Is Aptoide safe? I tried Android's first alternative app store on Google Play - and it's a mess ...

You don't have to take extra steps to use a rival app shop.

Aptoide Games becomes the first rival Android app store distributed through Google Play in the US, following court-ordered changes from Epic v. Google.

Following the latest twist in Google’s legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google’s Play Store and download a third-party digital store with its own selection of apps.

Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores.

Google has begun allowing rival app stores inside of the Play Store this week, with the first option showing up as an alternative place to download Android games. More app stores are coming but as of ...