<s>
AppGratis	B-Application
was	O
an	O
app-discovery	O
application	B-Application
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
French	O
engineer	O
,	O
Simon	O
Dawlat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppGratis	B-Application
curators	O
found	O
and	O
recommended	O
apps	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
apps	O
were	O
then	O
featured	O
to	O
download	O
for	O
free	O
or	O
at	O
a	O
reduced	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
AppGratis	B-Application
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
an	O
alleged	O
violation	O
of	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
rules	O
regarding	O
third-party	O
app	O
promotion	O
and	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
AppGratis	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppGratis	B-Application
started	O
as	O
a	O
newsletter	O
listing	O
daily	O
app	O
deals	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
Apple	O
users	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AppGratis	B-Application
mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
2010	O
while	O
still	O
using	O
the	O
newsletter	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
team	O
of	O
publishers	O
pick	O
and	O
review	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
potential	O
apps	O
that	O
want	O
to	O
be	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
application	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppGratis	B-Application
was	O
a	O
bootstrapped	O
company	O
until	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
where	O
AppGratis	B-Application
raised	O
$13.5	O
million	O
from	O
Iris	O
Capital	O
and	O
the	O
Orange	O
Publicis	O
fund	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
application	B-Application
on	O
an	O
international	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
AppGratis	B-Application
passed	O
the	O
10	O
million-user	O
mark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
its	O
removal	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
AppGratis	B-Application
had	O
12	O
million	O
iOS	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
after	O
its	O
removal	O
from	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
AppGratis	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
application	B-Application
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
has	O
obtained	O
1	O
million	O
to	O
5	O
million	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
AppGratis	B-Application
shut	O
down	O
its	O
business	O
with	O
a	O
post	O
for	O
their	O
users	O
entitled	O
'	O
Bye	O
AppGratis	B-Application
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
Apple	O
approved	O
the	O
AppGratis	B-Application
iPhone	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Days	O
after	O
receiving	O
approval	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
application	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
,	O
Apple	O
pulled	O
the	O
AppGratis	B-Application
application	B-Application
from	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
stating	O
that	O
the	O
application	B-Application
violated	O
clauses	O
2.25	O
and	O
5.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppGratis	B-Application
was	O
under	O
investigation	O
whether	O
the	O
application	B-Application
worked	O
to	O
inflate	O
app	O
rankings	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
investigation	O
of	O
AppGratis	B-Application
incited	O
French	O
digital	O
industry	O
minister	O
,	O
Fleur	O
Pellerin	O
,	O
to	O
announce	O
a	O
call	O
for	O
closer	O
regulation	O
on	O
the	O
fairness	O
and	O
stability	O
of	O
digital	O
distribution	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppGratis	B-Application
protested	O
its	O
ban	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
petition	O
,	O
which	O
gained	O
close	O
to	O
a	O
million	O
signatures	O
by	O
May	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
