Travel Technology - is there a place like iTunes to "park" your android apps ?

Maybe this is a simple question which I am not aware of how it works ,

I have a Galaxy 7 inch tab and will probably get an Android smartphone too,

With my Apple stuff , iPad and iPhone I can buy / get free apps and leave them on iTunes untill I really need them , then download them to my phone or iPad,

Is there a way to do this with Android when you are getting Android apps from Google play, Amazon , Samsung site etc.

Either in the cloud like iTunes or on my desktop computer.

I just like to get apps when they are free and play with them later but have limited storage memory on the Tablet or Android phone.

Thanks Soarer

With the newer versions of Android OS (which your tablet and new phone should have) you can save apps to the SD card so space should not be an issue.

With the newer versions of Android OS (which your tablet and new phone should have) you can save apps to the SD card so space should not be an issue.

Actually, I had a Galaxy Tab 7 for a couple weeks (before I returned it and bought a Nexus 7). One of the reasons I returned it was that it would not allow you to move apps to the SD card. The SD could only be used for storing music, photos, videos, etc. Apps were restricted to internal memory. I was surprised (and disappointed) to learn this after buying it.

Not entirely sure what you're looking for, but in the Play store (http://play.google.com/store) there is a "My Android Apps" tab just at the top-right (sort of down and right from the search button) which contains two groups of apps:
1) Apps that you have downloaded and which are installed on a device
2) Apps that you have downloaded at one point but which are not installed on a device.

Now I'm sure you can also access this list from the app, but I typically just use the web interface to find/install apps as it's often more convenient and it will push the app to your selected device anyway. The thing I don't think it will do is store user data in said app when you uninstall/reinstall. Unless, of course, the data is stored on the device itself as some apps will create save directories somewhere in the file structure.

Not entirely sure what you're looking for, but in the Play store (http://play.google.com/store) there is a "My Android Apps" tab just at the top-right (sort of down and right from the search button) which contains two groups of apps:
1) Apps that you have downloaded and which are installed on a device
2) Apps that you have downloaded at one point but which are not installed on a device.

Exactly. The Play Store does this automatically so you can download on any device logged in to the same account. Amazon App store also does this. I regularly install and uninstall apps I need/don't need. Example, the United app which constantly runs in the background. I only install it when traveling UA. Comes right off after the trip.

The Google Play Store remembers all the apps you've bought, and you can download them to any device later. It doesn't store data, though.

if you root, you can make backups (including data) with Titanium Backup (the pro version for ~$6 is totally worth it) and it will automatically store the backups on (and recover them from) Dropbox.

[QUOTE=SRQ Guy;19111922]The Google Play Store remembers all the apps you've bought, and you can download them to any device later. It doesn't store data, though.
/QUOTE]

if it remembers all the Android APPS you bought from ANY source that would be great ,

I just know how closed the Apple iTunes is and figured Google would not want to store other companies Apps.....

Soarer

Amazon App Store remembers your purchases and lets you redownload the app in the future. I have some paid apps sitting there courtesy of their free app of the day promotion.

I expect all app stores to offer this function, but I don't expect to buy an app at store A and download it from store B. App store B would be open to exploitation if it worked.

If you get an app from a third party site (not Google Play or Amazon), those are almost always in .apk form which you can simply store anywhere you like -- on your hard drive, or in Dropbox or wherever. In fact, you should be sure to back those up if you really like them, whether they're currently installed on your device or not, so you can install them on any future devices.

Hi

I see how Google play has the apps on my devise and ones stored ready to upload when I want

When I tried that on Amazon App store it needed an Android devise hooked up so it could download to that devise (I assume ! ) Am I missing something on Amazon ?
Is there a way to buy an app and just leave it on Amazon App store until I need it without having an Android devise hooked up ?

sometimes I have my Netbook or iPad with me when I find an Android app in a blog etc that I might want.

Thanks again

Soarer

If you get an app from a third party site (not Google Play or Amazon), those are almost always in .apk form which you can simply store anywhere you like -- on your hard drive, or in Dropbox or wherever. In fact, you should be sure to back those up if you really like them, whether they're currently installed on your device or not, so you can install them on any future devices.

I love google play store...also Google Drive is another place to park your .apk files...its similar to dropbox...and gives you 5 GB space

Also the Box.com is now giving 25GB of Free space online

As soon as I connected the Nexus to my WiFi, it automatically downloaded all the apps I'd downloaded (in some cases paid for) my Android phone, just as I'd expect with an iTunes sync. So yes, Play performs this function.

I have AppSaver to "backup" all my Android apps

I do a factory re-install often and then just download the programs I want to use at the moment from my sim card.

The Google Play Store remembers all the apps you've bought, and you can download them to any device later. It doesn't store data, though.

if you root, you can make backups (including data) with Titanium Backup (the pro version for ~$6 is totally worth it) and it will automatically store the backups on (and recover them from) Dropbox.

Titanium Backup Pro. ^^

I've been using this for close to two years; it was the first Android app. I purchased.

Titanium Backup Pro. ^^

I've been using this for close to two years; it was the first Android app. I purchased.

Yup. Probably one of the best apps for Android. I think there are other similar ones that might not require rooting...