APKTom

APKTom (9Apps) offers us a selection of apps and games for Android, as well as different elements to customize our device such as wallpapers and ringtones.

An alternative to Google Play for downloading apps and games

Aptoide, Blackmart, 1Mobile or APKPure are some of the Android marketplaces that can be considered alternatives to the Google Play Store and from which we can download not only apps but also other content to customize our smartphone or tablet. Now we must also add APKTom (9Apps), another market that proves that there is life beyond the official application store.

Much more than apps and games

In this store we can download much more than the latest hit games for Android, or another instant messaging and chat application that wants to overthrow WhatsApp, another original photo editor with hundreds of filters and fun effects, or the new social network created by recommended to our work colleagues.

Apart from all the latter, we can also come across different files with which to customize our device: wallpapers, ringtones, full themes, stickers and emojis to be used in emails or text messages...

This app offers us the following features and functions:

• Applications discovery and download section: Browse through the categories or discover the most downloaded applications or the most popular updates.
• Games section where you can discover a wide range of titles curated by the publishers, the most downloaded games and the latest releases.
• Tools for managing your device's internal storage space, the ability to uninstall applications and manage all your device's files.

However, we have to say that this application doesn't exactly work as an alternative storage. Mainly because most of the applications are downloaded directly from Google Play, so you won't be able to get the actual APK installation file on your phone or tablet. However, the rest of the elements (wallpapers, ringtones and others) are downloaded from the web by APKTom.

This is definitely an advantage for all those users who do not trust this type of marketplace due to uncertainties and suspicions that the apps could contain viruses: since you are downloading directly from Google Play, you have the guarantee that these apps are not dangerous at all.

Despite this, there are always exceptions, because it also offers us other software that we can't find on the official Android store, such as TubeMate, as well as other apps to download videos from YouTube.

What's new in the latest version

• Stability and performance improvements.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 2.3.3.
• Installing the app using the APK file requires enabling the "Unknown Sources" option in Settings > Applications.