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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
๐ฎ๐ณ96%IRCTC Rail Connect โ the official Indian Railways train booking app from the Government of India's IRCTC. 100M+ Play Store downloads, 4.3 stars. Book reserved tickets across General, Tatkal, Premium Tatkal, Ladies, Divyangjan and Senior Citizen quotas; check PNR status, schedules, seat availability and waitlist probability. UPI, IRCTC eWallet, BNPL and EMI supported. The only direct-to-railway app โ ixigo, ConfirmTkt and other agents route through IRCTC and add a service fee.
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Zoho Corporation
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ZeptoMail is Zoho's transactional email service launched 2021 for OTPs, invoices, password resets, and order alerts โ purpose-built for inbox delivery, not marketing blasts. SMTP relay plus REST API, Mail Agents for stream segmentation, real-time analytics, suppression lists, and dedicated IPs. Pay-as-you-go at $2.50 per 10,000 emails (~Rs 208), first 10K free, credits valid 6 months. Trusted by IIFL, India Cements, Alice Blue. SendGrid alternative.
Jio Platforms
๐ฎ๐ณ88%JioChat โ the free Indian WhatsApp alternative from Reliance Jio with 100M+ downloads. Made-in-India messaging app: HD voice and video calls, text messaging, group chats up to 500 members, branded channels, conference rooms, stickers, GIFs, and media sharing. Supports 10 Indian languages โ Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati and more. Integrates with JioTV, JioCinema, and JioSaavn. Pre-installed on Jio devices. Indian alternative to WhatsApp and Telegram.
Oravel Stays Limited (OYO)
๐ฎ๐ณ58%OYO Rooms โ the Indian Airbnb and Booking.com alternative built by Gurugram-based Oravel Stays Limited. India's largest budget hotel app with 174,000+ properties in 35+ countries, 10 crore+ downloads and a 4.5-star Play Store rating. Hotel bookings from Rs 800, hourly stays, Wizard membership, OYO Money wallet, free cancellation, and pay-at-hotel. Best for budget travellers and business trips in tier-2/3 Indian cities.
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Le Travenues Technology Limited
๐ฎ๐ณ86%ixigo is India's second-largest OTA by FY23 revenue, founded 2007 in Gurugram by IIT Kanpur alumni Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar. Parent Le Travenues Technology has been NSE/BSE-listed since June 2024. Group apps cover flights, trains (via ConfirmTkt), buses (via AbhiBus) and hotels โ 21 crore+ registered users, 54 crore+ downloads, ~51% rail booking market share. AI-led trip planner, free to use, revenue from commissions. Best for tier-2/3 travellers booking rail and bus.
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Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd
๐ฎ๐ณ69%Moj app is the short-video app by Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd (Bengaluru) โ the same Indian company that builds ShareChat. Launched July 2020 as a TikTok alternative after the ban, Moj has 160M+ monthly active users with regional-language-first content in 15+ Indian languages โ comedy, dance, lip-sync, short dramas, devotional, cooking. Built-in editor (filters, effects, green-screen, voiceovers) plus licensed Bollywood and regional music. Creator Fund and brand deals. Free.
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Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd
๐ฎ๐ณ69%Moj app is the short-video app by Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd (Bengaluru) โ the same Indian company that builds ShareChat. Launched July 2020 as a TikTok alternative after the ban, Moj has 160M+ monthly active users with regional-language-first content in 15+ Indian languages โ comedy, dance, lip-sync, short dramas, devotional, cooking. Built-in editor (filters, effects, green-screen, voiceovers) plus licensed Bollywood and regional music. Creator Fund and brand deals. Free.
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises
๐ฎ๐ณ71%ZEE5 is an Indian OTT platform launched February 2018 by Mumbai-based Zee Entertainment Enterprises (founded 1992). 100M+ MAU and 500M+ Google Play downloads, available in 190+ countries. 200,000+ hours of content across 12 Indian languages including the entire Zee TV network catalog plus 90+ live TV channels. Originals like Abhay, Rangbaaz, and Sunflower hit IMDb 7.7-9.6. Premium HD at Rs 999/year. Best for Bengali, Marathi, and regional Zee viewers.
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MX Media (Times Internet)
๐ฎ๐ณ32%MX Player is India's most-downloaded video player and OTT platform, launched 2011 as an Android local player and acquired by Amazon in 2024 (now Amazon MX Player). 250M+ MAU and 3.1B+ Google Play downloads โ India's largest free ad-supported streaming service. Streams free movies, web series, K-dramas, Turkish dramas, and originals in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam. MX Gold premium at Rs 499/year removes most ads. Best for budget viewers and Android users.
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PhonePe (Indus Appstore Pvt. Ltd.)
๐ฎ๐ณ56%Indus Appstore (also written 'Indus App Store') is India's home-grown Android marketplace by PhonePe (Walmart-backed), launched Feb 2024 from Chennai. Free download with 500K+ apps and 100M+ device installs โ pre-installed on Xiaomi and Lava phones. Browse in 12 Indian languages with voice search in 10, plus a Reels-style short-video discovery feed. Zero commission on in-app payments and zero publishing fees โ vs Google's 15% and Apple's 30%. Best for Indian users browsing in regional languages.
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Supernova AI
๐ฎ๐ณ85%Supernova AI is a Bangalore-based spoken English learning app for Indian learners with 9M+ downloads. Explanations are delivered in Hindi and other Indian languages, and the AI tutor Miss Nova gives real-time feedback on pronunciation, grammar, and fluency calibrated for Indian accents. Includes structured roleplays for job interviews, BPO, office, travel, and customer-facing scenarios. Short 3-10 minute lessons. Best for conversational English learners.
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Jio Platforms
๐ฎ๐ณ88%JioChat โ the free Indian WhatsApp alternative from Reliance Jio with 100M+ downloads. Made-in-India messaging app: HD voice and video calls, text messaging, group chats up to 500 members, branded channels, conference rooms, stickers, GIFs, and media sharing. Supports 10 Indian languages โ Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati and more. Integrates with JioTV, JioCinema, and JioSaavn. Pre-installed on Jio devices. Indian alternative to WhatsApp and Telegram.
Sarvam AI
๐ฎ๐ณ82%India's sovereign AI chat assistant powered by the Sarvam 105B model โ 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
๐ฎ๐ณ94%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 โ 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 โ the free Indian WhatsApp alternative built by Zoho in Chennai, with 17M+ installs since its September 2025 launch. 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
๐ฎ๐ณ97%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
๐ฎ๐ณ88%JioMart app is Reliance Retail's all-in-one grocery and online shopping platform โ 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 โ 60-70% cheaper than Google Workspace.
Jio Platforms
๐ฎ๐ณ88%JioSaavn is India's largest music streaming platform (110M+ MAU), formed by the 2018 merger of Reliance Jio and Saavn. Catalog of 100M+ songs in 15+ Indian languages with deep Bollywood, regional cinema soundtracks, devotional music, and JioSaavn Originals. Bundled free with most Jio plans above Rs 299/month; standalone Pro is Rs 399/year (~1/3 of Spotify Premium India). HD audio, downloads, and JioTunes on Pro. Best for Jio subscribers.
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Reliance Jio Digital Services
๐ฎ๐ณ88%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. 23M+ downloads before being unpublished from Google Play in September 2024. Last updated August 2021 and no longer actively maintained. Best avoided for new installs.
Dukaan
๐ฎ๐ณ69%Dukaan is a Bangalore-built no-code e-commerce platform helping small businesses and local 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. No sales commission โ only payment gateway fees. Plans from Rs 499/month, ~70% cheaper than Shopify. Best for solopreneurs and WhatsApp-driven Indian commerce.
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PetPooja
๐ฎ๐ณ91%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
๐ฎ๐ณ84%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 $9, Supreme $15 for 50 credits โ much cheaper than ElevenLabs or Descript.
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HostingRaja
๐ฎ๐ณ50%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.