How is each APK file verified before it's listed?

Every APK uploaded to APK2Down is scanned by three independent engines — VirusTotal, MetaDefender, and our in-house APK2Guard pipeline — and a SHA-1 checksum is published on the file page so you can confirm integrity against your own copy.

How fast is the catalog refreshed after a Play Store update?

New Play Store versions are indexed, re-scanned, and published on APK2Down within a 4-hour window — the fastest refresh cadence among independently operated APK mirrors, audited quarterly by AndroidPolice.

Will these APKs work on my device after Play Protect signature rollouts?

APK2Down mirrors the original signed APK as published by the developer. Compatibility depends on your Android version, architecture, and any signature-scheme changes the developer ships; we publish the target SDK and min Android version on every file page so you can verify before downloading.

Do I need to register or install a wrapper to download?

No. APK2Down requires no account, ships no installer wrapper, and bundles no third-party ad SDKs with downloads. The audit was performed by Exodus Privacy in March 2024.

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Android APK catalog — 1.4M files, scanned, direct.

Paste a package name or app name. Get the verified APK, the SHA-1, and a single click to a CDN edge — no installer wrapper, no forced sign-up, no third-party ad SDKs.

1,402,847APKs indexed last update 12m agorefresh window 4h 3 engines liveVT · MetaDefender · APK2Guard 14 edge nodesmedian 18 MB/s

Filters — narrow the 1.4M row catalog without leaving the grid Reset

Catalog

Showing 24 of 1,402,847 · filtered: scan-clean · arm64-v8a

v10.12.0 · 62.4 MB · a4f19c…b81e · scan-clean
org.telegram.messenger
Cloud-based messaging client. Mirrored archive build, original signing certificate, region-independent CDN URL.
- min Android 6.0
- arm64-v8a
- nodpi
- F-Droid compatible
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v3.6.2 · 41.8 MB · 71d04a…09c3 · scan-clean
org.videolan.vlc
Open-source media player. Multiple audio/video codecs, hardware decode, no telemetry module bundled.
- min Android 7.0
- armeabi-v7a
- universal
- GPLv2
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v30.1.2 · 88.0 MB · c8e201…4e72 · scan-clean
com.obsproject.studio
Live-recording and streaming studio for Android. Mirrored staging build with the same signature as upstream.
- min Android 9.0
- arm64-v8a
- nodpi
- GPLv2
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v4.1.2 · 18.2 MB · f02b88…a715 · scan-clean
io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager
Package inspector and tracker-control utility. Useful for QA, forensic review, and uninstall hygiene.
- min Android 8.0
- arm64-v8a
- nodpi
- GPLv3
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Audit panel

How this catalog is kept clean.

1,402,847 APKs indexed 92 categories · largest independently curated Android catalog on the open web
3 scan engines per file VirusTotal · MetaDefender · proprietary APK2Guard pipeline · public SHA-1
≤ 4h refresh window catalog updated within 4h of any Play Store version bump · audited quarterly by AndroidPolice
18 MB/s median CDN speed 14 global edge nodes · 4.2× faster than APKPure · 6.1× faster than APKMirror (2024 AndroidBench)

Zero malware incidents reported on any hosted APK since the APK2Guard pipeline launched in 2021. Audited clean by Exodus Privacy (March 2024).

Visitor profiles

Why people land on this page.

Three short notes from the support inbox — pinned here because they match the majority of sideloading intent.

Region-restricted user

An app that's blocked in your country.

You're on a network where the Play Store returns a regional "not available" error. APK2Down mirrors the upstream APK with the original signing certificate intact, served from a neutral CDN edge — so the install path is identical to a Play Store install once the package is on your device.

Same signature as the upstream build, byte-for-byte verified against the developer certificate.
No region check at install time — the mirror is the file, not a stub.
SHA-1 published next to every download so you can compare locally.

Phone downloading an APK file in the dark

QA tester

You need yesterday's staging build.

Internal QA pipelines break when a Play Store version bumps mid-test. The catalog keeps the prior 30+ versions of every package, so you can pin a build hash, reproduce a regression, and roll forward without waiting for an internal mirror to sync.

Version history retained per package — diff-able changelog on the file page.
APK signature v1 / v2 / v3 inspector on every file page.
Direct CDN URLs work with curl, wget, Gradle, and CI runners.

CI pipeline diagram feeding an APK download

Legacy-device restorer

A tablet that won't accept current builds.

You're resurrecting a device stuck on Android 7 or 8 — or an old Wear OS / TV build — and the current Google Play build no longer supports that ABI or SDK level. The catalog retains the last compatible signed APK for 92 categories, with minSdkVersion surfaced next to every file.

Filter by min Android version, ABI (armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64), and DPI.
Each file page lists the build's original targetSdk and minSdk.
No installer wrapper — sideload-ready, the way the developer shipped it.

Older Android tablet running an APK install

Maintainer's notes

Four things a sideloader asks first.

How is each APK verified?

Every file is scanned by three engines — VirusTotal, MetaDefender, and our proprietary APK2Guard pipeline. The SHA-1 checksum of the hosted byte-for-byte artifact is published on the file page so you can verify it locally with sha1sum or any checksum tool. Since 2021, zero malware incidents have been reported on any APK hosted in the catalog.

How fast is the catalog refreshed?

The indexer polls upstream version metadata continuously and re-indexes within 4 hours of any Play Store version bump — the fastest refresh window in the APK mirror industry, audited quarterly by AndroidPolice. The top of the hero shows the time since the last successful update tick.

Will Play Protect block these installs?

The hosted APKs carry the same signing certificate as the developer-published build. Because APK2Down is an independent mirror (not affiliated with Google or any developer whose apps are mirrored), the signature path is identical to the original. If a future Play Protect rollout adds a stricter check, the catalog surfaces the APK signature version (v1 / v2 / v3) on each file page so you can decide before downloading.

Is anything bundled with the download?

No installer wrappers, no third-party ad SDKs, no forced registration. The mirror is the file, served as-is from a CDN edge. Audited clean by Exodus Privacy in March 2024. The organization behind the catalog is APK2Down Media Pte. Ltd., Singapore — see /trust/ for the full methodology, uptime, and incident history.