Fake official app
An app whose icon matches yours, with the brand name in its title and a developer not on your list, comes in as a finding.
Find copycat apps in the app stores.
Authex mobile app monitoring is an online brand-monitoring solution that detects copycat and fake apps using your brand name and icon in seven app stores, collects the evidence and reports it. For each finding it prepares the evidence file and a draft store complaint; the brand's team or its lawyer decides whether to file it and files it.
Overview
What is mobile app monitoring?
Mobile app monitoring tracks apps in the app stores that use your brand name or icon. A copy installed by people who think it is your official app can ask for login details or payments, which directly hurts the trust people place in the brand.
Authex scans the Apple App Store, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, Amazon Appstore, Samsung Galaxy Store, Xiaomi GetApps and Aptoide. An app whose icon matches yours, whose title contains the brand name and whose developer is not on your list comes in as a finding; apps using the brand name under a different developer account are flagged too.
If a removed app is published again from a new developer account with the same icon or name, later scans bring it back as a finding.
Scope
Which app stores does it scan?
Apple App Store, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, Amazon Appstore, Samsung Galaxy Store, Xiaomi GetApps and Aptoide are scanned. App Store and Google Play are selected by default.
- App Store
- Google Play
- Galaxy Store
- GetApps
- Aptoide
- Icon and name imitation
- Developer mismatch
- Re-uploaded apps
Detection
What it catches.
Developer mismatch
Apps using the brand name but published under a different developer account are flagged.
Icon match
App icons are compared with your brand's icon by image similarity.
Evidence
What is in the evidence file?
- App icon and store page
- Developer name and developer link
- Rating and installs
- Price
Process
How does it work?
Official apps are defined
The brand name, app icon, your official apps and developer accounts are entered.
Stores are chosen
You choose the stores and scan frequency; App Store and Google Play are selected by default.
Apps are compared
The name, icon and developer of each app found are compared with your official apps.
Your team decides
Findings are ranked by risk level; the brand's team confirms, reviews or dismisses each one.
Evidence file and draft are prepared
For a confirmed app, Authex prepares the evidence file and a draft notice. The brand's team or lawyer files it, and Authex keeps tracking the app's status.
Who it is for
Who is it for?
Manufacturers
Manufacturers offering a mobile app alongside their products see copies of their apps.
Exporters
Exporters offering apps to users abroad add stores such as Huawei AppGallery and Samsung Galaxy Store to the scope.
Sellers
Brands selling through their own app notice fake shopping apps imitating the official one.
Lawyers and trademark attorneys
Lawyers preparing a store report work from an evidence file with the icon, store page and developer details.
FAQ
Questions about Mobile App Monitoring
Does Authex get the copycat app removed?
Authex detects the app, records its store page and developer details with evidence and prepares a draft notice. The brand's team or its lawyer decides whether to file it and files it; the store decides on removal. Authex keeps tracking the app's status.
Which app stores does it scan?
Seven stores: the Apple App Store, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, Amazon Appstore, Samsung Galaxy Store, Xiaomi GetApps and Aptoide. App Store and Google Play are selected by default.
What if the app is uploaded again after removal?
In later scans, apps published from a new developer account with the same icon or name come in as findings again.
Will our official app become a finding?
No. The brand's developer accounts are added to the list and do not produce findings.
Can my lawyer use the report?
Yes. The evidence file holds the app icon, store page, developer name and link, and rating and download details. Your lawyer can use the file for the platform report and for their legal assessment.
Guides
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Solutions often used together.
Marketplace Monitoring
Regularly monitors your brand's visibility on marketplaces; detects and reports counterfeits, unauthorized sellers and unauthorized brand use with evidence.
E-Commerce Monitoring
Monitors your brand's presence on independent e-commerce sites; detects unauthorized sales, counterfeits and unauthorized dealer activity with evidence.
- Search engines
- Reverse image search
- Price deviation
- Product code match
Trademark & Patent Monitoring
Regularly searches the records of 9 trademark and 10 patent offices, including TÜRKPATENT, EUIPO, WIPO and USPTO, for filings similar to your brand and products, and lists them with their source. The infringement assessment belongs to your trademark and patent attorney.
- TÜRKPATENT
- EUIPO
- WIPO
- USPTO
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Meeting request
Let's look together at how your brand is used across digital channels.
The first meeting reviews your brand, sales channels and the risks you face, and recommends a monitoring scope.
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