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Best for: Android users who sideload apps and want one place to check for updates

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

Free and open source.

Free and open source

• Aggregates updates from several sources in one app
• Works with apps installed outside Google Play
• Open source

• 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

• Update availability depends on the third-party sources it checks
• Research does not show a recent release date

• 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 APKUpdater

• github.com/rumboalla/apkupdater
• apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.apkupdater.ci

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