browses, installs and tracks updates of apps on your device. |
| [Droid-ify](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/droid-ify/) | B (85/100) | Unknown | Open source Android client for F-Droid repositories with background updates, several install methods and one-tap repository adding. |
| [Neo Store](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/neo-store/) | B (85/100) | Unknown | Open source Android client for F-Droid repositories with around a hundred built-in repositories, reproducible build labels and a privacy panel that lists trackers and permissions. |
| [Accrescent](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/accrescent/) | B (77/100) | Unknown | Android app store with signing key pinning, signed repository metadata and unattended updates. Developers upload apps signed with their own keys, and it is still in alpha. |
| [Obtainium](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/obtainium/) | B (77/100) | Unknown | Open source Android app that installs and updates apps directly from their release pages, such as GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg and F-Droid repositories, and notifies when new releases appear. |
| [IzzyOnDroid](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/izzyondroid/) | C (73/100) | Unknown | F-Droid compatible repository of free and open source Android apps, distributing APKs built and signed by their developers after security and library scans, with reproducible build checks. |
| [Aurora Store](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/aurora-store/) | D (46/100) | Unknown | Open source Android client for the Google Play Store that downloads apps from Google's servers without Google Play Services. It can use a personal Google account or shared anonymous accounts. |
| [Apple App Store](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/apple-app-store/) | F (15/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Apple's app store for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro. It is the main way to install apps on Apple devices and requires an Apple Account. |
| [Google Play](https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/google-play/) | F (4/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Google's app store for Android, preinstalled on most Android devices. It distributes apps, games and in-app purchases and requires a Google account to install apps. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
- **No account needed** (weight 2): Can apps be installed without an account?
- **Shows trackers and anti-features** (weight 1): Does the store show which apps contain trackers, ads or other anti-features?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/app-stores/