On May 25, VK announced the launch of the beta version of RuStore, the domestic equivalent of Google Play. According to Izvestia, with reference to the company’s press service, 500 thousand people have downloaded the store since then.
The developers also said that 1,068 applications are now available in RuStore, the total downloads of which exceeded one million.
Most of all RuStore users are interested in financial applications — 50% of people downloaded them. In addition, the top five most popular categories included tools (10%), entertainment (9%), shopping apps (6%) and games (5%).
In mid-June, the creators of the NashStore reported that over a million people had registered in their app store in a month.