Published 10:13 IST, July 6th 2020

India's Moj App makes hay from TikTok's ban; millions download and give high rating

Moj, a video-sharing app by ShareChat, has seen over one million downloads within a week after TikTok and several other Chinese apps were banned.

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Moj, a video-sharing app by ShareChat, has seen over one million downloads within a week after TikTok and several or Chinese apps were banned in India due to prevailing Indo-China border tensions. Moj app is extremely similar to w banned TikTok app; it allows its users to share short clips and to give se videos special effects, stickers, and emoticons.

Indian video sharing apps growing in popularity

According to reports, Moj has received over eight thousand positive reviews that have resulted in app having a 4.2 rating on Google Play store. app has been created to cater to Indian user as it reportedly supports 15 langus like Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and ors while also t supporting English langu. Moj app allows its users to create 15-second videos which y can edit and ad several features like filters, stickers, emoticons, etc. app also has a lip-syncing feature much like TikTok which allows its users to recreate movie dialogues and scenes.

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Moj is also considered a strong contender to Chingari, ar TikTok-like Indian app. Chingari has over 10 million downloads after three weeks on Play Store. At its height, app had 5,33,170 concurrent users over a period of three minutes.

increasing popularity of Indian apps has been coupled with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching of  Aatmanirbhar Invation Challenge. It invites Indian tech companies and start-ups to create an Aatmanirbhar App Ecosystem. Prime Minister’s initiative also plans to promote existing Indian apps in various categories such as E-Learning, Work from home, gaming, business, entertainment, etc, amid crackdown on Chinese apps.

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10:13 IST, July 6th 2020