# Accrescent

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Accrescent and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Accrescent as a secure app store that verifies developer-signed builds without identity checks. One critic says it does not show what you are installing.

## Why people recommend it

- Verifies apps signed by developers (3 comments): "The Accrescent app store provides developer builds of apps signed by the developers for everything included which can be verified." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063077)) "Proper app stores like Google Play Store and Accrescent do verification of the applications you download" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268748)) "obtain and install APKs built and signed by the developers, such as via Accrescent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414626))
- Promising early-stage app store (3 comments): "I would consider their actual recommendation to be their own App Store and Accrescent (alpha)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806021)) "the former is a proper app store in construction" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182096)) "Accrescent is very promising." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49547589))
- Alternative to Google Play Store (2 comments): "Proper app stores like Google Play Store and Accrescent do verification of the applications you download" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268748)) "we do not recommend using the Play Store as a source of apps over other options such as Accrescent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600345))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [F-Droid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/f-droid.md): 230 recommend
- [Apple App Store](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-app-store.md): 75 recommend
- [Google Play](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-play-store.md): 62 recommend
- [Aurora Store](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aurora-store.md): 61 recommend
- [Obtainium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/obtainium.md): 38 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Accrescent", https://hackerapproved.com/p/accrescent/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).