List of Chinese Apps and Games on Android & iPhone in 2023 (Top 100)

In 2020, Indian Government banned a total of 267 Chinese apps including PUBG Mobile, TikTok, Weibo, WeChat, AliExpress and more. However, you may haven’t noticed that Chinese apps have established their dominance not only in India, but also the world.

In my previous article about the 100 most downloaded iOS apps in the world, I have said that 41% of these apps are from China. In addition, Chinese apps, led by viral short-video platform TikTok, made up five of the world’s top-10 earners of app store revenue in the first half of 2021.

This post outlines the list of apps made by China that were most downloaded in the world. Many you may have downloaded on your phone already, while others you can have a try.

Top 100 Apps & Games Made in China – Ranked By Downloads from 2022 to 2023 （So Far)

#	App Name	Company Name	Company HQ Name
1	TikTok	ByteDance	China
2	CapCut	ByteDance	China
3	Kwai	Kuaishou	China
4	InShot	InShot Inc	China
5	Alibaba.com	Alibaba Group	China
6	Noizz	JOYY Inc.	China
7	PUBG MOBILE	Tencent	China
8	Remini	Caldron Technologies	China
9	Snake Zone .io: Fun Worms Game	Gaming Hippo	China
10	CamScanner	IntSig	China
11	WeChat	Tencent	China
12	WPS Office	Kingsoft Office Software	China
13	Pooking	MOUNTAIN GAME	China
14	VivaCut	QuVideo	China
15	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang	Moonton	China
16	bilibili	Bilibili	China
17	Lords Mobile	IGG	China
18	iQIYI	iQIYI	China
19	AliExpress	Alibaba	China
20	Mi Drop	Xiaomi	China
21	Genshin Impact	miHoYo	China
22	Screen Recorder & Video Recorder	InShot Inc	China
23	Pinduoduo	Xunmeng	China
24	Honor of Kings	Tencent	China
25	Shape-shifting	Sixcube	China
26	UC Browser	UCWeb	China
27	Beat.ly	Ufoto	China
28	Brain Out	Eyewind	China
29	Lark Player	DYWX	China
30	Survivor!.io	Habby	China
31	Litmatch	Construct Technology	China
32	Tile Master 3D	Boke	China
33	夸克	UCWeb	China
34	VooV Meeting	Tencent	China
35	MeituPic	Meitu	China
36	Music Player – MP3 Player, Audio Player	InShot Inc	China
37	Project Makeover	Magic Tavern	China
38	WiFi Master Key	LINKSURE	China
39	Alipay	Alipay	China
40	FitPro	Jusheng	China
41	Red－Shop the World	Xingin	China
42	Baby Panda’s Supermarket	BabyBus	China
43	Kitchen Frenzy	Zenlife	China
44	Cyber Surfer	Badsnowball	China
45	QQ	Tencent	China
46	Taobao	Taobao	China
47	JD.COM	JD.com	China
48	SuperVPN	Super Soft Tech	China
49	Baidu	Baidu	China
50	Piano Star – Tap Music Tiles	Tinymax Games	China
51	National Anti Fraud Centre	Ministry of Public Security	China
52	Collage Maker – Photo Editor & Photo Collage	InShot Inc	China
53	Game For Peace	Tencent	China
54	Traffic Control 12123	Ministry of Public Security	China
55	AppLock	DoMobile	China
56	KJV Bible	Daily Innovation	China
57	Poizon	Shizhuang	China
58	Baby Panda’s School Bus	BabyBus	China
59	SortPuz: 3D Color Water Sort Puzzle	JoyPuz	China
60	DingTalk	DingTalk	China
61	Numpuz	DoPuz	China
62	Color Time – Paint by Number	Nox Ltd	China
63	蛋仔派对	NetEase	China
64	YouCut	InShot Inc	China
65	Super Goal	Gamegou	China
66	Cube Master 3D	Boke	China
67	Top War: Battle Game	Topwar Studio	China
68	Makeup Master: Beauty Salon	Button Software	China
69	Baidu Wangpan	Baidu	China
70	Tencent Video	Tencent	China
71	Mi Home	Xiaomi	China
72	Nox Cleaner	Nox Ltd	China
73	ele.me	ele.me	China
74	Mini World Block Art	Miniwan	China
75	Tomato Novel	ByteDance	China
76	Xender	Anqi Zhilian	China
77	The Ants: Underground Kingdom	StarUnion	China
78	VFly	JOYY Inc.	China
79	Baby Panda World	BabyBus	China
80	Youku	Youku	China
81	Block Puzzle Jewel	Hua Weiwei	China
82	DiDi-Mobility	DiDi Global	China
83	Meituan	Sankuai	China
84	Beat Hop	Badsnowball	China
85	Smash Colors 3D	Badsnowball	China
86	BILIBILI COMICS	Bilibili	China
87	Piano White Go	Joy Journey Music Games	China
88	Wood Block Puzzle – Free Classic Block Puzzle Game	Daily Innovation	China
89	Ulike	ByteDance	China
90	Dancing Hair	Tinymax Games	China
91	Tic Tac Toe 2 Player:Glow XOXO	ReJoy Studio	China
92	AliExpress Russia	Alibaba	China
93	QQ Music	Tencent	China
94	Top Widgets	Guluoying	China
95	Xianyu	Alibaba Group	China
96	Little Panda’s Town: My World	BabyBus	China
97	Chess by CanaryDroid	CanaryDroid	China
98	BeautyPlus	Meitu	China
99	AppLock – photo vault	DoMobile	China
100	Nox Security	Nox Ltd	China

Then, I would specially want to talk more about these two Chinese apps: TikTok and SHEIN.

TikTok – Most Downloaded App in the World

TikTok is one of the fastest growing social media platforms in the world.

Since its launch, the TikTok app’s popularity has been growing tremendously. The latest TikTok statistics show that, as of January 2021, the platform has 689 million monthly active users worldwide.

This app allows users to create short videos with music, filters, and some other features. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s cringey, but it’s definitely addictive. 90 percent of all TikTok users access the app on a daily basis. Not only that, they are extremely active on the app. A study observing the behavior of TikTok users in the span of one month shows that 68 percent of TikTok users watch someone else’s video and 55 percent upload their own videos.

SHEIN – Most Downloaded Shopping App in US

Shein is “an international B2C fast fashion e-commerce platform (that) focuses on women’s wear, but also offers men’s apparel, children’s clothes, accessories, shoes, bags and other fashion items” .

Then, Shein is quickly becoming the online retailer of choice for many U.S. shoppers, particularly young women. In mid-May, Shein surpassed Amazon as the most downloaded iPhone shopping app in the US, something it had already done in Google Play downloads the week prior, according to analytics firm App Annie.

Conclusion

While grabbing a significant chunk of the smartphone market in the world, China seems to also have found their way into dominating the app space. Edging more and more apps out of the top 10 list, China’s dominance over the app market is on the rise.

Next to TikTok, we may see a new “super” Chinese app which is popular around the world.