Alternatives to the Banned Chinese Apps
The Indian government has banned 59 apps developed by
Chinese companies. Some of these apps are extremely popular in the country and
would have you believe that there aren’t good enough alternatives on the app
stores. Well, you’ll be surprised to be know that there are many options for
you choose from. And some of them have been made in India.
S.No.
|
Chinese App
|
Description
|
Alternative(s)
|
Country
|
Description
|
1
|
SHAREit, Xender
|
Cross-platform file transfer tool
|
Feem v4
|
Cameroon
|
This cross-platform app lets you transfer files to phones in its
vicinity without using internet bandwidth. Also includes a chat interface.
|
2
|
TikTok, Kwai, VMate, Likee
|
Short video sharing social media platform
|
Roposo
Chingari
Mitron
Bolo Indya
|
India
|
All three allow users to create short videos and share to popular
social media platforms.
|
3
|
Helo
|
Social media platform for discovering trending videos, jokes,
messages
|
ShareChat
|
India
|
Available in 15 regional languages, this Indian social media service
includes chatrooms, daily dose of news, entertainment and more.
|
4
|
CleanMaster
|
An optimisation utility that clears system cache and frees up space
|
Files by Google
|
USA
|
Optimiser apps are not beneficial for the phone and usually push ads.
Instead, use Files Google to free up space.
|
5
|
Hago: Play with new friends
|
Uses short games to bring online players together and interact
|
Hello Play
Plato: Games and Group Chats
|
India
USA
|
A social app that lets you play games online with your group of
friends and chat in real time.
|
6
|
Parallel Space
|
An cloning tool that lets you sign into multiple accounts with the
same app at the same time
|
Do Multiple Accounts
|
USA
|
This lets you login to more than two accounts of your messenger,
social media network, game profile on the same phone.
|
7
|
WeChat
|
Instant messenger
|
WhatsApp
Signal Messenger
Telegram
|
USA
USA
UK
|
These are widely popular messaging apps already. All three offer
end-to-end encryption of messages. Currently, Telegram is reportedly working
to include a video-calling feature.
|
8
|
UC News, Newsdog
|
Delivers daily news and trending stories
|
Khabri
|
India
|
Delivers news and podcasts in Hindi, updates on government jobs and
daily motivational quotes. A studio version lets you start your audio
channel.
|
9
|
CamScanner
|
Makes digital copies of physical documents and photographs
|
Microsoft Office Lens
Adobe Scan
|
USA
USA
|
These are excellent alternatives for scanning receipts, assignments
and documents into the PDF file format.
|
10
|
Vault
|
Privacy tool that hides sensitive data from prying eyes
|
Hide It Pro
|
India
|
You can hide your photos, videos, sensitive files and messages with
this tool. It supports data encryption and can be unlocked with the phone’s
fingerprint sensor.
|
11
|
Sweet Selfie, YouCam, Meitu
|
Selfie apps with myriad colour filters and AR effects
|
B612
|
South Korea
|
Contrary to popular opinion, this selfie app is developed by a
company with South Korean roots.
|
12
|
Du Screen Recorder
|
Records screens and takes screenshots
|
InShot Screen Recorder
|
USA
|
Captures videos of on-screen action on the phone, lets you edit and
export at Full HD resolution.
|
13
|
Bigo Live
|
Stream videos online in real time
|
YouNow
|
USA
|
A live streaming app that also lets you interact with your audience
in real time.
|
14
|
Baidu Translate
|
Translation tool
|
Google Translate
Microsoft Translator
|
USA
USA
|
These are two of the best real-time multilingual translators on the
app stores right now.
|
15
|
Baidu Maps
|
Location and navigation service
|
MapmyIndia
Google Maps
Here WeGo
|
India
USA
USA
|
We don’t know how many would want to use Baidu Maps in India when
these popular apps for location mapping and navigation have always been
available.
|
16
|
Mobile Legends
|
Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game
|
Brawl Stars
Vainglory
|
Finland
USA
|
These MOBA games promise non-stop action and challenging gameplay.
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