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Zapstore vs Accrescent: catalog facts
Zapstore	Accrescent

Best for: Android users who want apps delivered directly from developers with verifiable signatures	Best for: Privacy-minded Android and GrapheneOS users who want verified app installs and updates
Free Free to use, with optional tips sent directly to developers.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, supported by donations.
Android	Android
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	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
Android only for now Younger store with a smaller catalog than the main alternatives	Still in alpha Small app catalogue compared with larger stores Requires Android 10 or later
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Zapstore zapstore.dev Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Accrescent accrescent.app github.com/accrescent/accrescent Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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