Can a windows phone use the app if the app does not have windows phone version?

[acsurfer]

Some apps only have Iphone and Android version to download.

How to use these apps if using a windows phone?

I was thinking of buying a windows tablet, so I was wonder do you really just cannot use the app if the app has no windows version? Or is there some sort of converter or something?

Thanks

 

[the tall guy]

Sadly not my friend, one of the main reasons I couldn't stick with my Lumia a while back - app support isn't the best compared to Google and Apple.

 

[the tall guy]

just a side note - what apps are you trying to download? the Windows app store (sorry I don't know it's official name) has a lot of 3rd party apps, designed to replicate ones on Google / Apple.

if you are buying a Windows laptop you could install Google Chrome on it and download some apps from the Chrome app store.

 

[acsurfer]

just a side note - what apps are you trying to download? the Windows app store (sorry I don't know it's official name) has a lot of 3rd party apps, designed to replicate ones on Google / Apple.

if you are buying a Windows laptop you could install Google Chrome on it and download some apps from the Chrome app store.

I am not trying to download any now. I thought of buying a new windows tablet and I was wondering if I could use all the apps from android. I intend to use GPS apps and map apps and all the apps I am using in android phone now. I am a driver and I would mount it in car. I do not want the trouble of looking for substitutes as I need to relearn the substitutes apps platform again. I would skip windows tablet if it cannot use android apps.

I was thinking if Mac has a parallel that could run windows inside a Mac, so I thought there might be some way to run android apps inside a windows tablet, thats why I asked the question

 

[Minh Nguyen11]

When I read that question my brain just froze