🆚 Facebook Apps vs. Google Play

Type

App platform
App platform

About

Facebook Apps are third-party software applications that integrate with Facebook and use its APIs to access data and interact with its social features.

They connect through the Graph API to read and write data such as profiles, posts, pages, and ads, support authentication via Facebook Login for single sign-on, enable content sharing and publishing, automate marketing and messaging workflows, and operate under a permission-based model with user consent.

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

Menlo Park, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
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 #4
Apps › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Play app platform is 1.1 times more popular than Facebook Apps.
Total websites

Market share

Apps

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Play is more popular in the United States, Germany, and India, while Facebook Apps are more popular in Japan, Vietnam, and Canada.
United States
Japan
Germany
India
United Kingdom
France
Brazil
Italy
Russia
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Play is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Facebook Apps are more commonly used on general news, entertainment, and blogs and wiki sites.
Business
General News
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Travel
Internet Services
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#12
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See also

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