Install and create backups for your apps regardless of their format
3.58·8,722 reviews·5,000,000+ downloads
About APK Installer by Uptodown
APK Installer by Uptodown is a tools app developed by Uptodown Technologies SL.
Download Statistics
APK Installer by Uptodown has been downloaded 7.8 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 130 thousand times.
User Ratings
APK Installer by Uptodown is rated 3.58 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 8.7 thousand ratings.
App Information
APK Installer by Uptodown is FREE to download. The APK download size is 2.77 MB. The latest version available is 0.2.58. The last update was on August 19, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2020.
Description
APK installer is a free tool that lets you install Android apps that use formats that are not detected by the default package installer included in the operating system. It uses the standard XAPK packaging to support the new APK distribution system used by Google, the so-called APK split.
This app works both ways so you can create backups of your installed apps and install the private copies in your smartphone, regardless of the packaging format. Apk Installer includes these features:
■ Automatically searches for all the apps installed on your Android and creates backup copies.
■ Installs any APK or XAPK in your smartphone’s memory. You can forget about its internal structure - search, install and go!
■ Browses your smartphone’s folders using an integrated file browser
■ Send apps to nearby devices connected to the same network
The way to install and download apps has evolved over time. A short while ago, installing an app using an external APK involved simply clicking on it and letting the package installer included by default in your Android do all the work. This was true until the arrival of other standards that added complexity to the process.
.OBB data (a file that includes extra multimedia files within the app such as video or audio) turned out to be the way to exceed the maximum size allowed by Google for uploading APKs to its platform. That change complicated things when manually installing apps by having to install these additional files separately in specific folders on the device. Therefore, the most convenient solution was to insert the APK and OBB data into the same file and have it installed by an external tool. Thus, the XAPK standard was born.
Later on, Google started using a dynamic distribution system, the so-called Android App Bundle. When a developer publishes an app on Google Play, it is 'disassembled' into several pieces called split-APKs. From then on, many apps consisted of a base APK and several others that included information related to the language of the app, the supported screen dimensions, and the required CPU architecture. Therefore, when a user downloads the app in question, they only install the 'pieces' that are necessary for the app to work correctly on their device, saving bandwidth and costs for both parties, the user and the distribution platform itself.
Apk Installer’s main objective is to make it possible for you to continue installing Android apps manually without having to do extensive research on file formats and destination folders. When making backups, the app packages all these files (APK + split-APKs + OBB if any) into a single XAPK file. Therefore, when you install private copies of your apps you only have to find one file and install it without having to worry about formats and standards.
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Good installer and can package existing apps, so you can install them on other devices.
★★★★★Hamam Takam· Mar 21, 2026
I don't hear what others say, believe me guys this is the app that will lead you to heaven, it's the best. Among all 5 stars is not enough I will give a hundred stars, "app developers wrote fire on paper" nice job, thanks love you 🩷, pls if anyone seels for apps like this try this one.
★★★★★Ritwika Roy· Jun 23, 2026
Extremely great app. And I generally don't give reviews unless and until the app is outstandingly awesome, so this time am I giving review means you can trust me 100 print. I was fed up by searching an older version of a musical app which was very emergency for me as the newer version was having few bugs. Finally from this app I could download my required version 😍😍
★☆☆☆☆Anele Mokopotsa· Dec 12, 2025
This is a terrible app, it doesn't work for me, so this is my opinion it may work for others, it just says installing all over and over again, and it doesn't work terrible app which good reviews by bots, it's been installing for the past 5 minutes, waste of time delete this hunk of junk. Waste of time.
★☆☆☆☆Mimi Uba· Jul 5, 2026
It just shows installation finsh doesn't install
★☆☆☆☆Sushanta Nath· Jan 2, 2026
Very bad app we have a warning, and I searched some apps, and it shows that it could not find it shows warning ⚠ that our files personal things in our phones 📞 .... Photo📷 will leak. And our property will be in danger many warnings 🚨 it shows. I cancelled ❌ the app for this. This app downloads in just 1 minute. But if I download any other app then it takes so much time. Because in our home very less network comes. I can't see YouTube properly, but it downloads so fast. My five minutes waste.
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Technologies used by APK Installer by Uptodown
APK Installer by Uptodown is requesting 13 permissions and is using 11 libraries.
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