AppBrain Market Sync

by Antonio Wells Feb 24, 2010 7:11 AM – 18 Comments

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AppBrain Market Sync. Finally it’s possible to install Android apps from a web interface! Browse the app market on www.appbrain.com from a desktop computer and use this app to install and uninstall the apps you selected on that website! Appbrain.com has: Related apps, fast search, popularity lists, wishlists, and sharing of app lists!

Price: Free

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Manage and sync Android App installs and removals via the Web or phone

Cons

Would be cool if you could completely control installs via the Web for free apps

Features:

AppBrain Market Sync Android app is the mobile counterpart to AppBrain.com, an Android Market view website that allows you to Search and Sync apps from the Web to your Android phone and vice versa!

AppBrain.com has statistics on your apps downloaded including costs, free vs paid percentage, total storage size, plus a breakdown in categories. You can share your app list publicly or keep it private. You can even uninstall apps from via their website. See Android developer download stats and who’s producing the most downloads, highest ratings, and total apps available in the Market.

: AppBrain Market Sync

: AppBrain Market Syncing

Usefulness:

This app is extremely useful! Many users like to research apps while on their computers then download them. Manage your Android apps via the Web then have the sync app execute tasks while on the go.

Ease of Use:

Signup using your Google account and download the AppBrain Market Sync Android app on your phone. After all that first time stuff is taken care of search their website for apps you want to download. When you’re done placing your apps in queue to download, launch the AppBrain Market Sync app to download and install the apps from the Android Market. If you placed Paid apps in the queue you will have to complete the checkout on the phone before downloading.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

AndroidTapp.com Rating! (4.3 out of 5)

Should you Download AppBrain Market Sync? Yes! Manage your Android Apps with AppBrain!

Developer: Swiss Codemonkeys

Tags: Android Apps, Android Market Viewer, AndroidTapp.com App Review, AppBrain, AppBrain Market Sync, AppBrain.com

Categorised in: Tools

18 Comments

By Donovan Colbert on February 24, 2010 at 9:57 am:

The website is bouncing and the app is returning “error contacting AppBrain server”…

Illustrating the demand for web based browsing and installation of Android Marketplace Apps, no doubt?

Sounds like this publisher isn’t ready for that demand.

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- By uwe on February 24, 2010 at 10:27 am:
  
  Thank you very much for the great review!
  
  Unfortunately there is currently a Google AppEngine outage. We hope Google will fix this as soon as possible and our site will be back again.
  
  Thanks,
  Uwe / AppBrain team
  
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  - By uwe on February 24, 2010 at 12:29 pm:
    
    Google fixed it, AppBrain is back! Sorry for the inconvenience.
    
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    - By Declan Byrd on February 28, 2010 at 4:17 am:
      
      Google may have fixed your page but the market is down, so i want to know if there is anywhere to download an APK file withe the AppBrain Market Sync app on it.
      This would be a great help as the market has been down for nearly a month!
      
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By Anton Spaans on February 24, 2010 at 5:50 pm:

Question to Uwe or AppBrain:
Do you have a public API that developers can tie into, so that apps can request installs of libraries/services/etc from the market without going through the Android Market.

E.g. a user installs a (free) app that needs a particular Service. This Service is available on the Market. Currently, an app can present a dialog that takes the user to the Android Market and have him/her download the Service from there. This takes quite a few steps and takes the user out of the application. It would be nice if it could be done all with a developer’s application.

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- By uwe on February 25, 2010 at 7:35 am:
  
  Currently we have no such API. Also our own app uses the Google Android Market app for installing the apps selected on the website. It would be great if Google would offer an API to manage the installs directly.
  
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By Anton Spaans on February 24, 2010 at 6:03 pm:

To Uwe or AppBrain:
A suggestion: Allow developers to register with your site and allow users to communicate with developers. This would be awesome!

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- By uwe on February 25, 2010 at 7:36 am:
  
  Great suggestion! We will consider it for a future version of our site. Thanks.
  
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By Daan on June 28, 2010 at 2:59 pm:

The website is bouncing and the app is returning “error contacting AppBrain server

what should i do?

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By Haze on August 29, 2010 at 4:03 pm:

can this application be used for tracking a mobile phone calls from an other mobile device?

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- By Jason Norment on August 29, 2010 at 5:52 pm:
  
  @Haze: No. This application is only used to sync your AppBrain account with your phone.
  
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By omari on September 23, 2010 at 2:40 am:

I bouhgt my device in middle east and I don’t have access to “androidmarket”
Would I be able to use this application to download apps?

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- By Antonio Wells on September 23, 2010 at 8:22 am:
  
  Unfortunately you would not be able to as it relies on the Android Market
  
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  - By Mike Sly on December 23, 2010 at 8:38 am:
    
    If a user is browsing Market applications from the web, downloading them to their PC, and would synch them to the mobile phone later, why is mobile device access to the Market required? Seems like the mobile hand set is getting it’s updates from the PC. Just wondering…
    
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    - By Antonio Wells on December 23, 2010 at 8:41 am:
      
      It’s actually the opposite of that. AppBrain’s website obtains and lists all information about apps from Google’s Android Market, however, does not have the actual apps for download. They only shortcut link your phone to the apps in Google’s Android Market. It’s dependent on your phone to connect to the Market for the actually downloads.
      
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      - By Mike Sly on December 23, 2010 at 9:21 am:
        
        Got it…thanks for the clarification.
By Rich Lagerstedt on November 15, 2010 at 7:05 am:

Help me please.. I installed AppBrain on my Samsung Captivate recently, along with several other applications from AppBrain. 5 days later my phone fried. I got a new phone the exact same model, Samsung Captivate Galaxy S. I cannot uninstall from the old phone as it is cooked. I am trying to do an un-install so I can re-install to my new phone. This is a catch-22. Is there a way to just re-install to a new phone? Thank you.

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By Santhosh on June 16, 2012 at 7:36 pm:

Hi I need to know if there is any application that is available in the android market (like drop box) in which you can save your android applications and to use those applications on the phone to save the inernal mememory of your phone? Because many applications are saved in the internal memory and cannot copy them into the SD card. I was wondering if AppBrain takes care of this part. Please let me know. Thanks, Santhosh

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