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Accrescent vs Zapstore: catalog facts
Accrescent	Zapstore

Best for: Privacy-minded Android and GrapheneOS users who want verified app installs and updates	Best for: Android users who want apps delivered directly from developers with verifiable signatures
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, supported by donations.	Free Free to use, with optional tips sent directly to developers.
Android	Android
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	Releases are signed by developers and can be verified by anyone Catalog of more than 3,000 apps with community curation Direct tipping and comments between users and developers
Still in alpha Small app catalogue compared with larger stores Requires Android 10 or later	Android only for now Younger store with a smaller catalog than the main alternatives
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
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 Zapstore zapstore.dev Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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