Samsung App Market: what is it?

Samsung App Market? Never heard? This tip tells you what that is, which apps you get there and how expensive the Samsung apps are.

The app selection in the Samsung App Market

The Samsung App Market is an alternative to the Google Play store. As the name suggests, there are exclusive apps for your Samsung smartphone.

• As a rule, you will often find the same Android apps here as in Google's App Store; however, Google offers a much larger selection (several hundred thousand apps). In addition to Android apps, you can also find apps for the niche system "bada" as well as Windows phone apps in the Samsung Market.
• For this purpose, the apps can be filtered in the Samsung store by end device - you can, for example, display all the sports apps for your Galaxy S4 quite comfortably or just search for free games for your S3.
• The "Samsung Apps" application is usually preinstalled on every Samsung smartphone.

Prices and payment in the Samsung App Market

• When it comes to pricing, there are differences between the stores. For example, at the beginning of April 2013 the Android app "Pou" was number one in the "Top Buy" category in the Samsung Market - for 1 euro. The game was offered for free at the same time in the Play Store.
• Under the heading "Discounted applications" you will find offers for free or reduced-price applications at Samsung. Unfortunately, the apps are not exclusively cheaper for Samsung owners. On the contrary: A comparison shows that some of the listed apps cost 99 cents in the Play Store and are therefore one cent cheaper than in the Samsung app market.
• There is agreement among the providers when it comes to payment. Shopping is only possible if you have a credit card and have stored the data in the store.

By the way: In the CHIP app consultation, you can keep yourself informed about the best Android apps. Or you can download the CHIP app guide to your Android phone. You can read a detailed comparison of the different app stores here.