As we all know, updating applications is a routine process that all users must do. The reason is to look for the latest development news and proper operation. This is a barrier for apps that are downloaded outside the store or for mobiles that do not contain Google services, such as Huawei or other Chinese companies. Still, it's still possible update those apps without Google Play in the middle.
It is a project of rumboalla, a forum creator GitHub who has developed this application that is still in beta, but has several updates behind it. These updates have corrected aspects of the operation and especially of the customization, with the possibility of changing the interface between various themes.
How to install APKUpdater
Obviously, this installer is not found in the Play Store, so we are going to get it through other ways. The options are almost unlimited, we can download this app from countless repositories such as APKPure, APKMirror or GitHub, so there is no difference from where it is obtained. Next, the steps to follow will be very simple:
- We download the app from link to GitHub.
- We install the APK file that we download from the browser.
- We grant storage permissions and recognition from external sources.
The app would already be ready to update any program installed on the terminal, whether by default, a Google or third-party app. To proceed with a renewal of any app, just go to the section "Updates", where we find them arranged.
[BrandedLink url = »https://github.com/rumboalla/apkupdater»] APKUPDATER [/ BrandedLink]
How to update apps in APKUpdate
Taking into account that it is an open source program, the operation is more than correct when updating apps, even for a mobile that uses Google services. To obtain the files of each of the apps, it relies on 4 great sources to get them, all of them well known to the community.
They are Google Play itself, F-Droid, APKMirror and Aptoide. In fact, in the aforementioned updates menu, all apps have several options to download these new files from any of the 4 sources. Since it shows where your sources are coming from, it is a reassuring aspect of security.
Lights and shadows in the app
APKUpdater offers many more extra advantages apart from those already mentioned. And it is that it has multilanguage support and coverage for a large number of terminals, all those that are between version 4.0.3. and Android 10. In addition, it has your own notification system for any update notices, as well as a remarkable and customizable layout. On the other hand, we can create our own excluded list in the "Applications" section.
But not everything can be perfect. We lack some depth in the details of the update or the app itself, such as the size of the internal memory. It also does not show us the version number or the novelties that it entails, in case it is worth updating the app or not, not to mention that some of them cannot even be updated, such as the 21buttons app, giving installation error. This may be motivated because it only has a link to the Google Play source.
APKGrabber, another tool to update applications without Google Play
We talk about a totally free app which obviously we cannot download from the Google application store. We have verified that it is free of viruses, in addition to testing the application and confirming that it is really useful. Normal, if we take into account that it is a fork of APKUpdater.
The app counts in your interface with three tabs where it divides all its content. In the first, we will see all the applications that we have installed. We can use this tab to ignore those applications that, for whatever reason, we do not want to update. On the other hand, we have a second window where all the applications that we can update are listed.
If no application appears, click the update button located at the bottom right to re-search for the apps that need to be updated. Once you have found the ones you have to update, you just have to go giving APKMirror so that the latest version of the app in question is downloaded automatically.
[BrandedLink url=»https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/hemker/apkgrabber/apkgrabber-1-1-8-release/apkgrabber-1-1-8-android-apk-download/»]APKGrabber[/BrandedLink]
A third way: download the latest APK file directly
In these cases in which we want to update applications without using Google Play, we can use another alternative system to download applications, less intuitive and more cumbersome, since we must do everything manually. This way of updating apps implies as a result going to sites like APKPure or APKMirror. These websites allow us to download the files apk, that come to be like executable installers to later be able to install them on our device. We ourselves have to take care of downloading the file with the latest uploaded version, not to mention remembering to do so.