🆚 App Store vs. Snapcraft

Type

App platform
App platform

About

Apple App Store is a digital distribution platform that allows users to download and purchase apps and digital content for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other Apple devices.

It provides a curated marketplace with nearly 2 million apps reviewed for quality and security, supports global distribution in over 175 regions, includes integrated payments and subscriptions, personalized recommendations, and family sharing.

Snapcraft is a packaging system and application store ecosystem for Linux that enables building, distributing, and installing software as Snap packages on different Linux systems.

Snap packages are self-contained application bundles that include all dependencies, run in sandboxed environments, support automatic background updates with rollback to previous versions, and are managed locally by the snapd service.

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Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States
London, United Kingdom

Website

Pricing

For usersFree ✔️
For developers
Developer Program fee$99/year
Commission fee
EU10% or 17%
Small Business Program
(up to $1 million in proceeds)
15%
Standard30%

Categories

Apps › Rank #3
Apps › Rank #13

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The App Store platform is 1,192 times more popular than Snapcraft.
Total websites

Market share

Apps

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

App Store is more popular than Snapcraft in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Russia
India
Brazil
Italy
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

App Store is more popular than Snapcraft in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
General News
Finance/Banking
Entertainment
Travel
Education/Reference
Sports
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
#12,863
#16,559
#25,771
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See also

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