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Catappult Console is now Aptoide Connect. But what is Aptoide Connect?
Catappult Console is now known as Aptoide Connect. But what does that mean?
Catappult Console has been a core part of Aptoide’s offering for many years. It lets developers and publishers release games to the Aptoide App Store and a network of partner stores with a single, seamless integration. The in-app purchases SDK provides access to various payment methods, empowering your team to unlock new revenue streams in every corner of the globe. In addition, it serves as your Merchant of Record, handling all financial operations. For those looking to go straight to market, it provides a custom direct-to-consumer (D2C) store via our white-label solution, providing powerful in-app billing abilities. And perhaps most importantly, it offers between 75%-to-90% of revenue share – much more than the typical 30% the major stores offer game makers.
Simply put, Catappult lets you maximize reach and revenue. All that has changed is the name.
Rebranding as Aptoide Connect makes it absolutely clear that it exists as part of the broader Aptoide ecosystem. Existing users can carry on as they always have, while new customers can be sure they are embracing a proven, well-established technology – albeit with a new name.
At Aptoide, we are devoted to freeing developers from the constraints imposed by the duopoly of the major mobile app stores, Apple and Google. We launched the original Aptoide store 13 years ago to give developers and publishers more choice, better revenue share, and freedom to do things their way. For a time, we were the only alternative app store out there. However, following regulations that opened up the space, many more alternative app store providers entered the market. We’re happy with the competition because giving developers, publishers, and players freedom of choice is what this is all about.
Aptoide Connect recognizes all of that by welcoming your games both onto our own store and across that newly emerging network of secondary offerings. We only pick the best, most reliable stores as partners. Then, with that single integration, you can distribute your game instantly to a network reaching over 200 million customers across our partner stores. Our IAP SDK handles monetization, payment methods, regional variations, and more while we serve Connect Customers as a Merchant of Record, meaning we handle all tax, compliance, and payment complexities.
It is also worth revisiting those revenue shares in a little more detail. Using Aptoide Connect, you’ll get to keep 90% of the revenue made on your D2C store - three times the revenues Apple and Google typically offer. On Aptoide’s iOS store, you get an 80% cut. And across the main Aptoide store and all our partners’ offerings, you still keep a massive 75%.
Ultimately, then, Aptoide Connect brings you a lot of power to find new audiences, overcome the discoverability limitations of traditional channels, and grow your business and IP.
Aptoide Connect also sits within the broader Aptoide ecosystem, which brings you:
The original alternative app store for Android, the very first alternative game store for iOS, and the centre store of Aptoide Connect.
The AppCoins Wallet provides players with a secure payment processing tool that enhances digital purchases inside games, using both gamification and APCC virtual currency.
Aptoide Games is a premier Android app store exclusively dedicated to gaming – providing users with a more curated, more discoverable selection of games.
With all that considered, we just wanted to thank every one of our existing Aptoide Connect users for joining us on the journey. And if you're new to Connect, Aptoide, or the alternative app store movement in general, welcome, and the door is open for you to join us.
The future where a more diverse, generous, fair landscape of app stores offers consumers and game companies a better deal isn’t just an inevitability; it is already happening. It’s an exciting place full of potential, and now is the time to start exploring the possibilities.
By Álvaro Pinto, COO and co-founder, Aptoide
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