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ObtainX vs Tern: catalog facts
ObtainX	Tern

Best for: Android users who install apps from developer release pages and want them kept updated	Best for: Android users who install apps directly from their developers
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0.
Android	Android
Updates apps straight from GitHub, GitLab, F-Droid and other sources No central repository or Google account needed Material 3 Expressive interface Actively developed	Tracks releases across several publishing sources Checks app signatures and supplied checksums Imports and exports Obtainium lists
A fork, so features may diverge from upstream Obtainium No release builds published on the GitHub repository	Android only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ObtainX github.com/bikram-agarwal/ObtainX f-droid.org/packages/dev.bikram.obtainx Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Tern tern.munzzyy.dev Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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