How to SEARCH applications games in Play Store and Internet

December 3, 2018, by Santiago Comment

Until September 2018, the Google Play Store registered 2.6 million applications. It’s an even higher number than Apple’s App Store (2 million). Although the search box is useful here, it is only usable if you have an idea of ​​what you are looking for.

If you are starting to get familiar with this app store, first make sure you have it updated to take advantage of its shortcuts. If you want to use some filters, you will need to use the browser. And if you are going to search for apps on the Internet, you must be careful with viruses and malware.

Update the Play Store

The latest version of the Play Store application makes it easier to search and find applications, thanks to its organization and shortcuts. So make sure to update the app first. The following search tips are based on this version.

You can download the APK from the Google Play Store, a page that offers the latest version available so far.

Explore the main page

If you search the main page of the Play Store, you will find the most prominent categories of applications. For example the best free apps, paid apps, productivity apps, offline apps, multiplayer games, new and most downloaded games, etc. In the same way if you want to find books, music or movies.

In case you want to access from a browser, use the following URLs:

play.google.com/store/apps

play.google.com/store/apps/category/APPLICATION

Another option that will give you more results is the following google search:

site:play.google.com/store/apps/collection/

Search from the browser

Searching for applications from the Play Store is limited. If you search from the browser you will have an interesting filter that will only show you the applications with more than four stars rating. There is also a filter of free or paid applications.

This must be done from the browser of a desktop PC. In the mobile browser you can also request the desktop version of the page, but the aforementioned filters are overlapping and there is no easy access.

Internet search

If you can’t find what you’re looking for in the Play Store, you can always go to Google to find the APK of an application. However, be careful with the source or site from which you download it, to avoid installing viruses or malware on your cell phone. If you are not sure about an APK, before installing do an analysis with the powerful online tool Virus Total.

Two secure sources of APKs that I usually trust these days are F-Droid and APK Mirror.

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