Aurora Store

Aurora Store enables you to search and download apps from the official Google Play store. You can check app descriptions, screenshots, updates, reviews, and download the APK directly from Google Play to your device.

To use Aurora Store, log in using Google Play account, when you first open and configure Aurora Store.

Unlike a traditional app store, Aurora Store does not own, license or distribute any apps. All apps, app descriptions, screenshots and other content in Aurora Store are directly accessed, downloaded and/or displayed from Google Play.

Aurora Store works exactly like a door or a browser, allowing you to log in to your Google Play account and find the apps from Google Play.

Please note that Aurora Store does not have any approval, sponsorship or authorization from Google, Google Play, any apps downloaded through Aurora Store or any app developers; neither does Aurora Store have any affiliation, cooperation or connection with them.

Features

FOSS: Has GPLv3 licence
Beautiful design: Built upon latest Material 3 guidelines
Account login: You can login with either personal or an anonymous account
Device & Locale spoofing: Change your device and/or locale to access geo locked apps
Exodus Privacy integration: Instantly see trackers in app
Plexus integration: Instantly see app compatibility without Google Play Services or with microG
Updates blacklisting: Ignore updates for specific apps
Download manager
Manual downloads: allows you to download older version of apps, provided
- The APKs are available with Google
- You know the version codes for older versions

Limitations

The underlying API used is reversed engineered from the Google Play Store, changes on side may break it.
Provides only base minimum features
- Can not download or update paid apps.
- Can not update apps/games with Play Asset Delivery
Multiple in-app features are not available if logged in as Anonymous.
- Library
- Purchase History
- Editor's choice
- Beta Programs
- Review Add/Update
Token dispenser server is not super reliable, downtimes are expected.

AI Usage

Aurora Store is developed with the help of AI tooling. Here is what that means.

In this project

AI assistance is used in day to day development: writing and refactoring code, reviewing diffs, and drafting documentation.
Nothing gets merged that a maintainer has not read, understood and tested. Generated code is a starting point, not a finished result.
Accountability does not change. Whatever ships in Aurora Store is the maintainers' responsibility, no matter how it was written.

In contributions

You are welcome to use AI tooling on your contributions. Just mention it in the merge request description.
You are still responsible for what you send. Be ready to explain how your change works, and to show that you built and tested it yourself.
Merge requests and issue reports that are plainly unreviewed model output (calls to APIs that do not exist, unrelated changes, made up bug reports) will be closed without review.

Downloads

Please only download the latest stable releases from one of these sources:

Official website
GitLab Releases
IzzyOnDroid (reproducible)
F-Droid (signed by F-Droid, more details)
App Gallery (limited to certain countries)

You can also get latest debug builds signed with AOSP test keys for testing latest changes from our GitLab Package Registry.

Certificate Fingerprints

SHA1: 94:42:75:D7:59:8B:C0:3E:48:85:06:06:42:25:A7:19:90:A2:22:02
SHA256: 4C:62:61:57:AD:02:BD:A3:40:1A:72:63:55:5F:68:A7:96:63:FC:3E:13:A4:D4:36:9A:12:57:09:41:AA:28:0F

Support

Aurora Store v4 is still in on-going development! Bugs are to be expected! Any bug reports are appreciated. Please visit Aurora Wiki for FAQs.

Permissions

android.permission.INTERNET to download and install/update apps from the Google Play servers
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE to check internet availability
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE to download apps without interruption
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC to download apps without interruption
android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS to auto-update apps without interruption (optional)
android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to access the OBB directory to download APK expansion files for games or large apps
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to access the OBB directory to download APK expansion files for games or large apps
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to access the OBB directory to download APK expansion files for games or large apps
android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES to check updates for all installed apps
android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES to install and update apps