🆚 Chrome Web Store vs. Google Play

Type

App platform
App platform

About

The Chrome Web Store is a digital marketplace operated by Google that allows users to discover and install extensions and themes for the Chrome web browser.

It provides categorized browsing, search and recommendations, user ratings and reviews, and automatic updates for installed extensions.

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Google Play is a digital distribution service and official app store for Android operated by Google, providing access to apps, games, and other digital content across supported devices such as phones, tablets, TVs, and wearables.

It includes a catalog with device compatibility filtering, automatic app updates, payment processing and subscriptions, developer publishing tools, and a built-in security service, Google Play Protect, which scans for malware and prevents the installation of harmful apps.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

For usersFree ✔️
Developer registration fee$5
For usersFree ✔️
For developers
Developer registration fee$25
Service fee
Developers enrolled in the 15% service fee tier
first $1M USD of annual earnings
15%
Standard30%
Subscriptions15%

Categories

Apps › Rank #6
Apps › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Play app platform is 43 times more popular than Chrome Web Store.
Total websites

Market share

Apps

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Play is more popular than Chrome Web Store in all countries.
United States
India
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Brazil
Russia
Japan
Spain
Turkey

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

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

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#131
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See also

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