GetJar gets native Android client

Two billion downloads down, the app store has its own app on another app store...

Android has been a key factor behind the growth of independent app store GetJar in the last year or two, helping the company pass the two billion downloads milestone.

Now it seems that GetJar is looking to capitalise on that by launching a native client for Android, and making it available in Google's Android Market.

Titled GetJar Client and published by OpenView Mobile, the app's description merely talks about GetJar rather than the functionality of the client itself.

While it sounds and looks official, it's unclear whether the app has been released on Android Market quietly as part of a test or soft-launch: it appeared in the store last night and popped up on ME's RSS feed of new Android apps.

It is ironic to see GetJar launching its own app store app on Google's app store, though. Earlier this year GetJar had a spat with Opera, after the latter included an app store in its mobile browser that was distributed through GetJar.