Best alternatives to Chinese apps for enhanced security.

The reasons behind, why India has banned 59 Chinese apps

We all know that due to the privacy issue of the users and keeping the security in check, India has banned 59 Chinese apps. 

According to India's Ministry of Information Technology, the ban was the result of "numerous complaints from various sources" that were stealing users’ data in an unauthorized manner and continuously transmitting to the Chinese government and other third parties".

Therefore, to protect the sovereignty of India's cyberspace and the privacy and security of users, the Government of India took this step.

So if you are looking for an alternative to restricted Chinese apps then you have come to the right place. In this article, we bring you the best Chinese apps alternatives for TikTok, UC Browser, Share-it, Camscanner, helo and more.

Here are the Best alternatives to Chinese apps

An alternative to TikTok, likee, Vigo, Vmate

There are many security and privacy issues with TikTok and above other apps. Likee and Vigo both of the apps are known for hosting inappropriate content on their platform.

Triller: If you want to be on the safe side, you can use a triller which is almost similar Tiktok. It is also a social video platform and its company is based in California. As like Tiktok, you can also create professional-looking videos and share them instantly. You can use 100+ filters on triller and personalize your videos with text, emojis and drawings. Millions have made Triller videos on the fly and the platform is pretty popular among celebrities including Chance the Rapper, Justin Bieber, Rae Sremmurd, Rita Ora, Kevin Hart and more.

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Triller

An alternative to UC browser, APUS browser, DU browser and CM browser

these apps also have been removed from the play store for various privacy reasons. The browsers always send unwanted notification and show you ads and adult contents. For safe and secure search, you can use the following apps.

Google Chrome: Google Chrome is one of the best browsers for all kind of smartphones and desktops hence the best alternative to Chinese browsers. It is fast, easy to use and secure browser. we all know google take security and privacy seriously and therefore keep updating chrome to protect users from harmful malware and websites.

Firefox: Firefox is a fast and powerful web browser that protects your privacy. Firefox gives you greater privacy protection while you’re on the web. Block third-party cookies and unwanted ads that follow you around the web with Enhanced Tracking protection.

Brave Private Browser: Brave browser is also a better alternative with safe, secure and fast browsing. This browser comes with ad blocker and pop-up blocker. You can privately browse and search the internet without being tracked by advertiser, malware and pop-ups.

Apart from this, you can use JioBrowser or Bharat Browser. These browsers come with a fast and secure connection, quick share and are lightweight and also available in regional languages

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Google Chrome / Firefox / Brave

An alternative for Helo app

Helo is another Chinese app that has a huge fan base and success in the Indian market. The reason behind its success is, it comes with regional language and audience. The app offers more than 14 Indian languages. However, this app is removed from the play store because it is seeking some excessive and unreasonable personal information from users.

ShareChat: If you want to enjoy regional content without losing your privacy then you can go with ShareChat. This is the 100% made in India app. ShareChat comes with 15 regional languages. You can download jokes, memes, WhatsApp status and share them with your friends. 

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ShareChat                

                       

An alternative for SHAREit/Xender

SHAREit and Xender were a very popular app to send files from one phone to another. But these apps are also blocked now because of features like social media downloader, constant ads and pop-ups and some security vulnerabilities.

Files by Google: It is the best alternative option for file transfer. You can use this app as your file manager and can send and receive files without any ads or content notification. Files by Google’s offline file sharing is secured with WPA2 encryption, providing a more secure file transfer.

Apart from Files by Google, you can use Z Share or JioSwitch or Share All to share your files, videos, photos, songs and other types of documents.

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Files by Google

An alternative to CamScanner

CamScanner is a very popular document scanner. But now this the app has also been removed from play store after Kaspersky found the Trojan horse module inside the CamScanner app. Researchers stated that "Trojan Downloader can download malicious modules depending on what its creator is currently doing".

If you want to stay away from such Trojans and malicious Incidents, then you can go with even better alternatives.

Microsoft Office Lens: Named one of ‘the best apps of 2015’ in the US and Puerto Rico by Google Play.  You will get all the functionality like CamScanner in Office lens such as Batch mode, crisp scanning, OCR, edge detection and many more advance features. Office Lens trims, enhance, and make pictures of whiteboards and documents readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and save to OneNote, OneDrive, or your local device. You can even import images that are already on your device using Gallery.

Adobe Scan: The free document scanning app from Adobe turns your device into a powerful portable PDF scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR).

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Microsoft Office Lens / Adobe Scan

 

An alternative to Turbo VPN

Turbo VPN is a free VPN app which is widely popular for its no speed restriction and no data limits. But due to some security affairs, this app also got banned in play store. You can use ProtonVPN as an alternative option to a Turbo VPN

ProtonVPN: Featuring better connection stability, faster speed and more security features. ProtonVPN is a Switzerland based company so your data is protected with some of the strongest privacy laws of the world. It includes strong encryption, no logs, DNS leak protection, anonymous and many more services.

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ProtonVPN

An alternative to VivaVideo  

VivaVideo is also a very popular video editing app. Because of some privacy issue and spying on Indian Users Indian government banned this app.

KineMaster: If you want to edit your videos like a pro then you should go with KineMaster. This is the full-featured video editor you are looking for! Features like multiple layers of video, images, stickers, special effects, text, colour adjustments, trimming, audio editing, speed control and many more,

Besides this, you can use PowerDirector, Adobe premiere Rush and inShot. There are lots of alternative apps for video editing app. You can choose which is suitable for you.

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KineMaster / PowerDirector / Adobe Premiere / inShot

An alternative to Zoom app

n the time of this pandemic, everyone is using the video conferencing app. zoom is becoming more popular nowadays for video conferencing. But for a few months, Zoom has been facing problems regarding users privacy. Following are some alternatives for the Zoom app.

Google Meet: With Google Meet you can Securely connect, collaborate, and celebrate from anywhere. With Google Meet, everyone can safely create and join high-quality video meetings up to 250 people. video meetings are encrypted in transit and proactive anti-abuse measures help keep your meetings safe

JioMeet: JioMeet is made in India free video-conferencing application. It can be used for 1:1 video calls and hosting meetings with up to 100 participants with enterprise-grade host controls.

Say Namaste: Say Namaste is easy to use and secure video conferencing app. Use Say Namaste app to easily create a new meeting or join an existing meeting. You can use Say Namaste for 1:1 conversation as well as group audio and video conference. Supports up to 50 participants in one call

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Google Meet / JioMeet / Say Namaste

Here is the list of all 59 Chinese apps banned by the Indian Government.

1. TikTok
2. ShareIt
3. Kwai
4. UC Browser
5. Baidu app
6. Shain 
7. Clash of kings
8. DU Battery Saver
9. Helo
10. Likee
11. Youcam Makeup
12. Mi community
13. CM Browser
14. Virus Cleaner
15. APUS Browser
16. ROMWE 
17. Club Factory
18. Newsdog
19. Beauty Plus
20. WeChat 
21. UC news
22. QQ mail 
23. Weibo
24. Xender
25. QQ music
26. QQ news feed 
27. Bingo live
28. Selfie City
29. Mail Master
30. Parallel space
31. Mi video call
32. Wesynk
33. ES File Explorer
34. Viva video
35. Meitu
36. Vigo video
37. New video status
38. DU recorder
39. Vault hide
40. Cache cleaner
41. DU cleaner
42. DU browser
43. Hago play with new friends
44. CamScanner 
45. Clean Master
46. Wonder camera 
47. Photo wonder
48. QQ player
49. We Meet 
50. Sweet selfie
51. Baidu Translate
52. VMate
53. QQ international 
54. QQ security center 
55. QQ launcher
56. U video
57. V fly status video
58. Mobile Legends
59.  DU privacy

Hey Friends, if you know the other best alternatives to these apps then let us know in the comment box.