App Store

The apps you love.
From a place you can trust.

For over a decade, the App Store has proved to be a safe and trusted place to discover and download apps. But the App Store is more than just a storefront — it’s an innovative destination focused on bringing you amazing experiences. And a big part of those experiences is ensuring that the apps we offer are held to the highest standards for privacy, security, and content. Because we offer nearly two million apps — and we want you to feel good about using every single one of them.

Designed for discovery.

Stories and collections that inform, help, and inspire. Updated daily.

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Stories and collections that inform, help, and inspire. Updated daily.

Original stories by our editorial team bring you everything from exclusive world premieres to behind-the-scenes interviews. Tap the Today tab and read about influential developers and game creators, learn a few tips and tricks, or see how apps are changing how people work, play, and live.

Over 20K stories and counting.

Curated by experts. Handpicked for you.

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Curated by experts.
Handpicked for you.

With thousands of apps added to the App Store every week, there’s always something new to check out. To help you discover the apps, stories, and games you’re sure to love, our team of full-time editors offers personalized suggestions based on your preferences and previous purchases.

Explore in-app events like movie premieres, gaming competitions, and livestreams.

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Explore in-app events like movie premieres, gaming competitions, and livestreams.

Discover events on the Today, Games, and Apps tabs on the App Store. Or find them via search and on app product pages.

Discover amazing apps with a rich search experience.

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Discover amazing apps with a rich search experience.

Our comprehensive search feature offers suggestions and helpful hints, and provides results with in‑line video previews, editorial stories, tips and tricks, and lists.

1.8M apps available worldwide.

175 storefronts in over 40 languages.

Over 150 expert editors worldwide.

Get the details on every app.

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Get the details on every app.

App product pages give you the information you need when deciding what to download. From more videos to rankings and reviews, there are loads of ways to help you pick the app that’s right for you.

Privacy and security.
Built into everything we do.

Security for every app. At every level.

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Security for every app.
At every level.

We ensure that apps come from known sources, are free of known malware, and haven’t been tampered with at the time of installation or launch.

100% of apps are automatically screened for known malware.

Over 16K apps use Apple health technologies like HealthKit, CareKit, and ResearchKit designed to protect patient privacy.

You choose what data to share. And with whom.

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You choose what data to share. And with whom.

Each app is required to ask for your permission so you can choose what data to share. The first time a third‑party app wants to access your information — like your location, contacts, calendars, or photos — you receive an alert. Even if you grant access once, you can revoke it later. We also ensure that apps are denied access to certain sensitive data on your device, are unable to modify your device or OS, and are prohibited from obtaining complete access to your data.

Over 215K submissions rejected last year for violating privacy guidelines.

Apps can’t pull your data from other apps.

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Apps can’t pull your data from other apps.

System-level protections prevent an app from accessing data from other apps without your explicit permission.

Dedicated to trust and safety.

Apps must adhere to our guidelines.

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Apps must adhere to our guidelines.

When you download an app, it should work as promised. Which is why human App Reviewers ensure that the apps on the App Store adhere to our strict app review standards. Our App Store Review Guidelines require apps to be safe, provide a good user experience, comply with our privacy rules, secure devices from malware and threats, and use approved business models.

Every week, over 500 dedicated experts around the world review over 100K apps.

Over 1M submissions rejected for objectionable, harmful, unsafe, or illegal content.

You should never have to worry about inappropriate content.

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You should never have to worry about inappropriate content.

We strongly support all points of view being represented on the App Store. But we also take steps to make sure apps are respectful to users with differing opinions, and we reject apps with any content or behavior that we believe is over the line — especially when it puts children at risk. Every app has an assigned age rating, so parents can determine what is appropriate for their children.

No surprise purchases.

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No surprise purchases.

Apps must follow an approved business model and clearly show you the price, tell you what you get with your purchase, and explain subscription-renewal terms up front. Apple sends a receipt each time you use our in‑app purchase feature, and you can also view those purchases and subscriptions in your account. So you won’t get bills out of the blue.

Every day, moderators review worldwide App Store charts for quality and accuracy.

In 2020, we removed over 80M user reviews that were considered spam.

We have removed over 2.3M apps because they haven’t been updated or don’t work on our latest OS releases.

Hardware and software. Powering amazing experiences together by design.

Apps help unlock the full potential of your Apple devices.

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Apps help unlock the full potential
of your Apple devices.

Apple products use industry-leading technology to bring apps to life — so you can experience more of the amazing things your devices are capable of. Thanks to hardware and software designed to work together, you get more out of your apps — from things you take for granted, like supersmooth scrolling, to seeing how a new sofa might look in your living room before you buy it.

We help app developers take advantage of our latest hardware technologies.

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We help app developers take advantage
of our latest hardware technologies.

We give developers the tools and support to build cutting‑edge technologies into their apps right away — which means they’re yours to enjoy right away. Like when an app uses Face ID or Touch ID for secure access — while keeping the underlying authentication data from your face or fingerprint private. Or when a game controller syncs up easily with a new game on your iPhone. And with our innovations in augmented reality and machine learning, you’ll be seeing even more amazing features in the years to come.

Download with confidence.

Make any app yours. Instantly.

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Make any app yours. Instantly.

Our world‑class distribution platforms reach over 1.5 billion devices worldwide, allowing users to buy and download apps without lags or drags. When you download a universal app on one device, it automatically appears on your other devices. And if you upgrade to a new device, your apps go with you — no need to redownload as long as your apps stay up to date.

Over 900K apps have secure payment technologies like Apple Pay and StoreKit for goods and services.

Purchase safely and securely.

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Purchase safely and securely.

App Store purchases are safe and simple, so you can start playing, gaming, reading — or just doing — right away. Create a secure account with your preferred payment method on file and it’s easily accessible across your devices and the web. Your account is protected by two‑factor authentication, ensuring that the only person who can access your account is you — even if someone else knows your password. And more than 250,000 apps tap into the advanced technologies of Touch ID and Face ID built right into your devices, giving you an additional layer of security.

Не вдається знайти або інсталювати програму з Microsoft Store

Примітка.: Відкриється пусте вікно командного рядка, приблизно через десять секунд вікно закриється, і Microsoft Store відкриється автоматично.

Якщо потрібна програма все одно не відображається, це може бути причиною:

• Програма недоступна у вашій країні або регіоні. Не всі програми доступні в усьому світі. Програма, доступна у Франції, може бути недоступна в Німеччині. Якщо ви придбали програму в одній країні або регіоні, а потім переїхали до іншої, можливо, програми зникнуть.
• Настройки родини Microsoft можуть приховувати програми. Батьки можуть використовувати настройки родини, щоб переконатися, що дитина не може переглядати або інсталювати програми, неприйнятні для її віку. Переконайтеся, що ви ввійшли за допомогою правильного облікового запису.
• Програма більше не доступна. Видалення програми з Microsoft Store триває трохи часу. Крім того, деякі програми та ігри недоступні в Microsoft Store, але їх можна завантажити безпосередньо із сайту видавця.
• Програма несумісна з вашим пристроєм. Microsoft Store автоматично приховує або блокує кнопку придбання в програмах, несумісних із вашим пристроєм. Певна програма з Microsoft Store може бути доступною на вашому ПК і недоступною на іншому комп’ютері або консолі Xbox.
• Ви нещодавно оновили комп’ютер, але не перезавантажили його. Якщо ви нещодавно інсталювали оновлення для Windows, щоб інсталювати програми з Microsoft Store, потрібно перезавантажити комп’ютер.
• На вашому ПК не дозволено використовувати програми з Microsoft Store. Вам потрібно буде ввійти в програму за допомогою облікового запису Microsoft. Щоб дізнатися, чи ваш ПК авторизовано, див. статтю Додавання пристрою до облікового запису Microsoft.

Див. також

Потрібна додаткова довідка?

Зверніться до служби підтримки

Щоб отримати технічну підтримку, перейдіть до розділу Звернутися до служби підтримки Microsoft, укажіть свою проблему та виберіть параметр Помічник. Якщо вам усе ще потрібна допомога, виберіть параметр Зв’язатися зі службою підтримки, щоб отримати найкращий варіант підтримки.

15 best free Android apps available right now

Believe it or not, you can get some sweet apps without spending a dime. Here are the best free Android apps.

Android’s biggest strength is its app ecosystem. There are a digital ton of Android apps. People downloaded them billions of times. Some of them cost money, and some of them don’t. Usually, the best apps will cost you a few bucks. However, plenty of amazing options don’t cost you anything. These services are usually supported by advertising, sponsorship of some sort, or something else.

However, there are still some truly excellent apps out there that you can use for free. After all, good functionality shouldn’t always involve spending money. These are the best free Android apps for Android as of right now.

This is a best-of-all-time list, so the contents of this list won’t change very often until something better comes along. You should also recognize most of the apps on this list. You can check out the best Android apps released in 2023 if you want to see more great apps.

The best free Android apps ever:

1. 1Weather
2. Bitwarden Password Manager
3. Blue Mail
4. Cookmate
5. Credit Karma
6. Gboard
7. Google Drive
8. Google Opinion Reward

1Weather

Price: Free / $1.99

1Weather is about as complete of a weather app as you can find. It comes with all kinds of stuff, including current conditions, forecasts, radar, predictions, fun facts about meteorology, graphs, and even a sun and moon tracker. The design is also gorgeous, and the app includes fairly decent and somewhat configurable widgets.

There is a single $1.99 in-app purchase to remove advertising. However, all the features are available in the free version, and the ads are inoffensive, so it’s largely worth buying it. You can also check out our list of the best weather apps if you want an alternative. We also quite like AccuWeather, especially since AccuWeather’s redesign in mid-2020.

Bitwarden Password Manager

Price: Free

Bitwarden Password Manager is one of a few decent free password manager apps. It works like most password managers. You get a vault with all of your usernames and passwords. You can store as many as you want without worry and retrieve them as needed. In addition, the app has 256-bit AES encryption, which is entirely open source.

It hits all of the checkboxes for a good, free password manager. The app saw a spike in popularity after LastPass reduced the features on its free tier. KeePassDroid is another excellent option in this space, but we like Bitwarden’s UI just a bit more. You can also check out our list of best password manager apps for more options.

Blue Mail

Price: Free/ $6.99

Blue Mail is one of the best free Android apps for email. It features a simple design that helps you keep your emails in line. Additionally, it comes with support for many email providers, color coding for organization, app theming, Android Wear support, and widgets. Various smart features, such as blocking notifications during certain times (per account), also help customize your experience.

Really, there aren’t many email apps that are more customizable than this one. It does a lot of things right and very few things wrong. This is about as good as it gets without a price tag. There are some questions about its privacy policy; we recommend reading it if those things concern you. Here’s a list of more excellent email app options as well.

Cookmate

Price: Free / $20 per year

Cookmate is arguably the best individual cookbook app on mobile. A lot of people have a lot of dietary wants and needs, so the use of a personal cookbook app benefits a lot of people. This one is particularly nice to use. You can create custom recipes from scratch with instructions and an ingredients list. Additionally, you can import recipes from virtually any website.

The UI is clean and easy to use, plus there is cloud backup, even in the free version. The premium version is a yearly subscription, but all it does is increase the number of recipes you can sync or use the Dropbox option.

Credit Karma

Price: Free

Credit Karma is a fun little financial app. What it does is let you check your credit score for free. On top of that, the app will notify you when there are major changes to your credit score. The app offers some other things too, such as potential credit cards that you may qualify for based on your credit score. You don’t have to accept those if you don’t want to.

It’s a simple, easy way to check out your credit and start fixing things if needed. It’s one of the more underrated free Android apps. Credit Karma is not 100% accurate, but it gives you a good idea of what’s happening. The notifications also let you know if a new account was opened in your name. NerdWallet is a great alternative to this. Additionally, Intuit (owner of Turbo Tax) purchased Credit Karma back in 2020. Check out some budget apps for Android for some other money stuff, too.

Gboard

Price: Free

Gboard is Google’s official keyboard app. It’s a simple keyboard that doesn’t have too many frills. It does have gesture typing (swiping), light theming, voice typing, emoji search, GIF support, and more. Its most unique feature is the built-in Google search that lets you search the web without leaving the keyboard or app that you’re in.

It can also sync between devices, so your saved words go with you. It’s effective, simple, and 100% free. You’ll want to try this one out if your phone keyboard is giving you fits. It’s one of the best free Android apps, for sure. SwiftKey is also great in a different sort of way, and there are other great Android keyboards here as well.

Google Drive

Price: Free / $12 per month

The Google Drive suite is a group of applications that are all directly integrated into Google Drive. The apps include Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Photos, Google Keep, and the actual Google Drive app itself.

These apps focus primarily on office use for documents, spreadsheets, and slideshows but also work for note-taking, backing up your photos, and storing whatever file you can think of. The best part is that they’re all free unless you need more than 15GB of storage on Google Drive. Most people don’t. These are all great free Android apps. You can also find more office app options here if you need more choices.

Google Opinion Rewards

Price: Free

Google Opinion Rewards is easily one of the best free Android apps in the Google Play Store. To use this app, you simply download and install it, then open it one time. After that, the app will periodically notify you to ask you some questions about where you go, what you do, and what Google products you use. You’ll get credit for use in the Google Play Store every time you answer a survey. That credit can go toward buying yourself apps or games in Google Play.

It’s a great way to expand your collection without spending real money. At worst, everyone should have this app installed. It is only available in some regions, so our International readers may be unable to use it.

Google Maps

Price: Free

Google Maps and Waze are two navigation apps. Google Maps will give you turn-by-turn directions, let you view businesses (and their reviews), and all kinds of other stuff. Waze is another navigation app. It lets you check out the traffic along your route. Google Maps is definitely the more powerful of the two. Waze is a little bit more fun to use, though. That makes it a good option if you’re looking for something simple. Both apps get heaps of new updates and features all the time. You can’t go wrong either way. You do have more options, so here’s our list of the best navigation apps for Android.

Imgur and Giphy

Price: Free

Imgur and Giphy are two image databases. They’re great places to find things like funny GIFs, fun images, little facts, and all kinds of other entertainment purposes. Most of those awesome pictures you see on Facebook, Twitter, etc, come from here. Imgur is the image upload service that most people use on Reddit.

Both Giphy and Imgur are completely free to download and use. They have your back whether you want to kill a few minutes slacking off or looking for the perfect reaction GIF for that Twitter or Google+ post. They’re two free Android apps worth having. Plus, you can upload your images to Imgur without limits for sharing to various places. There are other funny apps on Android, but we like these two the best.

Musicolet

Price: Free

Musicolet is an intriguing option for local music playback. It does all of the basics, including playlists, tag editing, organizational features, file browsing, and embedded lyrics (LRC) support. You also get an equalizer, a sleep timer, widgets, lock screen controls, Android Auto support, and more.

It covers all standard use cases and still piles more on top. In addition, it’s entirely free, with no in-app purchases and no advertising. We also quite like the simple, effective UI. You can check out other music app options here as well if you need to or here for music streaming apps if you want that instead.

Resilio Sync

Price: Free / Varies

Resilio Sync is a cloud storage solution for people who don’t trust cloud storage. It creates a cloud storage server on your personal computer. The app lets you sync your files, photos, videos, audio, etc from your computer to your phone and back again. Thus, you get the cloud storage experience without trusting your data with a third party.

The desktop and mobile apps are easy enough to set up, and the UI is functional. There is a pro version with some extra features, but the free version does the basics just fine as long as you don’t need anything excessive. Other great cloud storage services exist, but Resilio Sync is excellent for people on a budget.

TickTick

Price: Free / $35.99 per year

TickTick is among the best to-do list apps on Android. It works a lot like Wunderlist, actually. You can make lists, share tasks with others, organize your tasks in various ways, get reminders, set recurring tasks, and more. It’s also highly modular. That helps with organization. The widgets aren’t half bad, either.

There is a pro version, but it adds things like calendar support and other additional features. The free version of this is far above what most other to-do list apps offer. It’s also clean, easy to use, and great for small teams or families. It’s technically not a free app. However, the free version functions better than most free to-do list apps. Don’t worry; you won’t need the premium version except in extreme cases.

Zedge

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Zedge is pretty much a one-stop shop for things like wallpapers, ringtones, notification tones, and alarms. There is a large selection of all those things available in various genres, including fantasy, mainstream, funny, and whatever else you can think of. Zedge’s users add most of the content themselves. The only downside is the hilarious number of ads that bother you while you are browsing the app. They are forgivable, but only just so.

Thanks to this, there is quite a bit of variety. There is also a premium option for wallpapers, which are pretty decent. Abstruct, Walli, and Tapet are better wallpaper options, but Zedge’s premium content isn’t half bad, and Zedge is basically the only truly great app left for ringtones. There are other great wallpaper apps and ringtone apps, but Zedge is the only one that can reliably do both.

Zoom

Price: Free / Varies

Zoom was one of the definitive apps of 2020. When the pandemic hit and everybody started working from home, Zoom became the app to beat for video conferencing. It has a fairly robust free version. You can do unlimited one-on-one video chats and 40-minute meetings with up to 100 people. That’s good enough for most use cases.

You can pay to remove many of those restrictions. The app lets you screen share and use a whiteboard to write stuff down, and it even includes end-to-end encryption. The app could be better, and Zoom quickly adapted to its new popularity. However, it managed to persevere.

If we missed any of the best free Android apps, tell us about them in the comments.