Google sued by rival app store Aptoide over alleged monopoly

Aptoide filed an antitrust lawsuit on April 14, 2026, accusing Google (Alphabet) of monopolizing Android app distribution and billing by shutting out rival app stores. The Lisbon-based app store — which says it is the world’s third-largest Android store with about 436,000 apps and roughly 200 million annual users by 2024 — seeks an injunction and unspecified triple damages. The suit adds to existing regulatory and legal pressure on Google following prior Epic Games litigation and a separate U.S. government case. For markets, the complaint represents an additional legal overhang that could heighten regulatory scrutiny of Google’s Android business and potentially affect app-store economics, though immediate material impact on Alphabet’s revenues is uncertain.