Here are the 12 app stores / discovery tools explicitly mentioned in the transcript, cleaned up and normalized (some names were slightly mangled by transcription):

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The 12 stores (in order of appearance)

1. AppFinder

→ Advanced Play Store search/filter tool (not a store itself, but counted as one in the video).

2. Zap Store

→ Community-driven, open-source app store with developer-signed apps.

3. GitHub Store

→ Turns GitHub Android projects into a store-like experience.

4. Neo Store

→ Modern F-Droid client with tracker/permission visualization.

5. Dragon Store

→ Aggregates apps from official websites and GitHub without shady APK sites.

6. Mitch

→ Unofficial itch.io client for indie Android games.

7. FF Updater

→ Specialized store for alternative browsers (Firefox/Chromium forks).

8. Flicky

→ App store optimized for Android TV and big screens.

9. Aurora Store

→ Anonymous Play Store client (nightly version highlighted).

10. IzzyOnDroid (Unofficial app)

→ Standalone frontend for the IzzyOnDroid F-Droid repository.

11. OpenAPK

→ Web-based (PWA) lightweight FOSS app store pulling from GitHub.

12. Orient Store

→ GitHub-backed, serverless app store with massive app coverage.

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Important clarification

Uptodown / APKMirror / F-Droid / Droidify were explicitly excluded by the creator as “the usual ones.”

Optanium and APK Updater at the end are update managers, not counted among the 12 stores.