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Top 20 Backend and Cloud SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 4 May 2025 CET
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Top 20 Backend and Cloud SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Backend and Cloud SDKs leveraged by Android apps available on the Android app market.

Backend and Cloud SDKs provide developers with an easy way to add backend and cloud functionalities to mobile apps that require server-side processing or cloud-based services. These SDKs may include features such as serverless computing, storage, database integration, messaging, and similar capabilities.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Google Play Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Backend and Cloud SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 40.34% have integrated Amazon AWS. This accounts for 22.83% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

The Amazon Web Services SDK offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services.

Total Apps
39.58k
Google Play
App Share
40.34%
Google Play
Apps
39.15k
Games
434
Total Downloads
42.09b
Google Play
Download Share
22.83%
Google Play
App Downloads
32.58b
Game Downloads
9.51b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Amazon AWS.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 32.76% have integrated Amazon AWS Cognito Federated Identities. This accounts for 18.28% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
32.15k
Google Play
App Share
32.76%
Google Play
Apps
31.78k
Games
363
Total Downloads
33.71b
Google Play
Download Share
18.28%
Google Play
App Downloads
24.97b
Game Downloads
8.73b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Amazon AWS Cognito Federated Identities.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 25.07% have integrated Yandex DivKit. This accounts for 50.96% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
24.60k
Google Play
App Share
25.07%
Google Play
Apps
9.98k
Games
14.62k
Total Downloads
93.96b
Google Play
Download Share
50.96%
Google Play
App Downloads
32.19b
Game Downloads
61.77b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Yandex DivKit.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 15.12% have integrated Huawei Mobile Services HMS. This accounts for 14.30% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
14.83k
Google Play
App Share
15.12%
Google Play
Apps
14.71k
Games
120
Total Downloads
26.36b
Google Play
Download Share
14.30%
Google Play
App Downloads
25.98b
Game Downloads
381.13m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Huawei Mobile Services HMS.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 5.54% have integrated Amazon AWS Amplify Framework. This accounts for 1.13% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
5.43k
Google Play
App Share
5.54%
Google Play
Apps
5.42k
Games
11
Total Downloads
2.08b
Google Play
Download Share
1.13%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.06b
Game Downloads
20.38m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Amazon AWS Amplify Framework.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 5.38% have integrated Microsoft Azure. This accounts for 2.13% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Azure is a cloud computing service SDK created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers.

Total Apps
5.28k
Google Play
App Share
5.38%
Google Play
Apps
5.25k
Games
28
Total Downloads
3.93b
Google Play
Download Share
2.13%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.79b
Game Downloads
136.38m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Microsoft Azure.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 4.74% have integrated Parse. This accounts for 2.09% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Parse is the most used open-source framework for developing application backends.

Total Apps
4.65k
Google Play
App Share
4.74%
Google Play
Apps
4.39k
Games
256
Total Downloads
3.85b
Google Play
Download Share
2.09%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.68b
Game Downloads
1.17b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Parse.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 4.62% have integrated Amazon AWS Kinesis. This accounts for 6.49% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
4.53k
Google Play
App Share
4.62%
Google Play
Apps
4.27k
Games
265
Total Downloads
11.96b
Google Play
Download Share
6.49%
Google Play
App Downloads
5.07b
Game Downloads
6.90b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Amazon AWS Kinesis.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 3.36% have integrated Spring Framework. This accounts for 1.69% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
3.30k
Google Play
App Share
3.36%
Google Play
Apps
3.22k
Games
77
Total Downloads
3.11b
Google Play
Download Share
1.69%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.23b
Game Downloads
1.89b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Spring Framework.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 2.65% have integrated Alibaba Cloud Aliyun OSS. This accounts for 3.77% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) is an encrypted, secure, cost-effective, and easy-to-use object storage SDK that enables you to store, back up, and archive large amounts of data in the cloud, with a guaranteed durability of 99.9999999999%(12 9’s).

Total Apps
2.60k
Google Play
App Share
2.65%
Google Play
Apps
2.47k
Games
133
Total Downloads
6.96b
Google Play
Download Share
3.77%
Google Play
App Downloads
6.49b
Game Downloads
470.04m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Alibaba Cloud Aliyun OSS.

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Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 2.23% have integrated Amazon Simple Notification Service SNS. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
2.19k
Google Play
App Share
2.23%
Google Play
Apps
2.18k
Games
11
Total Downloads
1.18b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.11b
Game Downloads
66.35m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Amazon Simple Notification Service SNS.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, 1.77% have integrated Netcetera 3DS. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
1.74k
Google Play
App Share
1.77%
Google Play
Apps
1.74k
Games
1
Total Downloads
898.69m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
898.69m
Game Downloads
696

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Netcetera 3DS.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated Nakama by Heroic Labs. This accounts for 2.47% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
895
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
16
Games
879
Total Downloads
4.56b
Google Play
Download Share
2.47%
Google Play
App Downloads
21.31m
Game Downloads
4.54b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Nakama by Heroic Labs.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated Tencent Cloud. This accounts for 3.01% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
767
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
668
Games
99
Total Downloads
5.55b
Google Play
Download Share
3.01%
Google Play
App Downloads
4.04b
Game Downloads
1.51b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Tencent Cloud.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated Contentful. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
579
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
576
Games
3
Total Downloads
965.86m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
964.63m
Game Downloads
1.23m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Contentful.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated SAP Cloud. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
187
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
186
Games
1
Total Downloads
16.25m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
16.11m
Game Downloads
138.09k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SAP Cloud.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated Genesys Cloud CX. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
145
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
145
Games
0
Total Downloads
86.10m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
86.10m
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Genesys Cloud CX.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated Cloudrail. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

CloudRail is an API integration SDK that speeds up the process of integrating third-party APIs into applications and maintaining them. It does so by providing libraries for multiple platforms featuring abstraction layers that combine similar services behind a common interface.

Total Apps
133
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
132
Games
1
Total Downloads
334.02m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
322.25m
Game Downloads
11.77m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Cloudrail.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated WNS SDK. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

The WNS SDK offers mobile push TPNS (Tencent Push Notification Service), providing you with a stable, fast, and high-arrival App push service.

Total Apps
116
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
87
Games
29
Total Downloads
1.66b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.22b
Game Downloads
449.06m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use WNS SDK.

Among all apps utilizing backend and cloud SDKs, <1% have integrated Tinker by Tencent . This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the backend and cloud SDK category.

Total Apps
62
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
32
Games
30
Total Downloads
1.12b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.11b
Game Downloads
15.17m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Tinker by Tencent .

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How does 42matters collect this data?'

We’ve developed a number of machine learning algorithms that scan millions of mobile and connected TV (CTV) applications on a regular basis. In addition, we collect ground truth app performance intelligence and use this data to build statistical models that estimate the performance of apps for which we do not have ground truth data.

What SDK data does 42matters collect?'

We track over 2,300 of the most popular SDKs integrated in iOS and Android apps. We collect a variety of SDK insights (title, platform, ID, category, and developer website); performance metrics (the number of apps that have installed each SDK, installation and removal trends, and app downloads); market share statistics (including market share per app category); and more!

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