Here are the 12 app stores / discovery tools explicitly mentioned in the transcript, cleaned up and normalized (some names were slightly mangled by transcription):
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The 12 stores (in order of appearance)
1. AppFinder
→ Advanced Play Store search/filter tool (not a store itself, but counted as one in the video).
2. Zap Store
→ Community-driven, open-source app store with developer-signed apps.
3. GitHub Store
→ Turns GitHub Android projects into a store-like experience.
4. Neo Store
→ Modern F-Droid client with tracker/permission visualization.
5. Dragon Store
→ Aggregates apps from official websites and GitHub without shady APK sites.
6. Mitch
→ Unofficial itch.io client for indie Android games.
7. FF Updater
→ Specialized store for alternative browsers (Firefox/Chromium forks).
8. Flicky
→ App store optimized for Android TV and big screens.
9. Aurora Store
→ Anonymous Play Store client (nightly version highlighted).
10. IzzyOnDroid (Unofficial app)
→ Standalone frontend for the IzzyOnDroid F-Droid repository.
11. OpenAPK
→ Web-based (PWA) lightweight FOSS app store pulling from GitHub.
12. Orient Store
→ GitHub-backed, serverless app store with massive app coverage.
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Important clarification
Uptodown / APKMirror / F-Droid / Droidify were explicitly excluded by the creator as “the usual ones.”
Optanium and APK Updater at the end are update managers, not counted among the 12 stores.
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