As of now, Google and Apple, don’t want to appear under the same banner, let alone an Apple app making its way to Google’s Play Storeand vice versa. Now, per reports, a host of fake Apple apps have made their way into Google’s Play Store, only to be yanked off as soon as possible.
iPhoto, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, and Garageband are well known Apple apps which are possibly present on most supported iOS devices. Recently, however, these applications made it to the Google Play Store made by a developer called “APPLE INC”. Interestingly, the original name of the app Garageband was also altered to Garage Band.
“In case you were browsing the Google Play Store and found supposedly Apple-made mobile apps inside, apps that would be usually found in its own App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch use, then you should probably stay away from them,” an Android Authority report stated. “They’re almost certainly not Apple-made and we wouldn’t be surprised to hear they contain malware, or that they have been “released” so the maker could collect some quick cash from trusting app buyers. So again, stay away from them!”
Google, however, came across all these fake Apple apps and the company was quick to remove them from the Play Store. Although users won’t find these apps anymore, in case any user has downloaded the applications, which, by the way, are all commercial, he or she will need to immediately delete them and stay safe from any recurring problems that mayarise from these apps. Moreover, users may or may not expect for a refund, and if they do, they will have to wait as to in what way Google handles the situation.
“Somebody at Google must have been tipped off because all of the fake apps have been removed. But the real question is, how did they get into the Google Play Store in the first place? This would be an excellent time for Google to do some investigating,” a Phone Arena report states. “In the meantime, if you did purchase the apps, you might just have to write them off as a loss or perhaps an email to Google will result in the charges being reversed. Whatever you do, you need to delete the apps immediately and pass the word on to your Android totin' buddies.”
It remains to be seen whether and if Google sets up some kind of a filter to check against such malicious apps in the future.
