Mobile device with localized app recommendations

A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that when executed control a mobile device to of recommend one or more locally relevant applications, the instructions comprising:

• triggering, on a mobile device, a localized app recommendation process;
• determining, by the mobile device, a location of interest in response to the triggering of the localized app recommendation process;
• sending a query to a localized application ranking database that stores app hotspot data, wherein the query includes location data representing the location of interest, wherein the app hotspot data specifies one or more hotspots for each of a first plurality of applications, and wherein a hotspot of an application is determined based on usage of the application in an area corresponding to the hotspot;
• receiving, from the localized application ranking database, one or more relevant application recommendations that are relevant to the location of interest;
• and
• displaying the one or more relevant application recommendations.

A mobile device for recommending one or more locally relevant applications, the mobile device comprising:

• one or more provides configured to:
• trigger a localized app recommendation process;
• determine a location of interest in response to the triggering of the localized app recommendation process;
• send a query to a localized application ranking database that stores app hotspot data, wherein the query includes location data representing the location of interest, wherein the app hotspot data specifies one or more hotspots for each of a first plurality of applications, and wherein a hotspot of an application is determined based on usage of the application in an area corresponding to the hotspot;
• receive, from the localized application ranking database, one or more relevant application recommendations that are relevant to the location of interest;
• and
• display the one or more relevant application recommendations.