Install Aptoide TV on Fire TV and Firestick TV

Aptoide TV Store, the best App store for Fire OS. The Fire TV and Firestick TV by Amazon are a popular digital media players running on Fire OS a forked version of Android OS developed for streaming digital audio/video content to a high-definition television with the internet network. Amazon offers its own proprietary store for devices running on Fire OS so you won’t find Google Play Store for Fire TV. But you can try a 3rd party store on your Firestick.

Aptoide is one of the best 3rd party App stores for devices running on Android OS. If you wish to sideload 3rd party apps on your TV then Aptoide store can make your work very much easy. The features offered by Aptoide are quite unique and you won’t find in any other conventional App store.

Aptoide is similar to Google Play Store offering digital content where you can browse and download the apps. It is a marketplace app where all the content is available, you don’t need to Google search every time to download the apk file of the app. It presently offers over 500 thousand apps.

Features of Aptoide app store

• All paid apps for free in fact there are no paid apps offered.
• You can also download the apps which are not available for your country.
• No need to register an account.
• Inbuilt malware and virus scanner
• The store hosts mod versions of games and hack tools for games.
• You can get updated apps even before it is released for your country.
• You can pause the download and resume it anytime.
• Download multiple Apps at a single time.
• You can create your own marketplace and manage your own App store.

Aptoide TV – Steps to Install it on Firestick and Fire TV

Here are the simple steps to download and install Aptoide TV on Fire TV and Firestick.

Step 1. Open Fire TV Home Page.

Step 2. Go to Settings.

Step 3. Under settings select the option Device and then to Developer Options.

Step 4. In Developer options Turn On the Apps from Unknown Sources.

Fire TV Unkown Sources from Developers Option

Step 5. Now go back to home screen, open search option and search for Downloader.

Open Downloader

Step 6. Open the Downloader Page, go to settings and enable the JavaScript.

Enable JavaScript in Downloader Settings

Step 7. Now open Downloader Homepage and type in the URL.

http://apkins.aptoide.com/AptoideTV-5.0.3.apk

Aptoide TV Installer

Step 8. You will be directed to an Aptoide TV App download page. Install the Aptoide TV App.

Step 9. Open the Aptoide TV App, search for your App and install it directly.

Fix Any Error with the App on Firestick and Fire TV

App Not Working | Force Close

Go Settings → Applications → Manage Installed Applications from the Fire TV menu.

Select the Aptoide App from the list.

• Clear the cache and/or data, which often resolves intermittent performance issues.
• Change available settings for the app.
• Force stop the app.
• Uninstall the app.
• For Amazon Fire TV (1st and 2nd Generation) devices, you have an option to move the app between internal and external storage.

You can also check if the App has all the permissions needed for its normal working (Gen 3 and above)

Go to Settings → Applications → Manage Applications (Look for the App)  → Grant all the Permissions.

Note & Conclusion: The Aptoide TV is by far the most popular 3rd store offering Apps for free to install on your device. With the steps above you can download and install the Aptoide TV store on your Fire TV or Firestick TV thus opening the door for a large amount of 3rd party Apps which you won’t find on Amazon Store.

I hope the post was helpful. Do comment below for any assistance or support if needed.