Managing Public App availability

Hi Gregg!

80 is a significant number to keep on top of, I feel the pain already.

My normal advice for organisations that deem public apps critical is to establish communication & support with the app developer(s) directly where possible. 

This gives both sides opportunity to communicate, plan for changes, maybe even sponsor continued development given the risk of losing access may translate into a lot of internal effort & cost to replace it.

80 apps makes that more of an undertaking, but really without a relationship with the folks making these apps you're reliant on, you're at the whim of whatever they do, including loss of interest/support because they don't consider it worth their time/effort to continue developing.

Pulling APKs has worked in the past, but it's a less-desirable choice with modern management, that said if you do open dialogue with Devs, you have the option of commissioning a private version you can host yourself in managed Google Play.. and benefit from fewer Play update policies to keep on top of also.