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Best for: Privacy-minded Android and GrapheneOS users who want verified app installs and updates

Best for: Tracking and updating Android apps straight from developer release pages

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, supported by donations.

Free and open source

• Signing key pinning and signed repository metadata
• Automatic unattended updates without privileged access on Android 12+
• No account required to install apps
• Developers keep control of their own signing keys

• Supports many sources including GitHub, GitLab, Forgejo/Codeberg, F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, SourceHut and direct APK links
• Crowdsourced app configurations available at apps.obtainium.imranr.dev
• F-Droid build is reproducible and bit-for-bit identical to the developer's release

• Still in alpha
• Small app catalogue compared with larger stores
• Requires Android 10 or later

• Some sources rely on web scraping that can break when a website's design changes
• Requires Android 8.0 or newer

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for Accrescent

• accrescent.app
• github.com/accrescent/accrescent

Catalog checked September 23, 2026

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for Obtainium

• github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/blob/main/README.md
• github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
• api.github.com/users/ImranR98
• obtainium.imranr.dev
• f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid
• wiki.obtainium.imranr.dev

Catalog checked September 20, 2026