Remove China Apps crosses a million downloads

Remove China Apps, which promises to help remove Chinese-origin apps from your phone, has crossed one million downloads on the Google Play Store within 10 days of its launch, amid the India-China border dispute.

India based One Touch AppLabs developed the app, reports The Hindu. 

Anti-China sentiments are on the rise in the Indian social media sphere with China being blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic, the YouTube vs TikTok spat, and the India-China border standoff.

The app which went live on May 17 is now the top free app on Google Play Store with a 4.8 rating and more than 1.4 lakh reviews.

The app apparently draws its motivation from Ladakh-based engineer Sonam Wangchuk, the man who inspired the central character played by Aamir Khan in the Bollywood movie 3 Idiots. Wangchuk’s Twitter video with the message to boycott Chinese products was widely shared on Twitter and WhatsApp. Former model Milind Soman also tweeted that he has uninstalled the Chinese app TikTok in response to the video.

Recently, another app named ‘Mitron’ which was believed to be made in India and seen as a rival to TikTok crossed 5 million downloads on Google Play Store but a Pakistani firm Qboxus said that the source code was purchased from them.