With the proliferation of mobile app directories on the web, it comes of no surprise that many are beginning to acquire each other and merge their content. Today Appolicious, a comprehensive iPhone and Android app directory with a social twist, is acquiring AppVee, a startup that provides in-depth and comprehensive video reviews of iPhone and Android applications on AppVee.com and AndroidApps.com. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
AppVee was one of the pioneers in the mobile app directory space, and was launched in 2008, shortly after the launch of the iTunes App Store. While AppVee has extensive coverage of iPhone apps, the site’s Android app reviews are also comprehensive. As part of the acquisition AppVee reviewers will continue to write for both sites in addition to Appolicious. The sites will maintain their original style, but Appolicious will add more social benefits, such as the ability for users to create profiles, curate their own list of top apps, import their app libraries, and more.
Appolicious, which just raised $1.5 million in funding and debuted an iPhone app, tries to make sense of the 100,000 apps on Apple’s App Store and the 16,000 apps on the Android Market, but with a social twist. So not only can you find apps based on category or topic, but you can share those apps with your social graph on Twitter and Facebook, review apps, and more. Via its technology, the application will scan your iTunes directory for your downloaded app and will integrate them into your Appolicious library. It’s similar in some ways to oneforty, an app directory for Twitter. The site also recently added the ability to create curated lists of apps.
Founded in May of this year by former Yahoo VP, Alan Warms, Appolicious is hoping to expand its platform to include Android, Blackberry and other smartphone apps, which will certainly be accomplished party through the acquisition of AppVee. Warms is a serial entrepreneur who sold his startup Buzztracker to Yahoo in 2007.
have a look at appaazar, an app recommender for the android plattform. Find it on the Android Market or at http://www.appazaar.net
Also check out our addition to the rapidly expanding market of solutions that recommend the best mobile apps:
Appfinder allows you to share your favorite apps through your social network:
http://www.theappfinder.com/
When we’re talking App finders, there is really only one that covers them all: FastApp
Yeah Yeah, I know… shameless plug, but still, I think FastApp does it better and most important of all, faster than any other site! With 162,000 Apps all under one roof (More categories coming soon), you really don’t need to go anywhere else…
For those interested: http://fastappstore.com
I would encourage you to take a look at http://www.AndroidTapp.com for expert consumer Android App Reviews… actually the world’s leader.
We break down in-depth reviews giving Pros & Cons, features, direct quick links to the app in the Android Market, user ratings and comments, App of the Week, plus tell you whether an app is worth paying for.
Keep your eye on Appolicious. Seriously. As an entrepreneur I’m very impressed with Alan, what they’ve achieved and their overall strategic vision. I’d wager they’ll be will be much more than anyone would expect of this space in just 12 months.
App Store is up to 140,000 apps now (not 100,00). It was announced during the iPad unveiling…
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No Android apps on the Appolicious yet.
Can’t check AppVee.com at the moment – the site is blocked at my workplace for some reason.
AndroidApps.com is not blocked though. However, with 118 apps, many of which are low-rated, it still doesn’t strike me as even somewhat comprehensive.