Aurora Store

Aurora Store is a free-to-use Android application that proves one of the best alternatives to the Google Play Store, as it offers millions of apps and games for your ease to search, download, and update. It is the best solution for devices that don’t have MicroG or Google Play Services. It is a lightweight and open-source utility that allows you to download APKs and configure them according to your preferences.

The app offers services same as Google Play Store, as you will find detailed information such as description, screenshots, updates, comments offered by other users, and so on. If you have a version code, you are capable of accessing the older versions of your favorite apps.

What is Aurora Store?

Aurora Store is a powerful alternative, but an unofficial FOSS client for the Google Play Store. It is a third-party app that is developed by Rahul Kumar Patel and falls under the Tools and Utilities category. It makes it possible for the Spoof Manager, even on low-end devices, and makes accessible the language and country-specific restricted apps accessible in your region. 

The innovative app offers an organized interface with tremendous apps that are neatly categorized, such as shopping, gaming, books & comics, emulators, and so on. It offers a secure environment while scanning apps before uploading on the platform.

Aurora Store Features

Tremendous Apps

The innovative app store works similar Google Play Store, as it offers a layout mirroring the Play Store, embedded with tremendous apps and games, including social, business, sports, casual, tools, and so on, as available on the big giant. You can search and download apps on the Aurora Store; you have to manually install the app program file. 

Anonymous Downloading

If you are interested in downloading and installing APKs and updates, the store makes this possible while extracting APKs and updates from official sources, and you will remain anonymous to get APKs and updates right from the store without signing up on the official sources. It is the best solution for minimal data exposure. 

Strong Security & Privacy

The app reliably removes the privacy concerns of users, as a lot of users prefer the official app stores to download and install the content right on their device. But, Aurora offers enhanced security and privacy compared to the Google Play Store, as it allows you to install content without going to the official site, and doesn’t ask for extra permissions on your device. Likewise, the availability of Blacklist Manager helps to download and install apps while disabling all related permissions, and fix security issues. It also doesn’t collect security-related information.

Accessible Older Version 

Along with downloading and installing the latest app versions, the Aurora store also helps to access the older versions as well. So, you can get older versions on your device reliably if you aren’t satisfied with the latest versions.

Spoof Manager

It is one of the key features, as it allows spoofing of the device temporarily, and manipulates the device information such as model, location, etc, and views the titles. It is the best solution for testers and power users for researching or quality checks while offering review availability and screenshots. After completing the comparison listing, you can switch back. The supported devices for the feature are Asus, MI, Google, Moto, and so on.

Virus Scanning

No doubt, Google Play Store offers a strong scanning process to detect viruses, but the sneaking of viruses can be possible and damage your content. However, the Aurora gives more protection while verifying new apps. It allows uploading the apps after 100% protection, after passing the apps through a variety of scanning processes. It is the best platform for users who want to give an extra layer of protection to their downloaded content. 

Enhanced User Experience

You will find various advanced settings to enhance the user experience, such as;

• Filters: it makes disabling F-droid and Google apps possible, and also offers a Non-President option to reset all search results.
• Installation: You can modify the installation process of APK files while using various options, including session, native, AM, root, and so on.
• Customization: make changes according to your taste while customizing the interface and themes.
• Downloads: select storage and set the maximum number of active downloads.

Manage Downloads

The simple, yet intuitive interface helps to manage your downloads while working as a download manager. It offers three ways for installation, such as Manual, Root, or System via permissions, and the Aurora Service app. It allows you to update as well as block updating of any app manually, and also delete an APK automatically after installation. As we aforementioned, it allows you to download the apps while offering dummy accounts, but for paid apps, you need to create a Google Account, log into Aurora Store using the Google account, and get paid content. 

Pros

• Simple and intuitive interface
• Offers tremendous apps and games 
• Download APKs directly from the store
• High-level privacy and security
• Offers spoofing and disabling of extra app permissions

Cons

• Some apps couldn’t be installed without Google Play Services