Numantica

We remove apps that pose as your brand.

We detect apps that use your name, logo or images to deceive users. We manage their removal from app stores and download sites through each one's brand reporting process.

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Average takedown time
48 h
App stores monitored
9
Download sites monitored
4

Where apps using your brand are published.

A fake app does not need to pass through Google Play. It can be published in a manufacturer's app store, stores used in China or app distribution sites. We monitor each of these channels.

  • Google Play
  • App Store
  • Huawei AppGallery
  • Galaxy Store
  • Amazon Appstore (Fire)
  • Xiaomi GetApps
  • OPPO App Market
  • vivo App Store

We also monitor the Microsoft Store, Android installation file (APK) distribution sites such as APKPure, APKMirror, Aptoide and Uptodown for potential infringements, and the messaging channels where these files circulate.

The most common app threats to your brand

  • Clone apps that steal credentials

    Apps with your name and icon whose only real screen is the login page: they capture passwords, card details or SMS codes and pass them to someone else.

  • Apps selling under your brand

    Counterfeit stores and unauthorised sellers with their own apps, your logo as the icon and your catalogue inside, published where customers search for yours.

  • Modified versions of your app

    Your own app, decompiled and republished on download sites with payments disabled, advertising changed or an addition that spies on the user.

An app with your icon represents your brand on the customer's phone

People who install it grant permissions, enable notifications and save card details because they believe it is yours. When it steals or fails, the one-star review, complaint and loss of trust fall on your brand.

From app store listing to takedown, with every version documented.

  1. I

    We detect

    We search for your name, icon, screenshots and app identifier in each app store and on download sites. If you have an official app, we compare each listing against it.

  2. II

    We document

    We save the listing, developer, identifier, versions and requested permissions: the evidence each store requires and the material needed to support a report.

  3. III

    We report

    We use each app store's brand reporting process; for download sites, we report to the hosting provider. When a developer publishes infringing apps repeatedly, we report the account as well as the apps.

What changes when apps are monitored

  • 01

    Less confusion between your brand and fake apps

    Reduce confusion between your official app, if you have one, and fake apps using your name in store search results.

  • 02

    Fewer stolen credentials and payments in your name

    Every fake app removed before it gains downloads means passwords and card details protected, and incidents avoided for your support team.

  • 03

    Connected apps identified

    Fake apps share accounts, certificates and servers with fake websites and profiles. We connect those with shared indicators to submit grouped reports and pass the links to the investigation team.

Other channels we monitor

See which apps carry your name in app stores.

Tell us your brand name. In 30 minutes, we show you the apps we have found using it, where they are published and which developers publish them.

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