In other words, a third-party app store works less like a storefront and more like a app store functions less like a storefront and more like a catalog (indeed, much of their revenue comes from Web ads and commissions for referred downloads).

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Third-party app stores are the second category of external enterprise app store.

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The App Store provides third-party developers a storefront from which they can market and sell their wares.

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Currently, the App Store has over 550, 000 third-party applications covering a wide variety of areas including games, news, health, travel, education, business, sports, and social networking.

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For example, the Marketplace hub displays the four different software stores where you can purchase media: third-party apps, games, music and Samsung Zone, a separate app store serving software made by Samsung.

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In July 2008, Apple launched the App Store where customers can shop for and acquire applications offered by third-party developers.

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Apple provides third-party developers with review guidelines, and conducts a review of all applications submitted for inclusion in the App Store for compliance with these documents.

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But when the App Store opened, people suddenly had access to a stockpile of well-designed third-party apps, and developers were able to build an astonishing variety of custom apps.

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