12 Most Popular Mobile Apps Made in India 2024 [Updated list 2024]

There are some Indian apps that were there before PM Modi announced the AtmaNirbhar Bharat campaign and have attracted the attention of many consumers. Indian techies built strong alternative mobile apps to Chinese apps. Hence we came up with the list of the 12 most popular mobile apps made in India in 2024. This list-type post is written by detailed research done by TechnoVans. If you find any discrepancy in information, please contact us.

12 Most Popular Mobile Apps Made in India 2024

#1 PhonePe

One of the most popular made in India apps in 2024 is PhonePe. This app is used to make money transfers, UPI Payments, mobile recharges, DTH recharges, and much more. PhonePe is the most preferred UPI app in India.

PhonePe currently has 50 crore registered users and 3.7 crore merchants on its platform.

Sameer Nigam founded PhonePe in 2015 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.

Rating: 4.3/5

#2 Paytm

Paytm is the most popular app in India to make payments, money transfers, purchase groceries, pay your bills, and much more. One of the most used features in Paytm is to buy and manage Fastag.

Paytm has 39 million daily active users. This made in India app witnessed a surge in new users and merchant partners during the lockdown period. The financial services company Paytm has emerged as the leader of digital payments in the country.

Paytm was the first made in India app to launch QR code based payments, and instant audio confirmations with Soundbox device.

Around 912 Cr merchant transactions made via Paytm in Q2FY24, according to Paytm’s Blog.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the CEO and founder of Paytm.

Rating: 4.6/5

Related Post – Paytm reports a 39.4 percent growth in revenue

#3 Meesho

Meesho is the most popular app in India to shop lifestyle products online. The most purchased products on the Meesho app are – Ethnic wear like Sarees, Lehengas, Kurtas, Blouses, Western Dresses, Accessories, Bags, Footwear, and Jewellery.

You can also earn money using the Meesho app to resell the listed products. According to the Meesho profile on Crunchbase, it is a business platform trusted by more than 2.6 million resellers across India.

You can become a Meesho seller and grow your business across India. As per Meesho website, Suppliers selling on Meesho keep 100% of their profit by not paying any commission.

Rating: 4.0/5

#4 Myntra

Myntra app is the most popular app in India used to shop fashion products online. The best discounts are available on your purchases. 7 lakh+ products are available to buy on the Myntra app. The most purchased products from the Myntra app are – Fashionable clothing for men, women, and kids, Handbags, purses, jewelry, perfumes, shoes, etc.

Myntra currently has 60 million monthly active users.

Myntra, fashion e-commerce was founded in the year 2007 by Mukesh Bansal along with Ashutosh Lawania and Vineet Saxena.

Rating: 4.4/5

#5 Hotstar

The most popular video streaming app for the best of Indian entertainment, TV shows, LIVE cricket, news, and movies. Hostar is the most popular mobile app in India to show live streaming of Star India channels and on-demand shows are also available.

Disney+ Hotstar offers some interesting subscription plans that start at Rs 299 per month and go up to Rs 1,499 per year – according to MySmartPrice News.

Sajith Sivanandan, is the current CEO of Hotstar. He holds the title of President and Head of Disney+ Hotstar India.

Rating: 3.9/5

#6 Gaana

One of the most popular mobile apps in India for Music and Podcasts is the Gaana app. Gaana app has all categories of music to listen to Bollywood, devotional songs, etc. 45+ million MP3 songs are available to enjoy on the Gaana app. It has about 200 million monthly users today.

You can download songs from Gaana by subscribing to their premium service Gaana+. With Gaana+ you can download unlimited songs and listen to them offline till the subscription is active.

Gaana app was launched in April 2010 by Times Internet.

Rating: 4.5/5

#7 Zomato

You can order your food using the Zomato app. It is the most popular made in India app. Food ordering service is available on Zomato across 1000+ cities. The most important thing about the Zomato app is they keep updating their app with new features and bug fixes if any.

Zomato was founded by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah in 2008.

Rating: 4.5/5

#8 Flipkart

Flipkart is a made in India online shopping app. The Flipkart app has more than 100 million downloads. This is a multi-purpose app. You can do online recharges, book travel, and of course, shop online. Everything is available for buying on the Flipkart app, to name a few clothing, electronics, home decor, etc.

Flipkart was founded in October 2007 in Mumbai by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, alumni of the IIT, Delhi and former Amazon employees.

Rating: 4.3/5

#9 Koo

The Koo app is used by Indians to express themselves in Indian languages. Koo is a microblogging social media app that was launched in March 2020 by a Bengaluru-based start-up. Koo app is an alternative to X ( Twitter ) for Indians.

Koo has been declared an AatmaNirbhar App and won the AatmaNirbhar App Innovation Challenge held by the Government of India in August 2020.

Rating: 4.0/5

#10 CRED

The app to pay credit card bills and earn rewards in India is the CRED app. CRED App operates in compliance with NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) guidelines. NPCI is a payment system operator authorized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

CRED is a Bengaluru-based fintech startup that offers rewards to customers to use its platform to pay their credit card bills.

Another interesting feature it has is – Check credit score free and track credit profile.

Rating: 4.5/5

#11 Chingari

Chingari is a video-sharing mobile app which is made in India. An alternative to the TikTok app was created by Biswatma Nayak from Odisha, India.

Chingari has now hit 170 million downloads and claims to have 40 million monthly active users.

Currently, the Chingari app is available in 16 languages.

Rating: 4.0/5

Related Post – Chingari – Trending video sharing app ( alternative to TikTok )

#12 Shaadi.com

The most popular matrimony app in India is Shadi.com. The app is user-friendly and having interesting features like video calls and personalized messages chat with your match. You can check the match profiles which are verified by the Shadi.com team.

Anupam Mittal, from Mumbai, is the founder of Shadi.com. Shaadi.com has more than 35 million users and 7 million success stories.

Rating: 4.2/5

These are the 12 most popular mobile apps made in India in 2024. This list of made in India apps is well researched by TechnoVans team. If you want to add any information related to these above-listed mobile apps then please leave a comment below or contact us.

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