Alternatives and competitors
Sites like app.link
The 20 closest mobile deep linking alternatives to app.link, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to app.link? The closest matches are Branch, AppsFlyer and Linkmake. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About app.link
Summary by Claude
app.link is the default deep-linking short link domain operated by Branch (Branch Metrics), used to route users from links into mobile apps or app stores; the root domain serves only an error page.
- Who it’s for
- Mobile app developers and marketers
- Business model
- Subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to app.link’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to app.link
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to app.link, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Mobile Measurement & Deep Linking Platform | Branch
Drive mobile growth with the industry-leading MMP and deep linking platform. Branch provides the privacy-safe attribution and linking infrastructure for 100,000 apps.
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AppsFlyer | Modern Marketing Cloud
Unify measurement, deep linking, data collaboration, and AI across mobile, web, CTV, console and beyond. Make smarter decisions, optimize every channel, and prove impact with the platform built for modern marketing.
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Linkmake
Make your link safe using Link Protector
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Attribution for Subscription Apps | Airbridge
See which ads and content drive installs, trials, subscriptions, and revenue. Compare results with ad spend. Try Airbridge free for 30 days.
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Infolinks - Premium Direct Demand and Supply
Discover what Infolinks smart ads can do for you and start making money from site or blog today! Join now free of charge and monetize your content with us.
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AppLovin | Advertising solutions built for growth
Reach over a billion daily users in mobile games. AppLovin helps consumer brands and gaming apps scale their business profitably.
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Honeygain | An Earning App That Works in the Background
Honeygain is a free earning app that lets you earn money online by sharing unused internet. Install once, run in the background, and withdraw via PayPal.
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Grindr: The World’s Largest Social Networking App for LGBTQ People.
Grindr is the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Download Grindr today to discover, connect to, and explore the queer world around you.
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Send, Receive, Invest, & Manage Your Money with Cash App
Download Cash App to send & receive money instantly, spend with the Cash App Card, buy bitcoin, invest in stocks, & manage your finances.
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Cuttly: URL Shortener, Branded Domains, Short Link Analytics
URL Shortener with branded short links & QR Codes. Shorten long URLs instantly, track every click. Link in Bio, Campaigns, Surveys and Teams in one platform.
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Mintegral | Turn Engagement Into Growth With AI
Advertise, monetize, and grow your business with Mintegral's AI-powered marketing solutions. Access global traffic on the open internet with Mintegral.
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Expanding the online frontier | Google Registry
More and more people make websites every day, but not everyone knows how to stay safe and secure online. Learn what you need to be aware of to keep your data safe online.
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Make Everyone Shine
Kwai is a social network for short videos and trends. Discover funny short videos. Contribute to the virtual community with recordings, videos of your life, playing daily challenges or likes the best memes and videos. Download the app to share your life with short videos and choose from dozens of magical effects and filters for them.
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Genius
American digital media company
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Fingerprint | Identify Every Web Visitor & Mobile Device
The Fingerprint device intelligence platform works across web and mobile applications to identify all visitors with industry-leading accuracy — even if they’re anonymous.
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Strava | Running, Cycling & Hiking App - Train, Track & Share
Strava connects millions of runners, cyclists, hikers, walkers and other active people through the sports they love – all on our mobile app and website.
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Cloudflare Captcha Page | Register.com
American domain name registrar
- Google Search Console
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Meta Business Suite
- Microsoft 365
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AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running | AllTrails
Explore the outdoors with AllTrails, the best app for hiking, biking, and running. Discover curated guides, trail maps, photos, and reviews for over 500,000 trails worldwide.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to app.link’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones app.link uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What app.link is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: I2f49ia03M78DiB5QuaDu7c2A5S1e1I4Y6EQn2EnwdHNL01-A8x_4g==
- Web servers
- OpenResty header server: openresty
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-615.awsdns-12.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=jFobHOfP7n6ugi0Y9aObMrtJWcec5jZg0PwmoIMCPco
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what app.link adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Google Workspace · not on app.link 14/20
- Cloudflare · not on app.link 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 10/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on app.link 9/20
- Atlassian · not on app.link 8/20
- Apple Business · not on app.link 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on app.link 7/20
- Zendesk · not on app.link 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on app.link 6/20
- Next.js · not on app.link 6/20
- React · not on app.link 6/20
- Adobe · not on app.link 5/20
- DocuSign · not on app.link 5/20
- OpenAI · not on app.link 5/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on app.link 5/20