Very soon we will open our platform for independent developers. We flipped the sides and are providing real freedom for everyone - for users and for developers. Be one of the first developers to be listed on appdb officially.
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About appdb
appdb is a platform that exists for more than a decade and provides users ability to explore, install, enhance and share apps for Apple-branded operating systems. With support of EU DMA we are launching real app marketplace for everyone. And it is not "app marketplace" as Apple thinks - where they can control everything - it is an alternative app distribution platform, which is an independent player in this market with our own APIs and services.
appdb is working completely independently from Apple and not affiliated with them. By flipping sides - allowing users to use their own so-called "Apple developer accounts" to install apps that they want and giving power and freedom right in their hands (till Apple will allow every developer to access this market with their own code signing certificates from trusted CAs).
Our approach
We believe that app marketplaces need to be just marketplaces - to provide options to find apps and sell original, signed by Developers apps.
Developers need to be free to publish their apps without any restrictions independently.
Marketplaces may provide their own services that developers can use by their sole decision, not forced by marketplace owner.
Marketplaces should not take an ownership of apps by re-signing them and including additional metrics and profiling as Apple does for now.
And finally, marketplaces need to sell apps, not rent, or "give a right to use", so users can easily download installable copies or/and continue to use and install their apps offline, even if they were removed from marketplace.
Our March 7 Keynote
Our March 7 Keynote
We are describing upcoming changes
What official app publishing will include
Here are set of features being implemented right now
Advanced Security
appdb apps and data are completely separated from Apple-distributed apps, all binaries are being checked against known malware functions with usage of Kaspersky solutions
Push Notifications
Push Notifications relay (till we will get interoperability)
App Attest
App Attestation relay (till we will get interoperability)
Publisher ID
Verification of App Developers and their legal status
Customer, device IDs
Scoped by App, token-based customer and device identification APIs
Payments
No-restriction of payments that you use inside your apps. Minimal commissions on payments that you are doing via our APIs
Deep Linking
Deep linking from your websites inside your apps
HSM & hardware keys
Preliminary support of HSMs and hardware keys to sign your apps and retain chain of trust from you to your end customer with industry-standard Code Signing certificates, e.g. from DigiCert or Sectigo
App Testing
Testing publisher area environment to test your apps without usage of Apple hardware for development
Binary ID
Binaries identifications in order to prevent unauthorised (re)distribution of your apps on appdb
One more thing (like Steve Jobs would say):
App publishing on appdb is free. We only take commissions for our developer APIs usage, only if you need them. However, in beta, it is free as well.
Register your interest to get access to beta
We will send you an invitation when it's ready and be in touch with you during process of your app publication on appdb.