I do not know the answers to those questions.

As far as hosting the game in my own website, I will have a website with the links to the platforms, however it needs to be in the app stores so that players may download...

Even the top games like angry birds and solitaire are offered on all platforms.

There is the a way I could go super cheap and only offer it on a website, but I would have very little visibility - how are people going to find it? It's a $200 expense I realize, but it's necessary. Even if I wanted to go this route, it would be very time consuming and probably cost me more as I do not even know what you're referring to by AP, lol ;)