In this sense, the protagonist today is Skich. This Apps store has a completely approach centered on video games and promises to offer a wide quality catalog to users who play on iPhone and iPad.
The best games for the iPhone
Skich Store It is not only one more alternative to download games, but introduces an advanced recommendation system based on more than 240 different genres, which multiplies by 14 the classification of games offered by Apple's App Store. The idea behind this platform is to solve one of the most common problems among mobile players: the difficulty of finding titles really adapted to their tastes.
One of the most striking aspects of Skich Store is its interface, which reminds the operation of dating applications. Users can slide right to save a game that interests them or the left to discard it. In addition, the platform incorporates a Social section that allows to see what games friends are and receive recommendations based on trends within the community.
Beyond offering a catalog of own games, Skich Store is also integrated with the App Store Apple, helping developers gain visibility on both platforms. In this way, it becomes a hybrid between alternative and assistant store that recommends games, facilitating users discovering titles that, otherwise, could have gone unnoticed or never try.
The App Store has competition
However, not everyone can install Skich Store on their iPhone. Since Apple has only opened Sideloading in the European Union due to the Digital Markets Law, this new store is only available for users residing in one of the EU countries, so We have it in Spain. To install it, it is necessary to download it from the official Skich website and follow an installation process that until recently was unthinkable in the iOS ecosystem.
This new situation opens the door for more platforms to try to compete with the App Store, something Apple has tried to stop traditionally through the High commissions that charged alternative stores, in addition to some technical requirements that make the process not as simple as in Android. Even so, the fact that Skich Store is now available demonstrates that Apple's monopoly model in app distribution has begun to stagger in Europe.
The launch of Skich Store is just the beginning. In the coming months, other companies are likely to join this new era of application stores on iPhone, to step forward and change the application system. The question now is: how long will Apple take how to recover control?
