Apps by Place for Android Review

As the title suggests, Apps by Place for Android let you find popular apps based on their geographic locations. The results it provides are reasonably accurate. Developed by Ievgenii Lebid, you can get Apps by Place Android application for free from Google Play Store.

Features

Why one should have an app like Apps by Place in the first place? Well, there are lots of great local apps that get buried under the popularity of others, making it nearly impossible to find them unless you search them by their titles. Apps by Place for Android tries to give you more control over what you can see, by letting you search by their geographic locations. Apple had recently integrated a ‘Near Me’ feature, but Android hasn’t yet. Apps by Place for Android could step in to fill that void.

Apps by Place application is easy to use. First you let the app find your location. The apps are then sorted by country, city and neighborhood, under different categories. However, it should be noted that Apps by Place finds the apps near you by searching the location entered in the app details. If the location is not mentioned in an app, Apps by Place may not be able to locate said app. Also, Apps by Place can’t tell you which the popular download among the listed apps are. The apps are listed in a neat and easy to read format. The results are sorted into their respective categories. Users can switch between free and paid apps by swiping the finger on the list of results. Apps by Place app for Android is not a perfect apps. You might encounter an occasional bug in search results. Hope things will improve in the latter versions of the app. Apps by Place is compatible with Android OS 3.0+.

Conclusion

Apps by Place app for Android is a handy utility that let you find popular apps relevant to your current location. But the fact of the matter is that it is only partially successful in digging out localized apps. This is because Apps by Place relies on place name in app titles/app details to determine the location of an app. If it is not provided by the developer, Apps by Place simply skips it. Hence while using the app, you may occasionally find a great local app, but not always unless you’re prepared to put in some search effort yourself. Anyways, check it out if you’re curious about its concept.

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