Systems and methods are provided for a secure application network according to one or more embodiments. In one embodiment, a system for a secure application network comprises a service provider server adapted to interact with an application development server and a client device over a network, wherein the service provider server is adapted to implement the secure application network system. The system also comprises one or more processors and one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the secure application network system to: maintain a plurality of records associated with at least one application developer using the application development server; authenticate the at least one application developer based on the plurality of records; and enable the at least one authenticated application developer to create and/or deploy one or more applications operable on the client device to be downloaded by a user of the client device from the secure application network system.