Cloud vs. iCloud?

I downloaded an app yesterday on impulse and now i'm thinking it's an unrelated app to the Apple iCloud since it's not supposed to be released until the fall. It's just called "Cloud" and Apple is not the developer. Anyone know? If it's not the Apple app, then i'm going to delete it to avoid confusion for me when iCloud is released.
any help is appreciated!
thanks in advance!

The app that you have downloaded from the MAS has nothing to do with the iCloud service that Apple will introduce.

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