App Store
E20626
The App Store is Apple’s official digital marketplace for discovering, purchasing, and downloading apps and games on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
All labels observed (20)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T165350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: App Store Context triple: [Apple Inc., service, App Store]
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A.
iTunes Store
The iTunes Store is Apple’s pioneering digital media marketplace that popularized legal online purchases of music, movies, TV shows, and other content.
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B.
Google Play Store
Google Play Store is Google's official digital marketplace where users download and update Android apps, games, and other content.
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C.
iOS
iOS is Apple’s mobile operating system that powers iPhones and iPads, known for its integrated ecosystem, security features, and curated App Store.
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D.
iPhone
The iPhone is Apple's flagship smartphone line that revolutionized mobile technology by combining a touchscreen interface, internet connectivity, and a robust app ecosystem into a single device.
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E.
Apple Pay
Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure, contactless payments using their Apple devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: App Store Target entity description: The App Store is Apple’s official digital marketplace for discovering, purchasing, and downloading apps and games on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
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A.
iTunes Store
The iTunes Store is Apple’s pioneering digital media marketplace that popularized legal online purchases of music, movies, TV shows, and other content.
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B.
Google Play Store
Google Play Store is Google's official digital marketplace where users download and update Android apps, games, and other content.
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C.
iOS
iOS is Apple’s mobile operating system that powers iPhones and iPads, known for its integrated ecosystem, security features, and curated App Store.
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D.
iPhone
The iPhone is Apple's flagship smartphone line that revolutionized mobile technology by combining a touchscreen interface, internet connectivity, and a robust app ecosystem into a single device.
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E.
Apple Pay
Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure, contactless payments using their Apple devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital distribution platform
ⓘ
mobile app store ⓘ software marketplace ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
App Store app on iOS
ⓘ
App Store app on iPadOS ⓘ App Store self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
App Store on Apple TV
App Store self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
App Store on Apple Watch
Mac App Store on macOS ⓘ |
| categorySystem | app categories ⓘ |
| contentType |
app bundles
ⓘ
applications ⓘ games ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| developerProgram | Apple Developer Program ⓘ |
| discoveryFeature |
editorial curation
ⓘ
personalized recommendations ⓘ top charts ⓘ |
| distributionModel | curated ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Apps tab
ⓘ
Arcade tab (where Apple Arcade is available) ⓘ Games tab ⓘ Search tab ⓘ Today tab ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Apple Arcade
ⓘ
Family Sharing ⓘ Game Center ⓘ |
| introducedWith |
iOS
ⓘ
surface form:
iPhone OS 2.0
|
| launchDate | 2008-07-10 ⓘ |
| notableCompetitor |
Google Play Store
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Play
Microsoft Store ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Apple operating systems ⓘ |
| operator | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
Apple ID balance
ⓘ
Apple Pay ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Pay (in some regions)
credit card ⓘ debit card ⓘ |
| paymentSystem | Apple payment processing ⓘ |
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| policy |
App Store Review Guidelines
ⓘ
App Store Small Business Program ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
app discovery
ⓘ
app distribution ⓘ app downloading ⓘ app purchasing ⓘ |
| regionAvailability | multiple countries and regions worldwide ⓘ |
| requires | developer account for app submission ⓘ |
| requiresAccount | Apple ID ⓘ |
| revenueModel |
15 percent commission for some subscriptions and small developers
ⓘ
30 percent commission standard ⓘ |
| searchFeature | keyword search ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
app review process
ⓘ
code signing ⓘ sandboxing requirements ⓘ |
| submissionRequirement | app review approval ⓘ |
| supports |
free apps
ⓘ
in-app purchases ⓘ paid apps ⓘ subscriptions ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | multiple languages ⓘ |
| updateMechanism |
automatic app updates
ⓘ
manual app updates ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: App Store Description of subject: The App Store is Apple’s official digital marketplace for discovering, purchasing, and downloading apps and games on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
Referenced by (149)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Apple App Store
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iOS App Store
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watchOS App Store
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tvOS App Store
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macOS App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Mac App Store
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iOS App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Mac App Store
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iOS App Store
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Mac App Store
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iOS App Store
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Mac App Store
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iOS App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Mac App Store (later for some updates)
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Apple App Store
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Mac App Store
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Mac App Store
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App Store (iOS)
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App Store (macOS)
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App Store (tvOS)