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App Store (Apple)

digital app distribution platform for iOS/iPadOS
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Summary

App Store (Apple) is an app marketplace[1]. App Store (Apple) has Wikipedia articles in 60 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: mobile app[3]
  • Operator: Apple Inc.[4]
  • Developer: Apple Inc.[5]
  • Copyright license: proprietary license[6]
  • Operating system: iOS[7], iPadOS[8], macOS[9], tvOS[10], visionOS[11], watchOS[12]
  • Part of: list of built-in iOS apps[13]
  • Has use: digital distribution[14], patch[15]
  • Commons category: App Store[16]
  • Platform: iPod touch[17], iTunes[18], iOS[19], iPadOS[20]
  • Inception: July 10, 2008[21]
  • Publication date: July 10, 2008[22]
  • Distributed by: App Store (Apple)[23]
  • Official website: https://appstore.com/[24]
  • Main Wikidata property: P5260[25], P3861[26]
  • Name in kana: アップストア[27]
  • Different from: app marketplace[28], iTunes Store[29], Mac App Store[30], Apple TV App Store[31], Apple Store[32], App Store[33]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[34]
  • Social media followers: 4,552,875[35], 4,572,413[36], 4,506,255[37], 4,571,708[38]

Why It Matters

App Store (Apple) is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . appstore.com. appstore.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . support.apple.com. support.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . support.apple.com. Retrieved . support.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . apple.com. Retrieved . apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . search.itunes.apple.com. Retrieved . search.itunes.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · NMaia · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 124
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Consumer rights wiki article id: 124, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297028485|Apple App Store (#297028485)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consum"
  2. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alternativeto software id → app-store
    Sciencedirect topic id → computer-science/itunes-app-store
    X (twitter) username → AppStore
    Fandom article id → apple:App_Store
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||de, en, en-gb, vi, el, en-ca, mul, ro */ Cleanup: split multiple reference URLs; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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