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Best for: Android users tracking updates for apps installed outside Google Play

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

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Free and open source

• Tracks updates from multiple sources in one list
• Covers Magisk modules as well as apps
• Customizable update rules
• Can hand downloads to an external downloader

• 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

• Documented support stops at Android 12L
• Setup requires choosing and enabling sources first

• 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 UpgradeAll

• up-a.org
• github.com/DUpdateSystem/UpgradeAll
• f-droid.org/packages/net.xzos.upgradeall

Catalog checked September 24, 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