India has a replacement app for
everything. Here are multiple homegrown replacements for TikTok, Camscanner,
Clash of King to UC Browsers and more
After the Galwan clash and ban of
59 Chinese apps, the Indian sentiments to use homegrown apps has grown
stronger. Recently, the Union government also banned more 47 Chinese apps,
citing security concerns.
This move has given the homegrown
apps finally a market to test their development. The native developers support
the ban and want users to move to apps developed by Indians for Indians. These
app developers claim that Indian apps keep user data safe and secure within the
country, unlike Chinese apps.
India is an important consumer
market for China. Hence the ban on significantly affects their economy. Indian
users are steadily moving to Indian apps promoting 'Vocal to Local' initiative.
India has an alternative app for everything, from TikTok, Camscanner, Clash of
King to UC Browsers. Entrepreneur India brings you a list of Indian apps that
can are suitable replacements for the banned Chinese apps. Here we take a
glance at some of the foremost popular ones and their alternatives:
TikTok: Perhaps the foremost
famous of all the Chinese apps, TikTok has become a rage among Indians sharing
short videos, dance steps, and sharing them in their community of followers.
Alternatives:
1. Bolo Indya: Made in India,
Bolo Indya is arch-rival to all other infotainment apps. The main feature of
the app comprises of creating video based on our knowledge, art, and interest.
It also allows users to create and share content in 10 Indian languages. The
app just like its rival also allows you to make money.
2. Mitron: A video-sharing
application developed in Bengaluru, as of date, occupies a spot within the top
10 free Google play applications. Mitron has a rating of 4.7 stars and allows
users to make, edit, share, and browse videos.
3. Chingari: Chingari just 10
days there were 30 lakh downloads and at one point witnessed 500,000 downloads
in just 72 hours. So far, the Chingar has already garnered 1.1 crore downloads
on the Google Play store and is available in multiple Indian languages.
ShareIt: One of the most popular
sharing app with the fastest cross-platform transfer speed & free online
feeds, ShareIt was almost on everyone's phones in India.
Alternative:
1. ShareChat: ShareChat is an
Indian regional social media platform, developed by Mohalla Tech Private
Limited. It was designed to create it easy to share content from the platform
to different social networking platforms. ShareChat was designed to figure on
even the poorest connections.
LiveChat: LiveChat was used as
internet customer service software with online chat, help desk software, and
web analytics capabilities. Companies use LiveChat as one point of contact to
manage from one software all customer service and online sales activities that
normally are provided using different channels (chat, email, and social media)
and multiple tools.
Alternatives:
1. UDo: UDo, a mobile application
changes the way freelance consulting works. Unlike the other application like
Zoom, Skype, Duo, WhatsApp, etc. the app enables teachers, trainers, coaches,
and businesses to set-up paid video sessions or large group events
effortlessly.
2. Airmeet: Airmeet is all about
hosting an online event, large-scale conferences, and having meaningful
interactions. It's also user-friendly as the audience doesn't need to go
through hoops of downloading an app to attend the event. With social lounge,
Airmeet enables the chance interactions, akin to bumping into someone at an
offline event, while backstage lets the organiser be prepared with the
speakers.
3 Jio Meet: Launched by Reliance
JioMeet allows users to set up a one on one call or a conference call with up
to 100 participants with enterprise-grade host control. It also allows users to
host or join an unlimited number of calls. Free of charge, the USP of the app
is that unlike Zoom the duration of call here isn't limited to 40 minutes and
can last up to 24 hours.
UC News: UC News one in all the
popular news outlets of UC Web, by Alibaba Alibaba Group. UC News is integrated
with UC Browser.
Alternatives:
1. Inshorts: Inshorts is a news
app that selects the most recent news from multiple national, international
sources and summarizes them to present in an exceedingly short and crisp 60
words or less format, personalized within the English and Hindi.
2. Lokal: Bengaluru-based startup
Lokal provides local news, classifieds, matrimony advertisements, and job
listings, besides other relevant information in Telugu and Tamil languages, to
mobile users of Tier-II and III towns, and villages of the state, Telangana,
and Tamil Nadu.
Club Factory/ Shein: Club Factory
and Shein were one in all the famous fashion, beauty, and lifestyle e-commerce
store.
Alternatives:
1. Bewakoof: Bewakoof a lifestyle brand is quite popular
for its quirky clothing line.
2. AJIO: AJIO, which is being
driven by Isha Ambani, has bound with about 200 international and national
brands. Most of the brands are daily wear and affordable brands from markets
like Russia, Australia, and Europe. It also sells its private brands.
3. Myntra: Another popular Indian
fashion e-commerce company headquartered in Bengaluru, Myntra is quite popular
for his lifestyle collection.
UC Browser: UC Browser is an
applications programme developed by Chinese mobile internet company UCWeb, a
subsidiary of the Alibaba Group. It is one in all the foremost popular mobile
browsers in China, India, and Indonesia, and was the 8th most downloaded mobile
app of the 2010–2019 decade.
Alternatives:
1. JioBrowser: Reliance Jio, one
in every of the leading telecom players, has launched a replacement application
Jio Browser for Android smartphone users. The web browser over 10,00,000
downloads and reviews from over 1,500 users.
2. Epic applications programme:
Epic is a privacy-centric web browser. It Developed by Hidden Reflex from
Chromium ASCII text file, it is usually in "private browsing mode". A
great thing is exiting the browser deletes all browser data and during
browsing, as little as possible is stored.
CamScanner: CamScanner, a Chinese
mobile app first became one of the most popular image scanners. It allowed
users to 'scan' documents and share the photo as either a JPEG or PDF.
Alternative:
1. Kaagaz Scanner: Created by IIT
graduates, Kaagaz Scanner was launched 10 days before the Chinese App Ban. At
the moment only available in the Google Playstore, the app allows Android
devices to be used as image scanners. Since the ban, the app has gained
popularity among the consumer, getting a rating of over 4 stars and has already
been downloaded over 5 lakhs times.
2. DocScanner: Developed by Easy
Mob Apps, DocScanner has been in the market for quite a long time. The app has
seen a steady rise across the past few months and the Chinese App ban gave it a
nice push forward. It's a simple PDF document scanner app that lets you scan
documents, receipts, photos, reports, and more. The app already has over 1
million+ downloads and 4.3 ratings on the Google PlayStore.
Clash of Kings: Clash of Kings,
the game has been one amongst the top-grossing apps on the App Store and Google
Play, since its release and has also had several high-profile international
celebrity endorsements.
Alternatives:
Ludo King: Ludo King is
undoubtedly India’s favourite, especially during now of the pandemic. Developed
by an India-based software developer company Gametion, it became one of the
most downloaded games. The USP is that Ludo King allows users to play with
relations like siblings, parents, and may wish for.
It’s unclear how long the ban on
Chinese apps will remain. Possibly the banned apps will remain off-limits to
Indians forever. This is good news for many Indian companies that compete
directly with the banned Chinese apps. The number of people who use Indian
alternatives to banned Chinese apps will undoubtedly increase in the weeks ahead.
Source: Entrepreneur India 31
July, 2020
