Anti-China app goes viral on Android, million downloads in less than 2 weeks

NEW DELHI: The Remove China Apps has quickly gone viral among Android smartphone users in India. It claims to remove apps made by Chinese companies from your phone and has a simple interface. You download the app, click scan now and it gives you a list of apps on your phone that come from Chinese companies, which includes names like TikTok, ShareIt, CamScanner and more.

The app is listed at number two on Google Play’s list of top free apps on the platform right now. It has gathered over one million downloads on Android in less than two weeks, riding on the anti-China movement sparked by the covid-19 pandemic. It was launched on 17 May.

The app itself is evidently made to take advantage of such propaganda. If you have no apps from Chinese companies on your phone, it says “You are awesome, No China app found in your system”.