Snap Store vs IoT App Store
IoT App Stores are private application repositories hosted and managed by Canonical. Access to IoT App Stores is restricted to the repository owner’s team, customers, users and business partners. In contrast, the Snap Store is global and public to all. Here is a list demonstrating some of the key differences in features between the Snap Store and the IoT App Store.
| Snap Store | IoT App Store | |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Public | Restricted |
| Snaps published | Seen globally | Seen only by users of the IoT App Store |
| Content | Curated by Canonical | Curated by owner |
| Hosting | Hosted and managed by Canonical | Hosted and managed by Canonical |
| Security | Security monitoring by Canonical | Security monitoring by Canonical |
| OTA (over-the-air updates) |  |
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| Refresh control | |
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| Account delegation | |
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| Proxy to connect with restricted network access | |
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| Custom dashboard and API access | |
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| Substores | |