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Shyam Verma (Poxture)
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Poxture is a Mac menu-bar app that checks how you sit through the webcam and shows a soft glow at the notch when you lean in or prop your chin. It runs on your Mac: camera images are never saved or sent. One-time purchase, 14-day free trial.
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Ola Krutrim
🇮🇳91%Krutrim is Ola’s Bengaluru-based AI arm, and what it sells has changed. It launched in 2024 as an AI Studio — a no-code model-building platform with a catalogue of multilingual Indian-language LLMs — but after halting its foundation-model and custom-chip programmes in late 2025 it now trades as Krutrim Cloud, an India-hosted GPU and CPU cloud aimed at enterprises. Indian data residency is still the core pitch; the model studio largely is not.
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AceVector Limited
🇮🇳74%Snapdeal is a New Delhi-based value e-commerce marketplace, founded in 2010 and built for Tier-II and Tier-III India. Shop 15M+ everyday products across fashion, home decor, beauty, kitchen and general merchandise — 95% priced under Rs 1,000 — with COD, Hindi and regional language support. Used by 40M+ monthly actives, 86% of orders come from outside metros. 2.5M+ Play Store reviews. Operated by AceVector Limited, which has filed for an IPO and had not listed as of September 2026.
Slice Small Finance Bank Limited
🇮🇳74%Slice started in 2016 as a BNPL-style credit card for young, underbanked users, then did something no Indian fintech had done: it merged into a licensed bank. Since October 2024 it operates as Slice Small Finance Bank, offering a UPI-linked credit card with no joining or annual fee and a savings account paying 5.25% a year.
Delhivery
🇮🇳63%Delhivery is India's largest integrated third-party logistics company (NSE: DELHIVERY, BSE: 543529). Unlike aggregators that route orders through partner couriers, Delhivery owns its own network of sort centres, warehouses and delivery agents. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Gurugram, it serves 18,800+ pincodes with express parcel, PTL/FTL freight, warehousing and cross-border shipping. Publicly listed since May 2022.
PhonePe (Indus Appstore Pvt. Ltd.)
🇮🇳56%Indus Appstore (also written 'Indus App Store') is India's home-grown Android marketplace by PhonePe, launched Feb 2024. How to download? It comes pre-installed on Xiaomi and Lava phones sold in India, or get the free app from indusappstore.com — 100M+ installs; claims 5 lakh apps, sitemap lists ~306,000. Browse in 12 Indian languages with voice search in 10, plus a Reels-style short-video discovery feed. Zero commission on in-app payments — vs Google's 15% and Apple's 30%.
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L8 Cones Interactive Pvt Ltd
🇮🇳85%Supernova AI is a Bangalore-based spoken English learning app for Indian learners (17M+ downloads). Is it free or paid? Free to start — basic lessons are free; Supernova Premium (from Rs 499/month or Rs 1,999/year) unlocks unlimited Miss Nova conversations, all roleplays, and personalized study plans. AI tutor Miss Nova gives real-time feedback on pronunciation, grammar, and fluency tuned for Indian accents, with roleplays for job interviews, BPO, office, and travel. Short 3-10 min lessons.
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PhonePe (Indus Appstore Pvt. Ltd.)
🇮🇳56%Indus Appstore (also written 'Indus App Store') is India's home-grown Android marketplace by PhonePe, launched Feb 2024. How to download? It comes pre-installed on Xiaomi and Lava phones sold in India, or get the free app from indusappstore.com — 100M+ installs; claims 5 lakh apps, sitemap lists ~306,000. Browse in 12 Indian languages with voice search in 10, plus a Reels-style short-video discovery feed. Zero commission on in-app payments — vs Google's 15% and Apple's 30%.
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MX Media (Amazon MX Player)
🇮🇳32%MX Player is India's most-downloaded video player and OTT platform, launched 2011 and acquired by Amazon in 2024 (now Amazon MX Player, confirmed by its Play Store publisher "Amazon Mobile LLC"). 1B+ Google Play downloads verified; Amazon itself has reported 1.4B+ total downloads and ~250M MAU. Streams free movies, web series, K-dramas, Turkish dramas, and regional originals. MX Gold premium at Rs 499/year removes most ads. Best for budget viewers and Android users.
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Bluedoors Technologies
AtoPlay is an Indian YouTube alternative for short and long-form video across entertainment, education, news, sports, and tech. Built by Bengaluru-based Bluedoors Technologies, it has crossed 1M+ downloads on Google Play plus a smaller iOS app. Creators get a lower monetisation threshold than YouTube, a tiered rank system, and strong support for Indian regional languages. Best for creators diversifying beyond YouTube.
JioStar (Reliance-Disney JV)
🇮🇳88%JioHotstar is India's largest OTT platform, born from the Feb 2025 JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar merger under JioStar (Reliance-Disney JV). 1B+ Google Play downloads with 500M+ monthly active users. Streams 300,000+ hours of Bollywood, Star Plus serials, Disney, Marvel, HBO, Nat Geo, and regional content in 19 Indian languages — plus exclusive live IPL and ICC cricket. Plans from Rs 79/month or Rs 499/year. Best for sports + entertainment in one sub.
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Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd
🇮🇳69%Moj is the short-video app by Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd (Bengaluru), the Indian company behind ShareChat. Launched in 2020 as a TikTok alternative after India's ban, it offers regional-language content in 15+ Indian languages — comedy, dance, lip-sync, short dramas, devotional, cooking. Built-in editor (filters, effects, green-screen, voiceovers) plus licensed Bollywood and regional music. Moj For Creators (MFC) program and brand deals. Free.
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Sarvam AI
🇮🇳82%India's sovereign AI chat assistant powered by the Sarvam 105B model — fluent in 11 Indian languages with voice-first interaction, real-time web search, file/PDF analysis, and seamless code-switching between Hindi-English (Hinglish). A ChatGPT and Google Gemini alternative built for how Indians actually speak
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Puch AI
🇮🇳94%Puch AI is India's first WhatsApp-based multilingual AI assistant, built by a Bengaluru startup co-founded by Siddharth Bhatia. Lives entirely in WhatsApp — no app to install. Supports 20+ Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, and Hinglish. Image and video generation, viral Shinchanify filter, stickers, fact-checking, voice assistant, web search, YouTube summarization, and games. Free to use. Best for non-English-first Indian users.
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Zoho Corporation
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Arattai — the free Indian WhatsApp alternative built by Zoho in Chennai, with 10M+ installs on Google Play (verified) after a viral surge from its September 2025 relaunch. Made-in-India messaging app: text, voice notes, voice and video calls, photo and document sharing, Stories, group chats, and 1-tap WhatsApp chat migration. Ad-free, no tracking, no in-app purchases, data stored on Indian servers. Privacy-first WhatsApp and Telegram alternative for India.
MapmyIndia
🇮🇳97%Mappls (formerly MapmyIndia) is India's oldest mapping platform, founded 1995 in New Delhi by CE Info Systems. 100M+ Play Store downloads with village-level coverage; powers 80-90% of Indian automotive OEMs. India-specific features: live traffic signal timers, 3D junction views, road hazard alerts, truck routing, eLoc digital addresses. Maps + geocoding + routing APIs from ~$300/month. Best for Indian businesses and logistics needing local accuracy.
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Reliance Industries
🇮🇳88%JioMart app is Reliance Retail's all-in-one grocery and online shopping platform — the digital storefront powering Reliance Smart and Reliance Fresh stores. Free delivery on every order, no minimum value or membership fee, plus 10-minute quick grocery delivery in select metros and scheduled delivery pan-India. Shop groceries, fashion, electronics, home & kitchen, furniture and beauty. Integrated with JioPay and Jio's 400M+ telecom subscribers. 100M+ Play Store downloads.
Zoho Corporation
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Zoho Mail is an ad-free, privacy-first business email platform from Chennai-based Zoho, launched 2008 and serving millions across 150+ countries. Custom domain email, shared mailboxes, email routing, Streams for inline collaboration, plus built-in calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes. Indian data residency via in.zoho.com. Free for 5 users (web-only); Mail Lite Rs 75/user/month, Premium Rs 300/user/month — 60-70% cheaper than Google Workspace.
Jio Platforms
🇮🇳88%JioSaavn is India's largest music streaming app, formed by the 2018 merger of Reliance Jio's music service and Saavn. Its own Play Store listing calls it "India's leading FREE music app", with 8 crore+ (80 million) songs across 16 languages, a 4.4 rating from about 8.9 million ratings and 100M+ installs. Free ad-supported streaming; JioSaavn Pro adds ad-free listening, downloads and higher audio quality.
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Reliance Jio Digital Services
🇮🇳88%JioSwitch is a peer-to-peer offline file transfer app by Jio Platforms (Mumbai), positioned as a clean ad-free Indian alternative to SHAREit and Xender. Uses direct Wi-Fi for transfer speeds 100x faster than Bluetooth, supports cross-platform Android-to-iOS sharing, and includes built-in encryption. Google Play's install bucket read 10M+ before the listing was pulled; the last release was v4.04.21 on 3 September 2021 and it is no longer maintained. Best avoided for new installs.
Dukaan
🇮🇳69%Dukaan is a Bangalore-built no-code e-commerce platform (Growthpond Technology Pvt Ltd) helping small sellers launch online stores from a phone in minutes. Mobile-first setup with UPI, Razorpay, Stripe, custom domains, SEO tools, abandoned cart recovery, and WhatsApp sharing. Free plan available; a per-order service fee applies on top of payment gateway charges (highest on Free, lower on paid tiers). 5M+ Google Play downloads. Best for solopreneurs and WhatsApp-driven Indian commerce.
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PetPooja
🇮🇳91%Petpooja is India's leading restaurant POS and management platform, founded in 2011 by Apurv Patel and Parthiv Patel in Ahmedabad. Powers 75,000+ restaurants across 140+ cities in India and the UAE with GST billing, kitchen display systems, table management, recipe-level inventory, multi-outlet support, staff and payroll, loyalty programs, and Swiggy/Zomato/Dunzo integrations. Plans from ~Rs 9,500/year. Best for independent restaurants and small chains.
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Dubverse
🇮🇳84%Dubverse is a Gurugram-built AI platform for video dubbing, subtitling, and text-to-speech across 30+ languages with strong Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali coverage. Voice cloning preserves the original speaker's tone, GPT-4 translations handle context on Supreme, and 200+ TTS voices span 120+ languages. Web-based, no install, plus API for bulk runs. Credit-based: Pro $18/mo billed monthly ($9/mo only if prepaid half-yearly), Supreme $30 ($15) for 50 credits — under ElevenLabs/Descript.
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HostingRaja
🇮🇳50%HostingRaja is a Chennai-based Indian web hosting provider founded in 2012 hosting 100,000+ websites. Shared, VPS, dedicated, cloud, and managed WordPress hosting from Indian data centres for faster local load times. Customer support in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam. Free domain, free SSL, DDoS protection, 99.9% uptime. Silver shared from Rs 85/month, Gold Rs 161, Unlimited Rs 204; VPS from Rs 549/month with a 30-day money-back guarantee.