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Distribution on Alternative Marketplaces

To distribute your app through an alternative app marketplace, please review and sign the Alternative EU Terms Addendum to the Developer Program License Agreement.
Following the acceptance of the terms, we provide the steps to start distributing to Aptoide’s alternative marketplace.

Add an iOS Application to your Catappult Account

To add your iOS application on the Catappult Console, follow these steps:

  1. Click "Add New App".
  2. In the pop-up menu, click "Add iOS App".
  3. Enter the Bundle ID for your iOS application.
  4. Click "Next".

You will then be presented with the submission form for your application.

Connect with Aptoide iOS

To connect your application with Aptoide iOS you will need to input a Marketplace Token in your App Store Connect console. You can do this by following these steps:

  1. Access your Developer ID

    1. On the top right of any App Store Connect page, click your name, then click Edit Profile.

    2. Under your team name, find the Developer ID and click Copy.

    3. Input this ID in the Marketplace Token box on the Catappult submission form.

    4. Click "Generate".

    5. A Marketplace Token will be generated and returned to you.

    6. Click "Copy" to copy the Marketplace Token.


  2. Add a Marketplace on App Store Connect

    1. From Users and Access, under Integrations, click Marketplace.

    2. Click the add button (+) to add a new marketplace. If it's your first time adding a marketplace, click Add Marketplace.

    3. The Marketplace Distribution section appears with one marketplace added.

    4. Enter the marketplace token you copied and click Next.

    5. Select the apps you want to make eligible for distribution on this marketplace and click Next.

    6. Select the checkbox for Apple to notify Aptoide iOS marketplace when there are certain changes to your apps — for example, when a new alternative distribution package is generated — and click Add.


For further details, refer to Managing Distribution on an Alternative App Marketplace and Apple's Documentation on App Distribution.

Distribute a first version of your Application

To publish your application on Aptoide iOS, we will need an Alternative Distribution Package for the latest version of your application. This is a tailored package of an application's version, formatted for alternative distribution.

There are two different ways Aptoide can obtain this package to publish a version of your application:

  1. The developer can go to App Store Connect, retrieve the Alternative Distribution Package ID for the latest version of their application, and pass it on to Aptoide.
  2. If the developer is already connected with Aptoide for alternative distribution via App Store Connect, whenever a new version of the application is published, Apple will inform Aptoide's services. Aptoide will then retrieve the new Alternative Distribution Package and publish the latest version of the app.

For developers who are going to publish a new version of their application on Aptoide that was not previously distributed on Apple's App Store, no action is necessary when submitting the application to Catappult and you should leave the Alternative Distribution Package ID box empty.

For developers who want to publish on Aptoide a version that was previously published on App Store Connect before the connection to Aptoide was established, the developer must manually retrieve the Alternative Distribution Package ID by following these steps on App Store Connect:

  1. From My Apps, select your app, which will open the page with the Distribution tab selected.
  2. In the sidebar, click History.
  3. Find the Alternative Distribution Package ID field next to an eligible app version.

Once you have the Alternative Distribution Package ID, input it in the Alternative Distribution Package ID box on the Catappult submission process, and we will publish this version of your application to Aptoide iOS.

Fill out your App Information and Metadata

To publish your application on Aptoide, we will also need some information about your app and its metadata. Please complete the "App Information" and "Languages and Media" forms to provide the required details.

Submit your application for review

Once you've completed all the submission forms, click "Submit" to send your application for review. Our team will review it as quickly as possible. While under review, your application will be marked with a "Pending" status.

Enabling In-App Purchases

After registering your app to catappult, your app is ready to accept our billing integration.

  1. In the developer console, navigate to "My Apps".
  2. Select the application you've submitted.
  3. Navigate to "In-App Products" tab.
  4. Click "Add" to add an In-App Product or "Import CSV" if you want to import the products directly from a .csv.
  5. After your application has been reviewed and approved, implement our iOS Billing Integration for Swift or Unity.

Updated 9 days ago