Best Communication Apps Companies in China
The 38 best Communication Apps companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Shenzhen Uxin Internet Technology.
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- Allied Market Research
Ranked: Best Communication Apps companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | App-install YoY | Last round | Stage | Founded | Founder | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahlan App-based voice chat room | — | +19% | — | Unfunded | 2019 | Abdul Dharodia Founder | — |
| 2 | QQ Online platform offering multi-category news | — | +17% | — | Funding Raised | 1999 | Charles Chen Co-Founder | — |
| 3 | Yalla Mobile application for group voice chat | — | +15% | — | Unfunded | 2016 | Willing Feng Co-Founder | — |
| 4 | PGTalk Online platform for messaging and calling | — | +14% | — | Unfunded | 2017 | Wu Zongxian CEO | — |
| 5 | Kika Keyboard Developer of a customizable keyboard application featuring themes, emojis, and GIFs | $64M | +13% | 90 mo ago | Series B | 2011 | — | — |
| 6 | Holla Mobile application for video chat with strangers | — | +12% | — | Acquired | 2016 | — | — |
| 7 | WeChat Provider of vernacular-based text and voice messaging applications | — | +8% | — | Unfunded | 2011 | Xiaolong Zhang Founder | — |
| 8 | Sweetalk Messenger application with real time translation | — | +6% | 100 mo ago | Seed | 2016 | Eva Chen-Young Founder | — |
| 9 | Hello Pal Messaging app for different languages | $6M | — | 64 mo ago | Public | 2013 | KL Wong Founder And Ceo | — |
| 10 | Bullet SMS Voice and text messaging application | $22M | — | 96 mo ago | Series A | 2018 | Evan Jiang CEO | — |
| 11 | Shenzhen Uxin Internet Technology Mobile app for VoIP services | $100M | — | 130 mo ago | Series A | 2012 | Liu Zizheng CEO | — |
| 12 | TouchPal Mobile application for creating customized emojis and stickers | $25M | — | 143 mo ago | Series B | 2008 | Jialiang Wang Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 13 | YeeCall Mobile app that lets users make video and voice calls | $12M | — | 112 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2014 | Lei Zhang Founder & CEO | — |
| 14 | Laoyuegou Gaming data mining, analysis and visualization tool | $9M | — | 112 mo ago | Series B | 2012 | MingFeng Shan Founder & Partner | — |
| 15 | HelloTalk Provider of a language learning platform | $3M | — | 99 mo ago | Seed | 2012 | — | — |
| 16 | ChatGame Fun video calling application | $14M | — | 124 mo ago | Seed | 2014 | — | — |
| 17 | Inbilin Mobile application to chat and talk with strangers | $15M | — | 147 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2013 | Jinlong Liu CEO | — |
| 18 | TiKi Video chat app | $4M | — | 112 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2016 | Yonghui Wu Founder & CEO | — |
| 19 | Iwant-u Mobile app for college and university activities | $1M | — | 105 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2014 | Jia Pengwei Co-Founder | — |
| 20 | Foxfly Group messaging platform | $300K | — | 194 mo ago | Deadpooled | 2010 | Robert Hsiung Founder & CEO | — |
Top 12 Communication Apps companies in China
#1
Public · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2013$6Mraised▾
Messaging app for different languages. It works as a smart dictionary with audio clips on how to pronounce those words in new languages. Users can search for a word in a different language and can send a message in the language of a stranger. It provides a few common phrases in different languages to make it easy for users in searching and using the phrases in new languages.
- May 2021Post IPO$6M
#2
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2011 · 105 employees$63.5Mraised▾
Developer of a customizable keyboard application featuring themes, emojis, and GIFs. The application enriches communication by leveraging artificial intelligence to understand intentions. It provides a mobile experience with various keyboard themes and supports multiple languages. The application offers features such as animated GIFs and smart autocorrect.
- Feb 2019Series B$30.6M
- Jul 2016Series B$32.9M
- Feb 2016Series B$30.6M
- Dec 2014Series A—
#3
Series A · Chaoyang, Beijing · founded 2018 · 200 employees$22Mraised▾
Bullet SMS is a voice and text messaging application. It supports multi-device simultaneous login and message synchronization. Voice messages are automatically converted into text messages and sent. It has a feature of 'hold', which marks the message as later when the user cannot reply immediately. It supports platforms such as Android, iOS, Web, Wap, and Smartisan TNT Station.
- Aug 2018Series A$22M
#4
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012 · 6000 employees$100Mraised▾
Uxin is a mobile internet company focused on internet-based telecommunication services (VoIP). The Uxin app had amassed over 100 M users by the end of 2014 with daily active users nearing 10 M. Has received a USD 100 M investment from Chinese internet company Sina. A Uxin function has now been added to the mobile app for Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo.
- Oct 2015Series A$100M
- May 2013Seed—
#5
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2008 · 85 employees$25Mraised▾
Mobile application for creating customized emojis and stickers. It allows users to create personalized animated emojis/stickers or GIFs which can be used in messaging platforms through a keyboard. Its features include customizable themes & colors, AI assistant, text arts & faces, support emojis prediction, autocorrection, multi-lingual support, and others. The app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Sep 2014Series B$20M
- Jun 2010Series A$5M
#6
Deadpooled · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2014 · 18 employees$12Mraised▾
YeeCall lets users make free HD calls and messages, real-time location sharing, and doodling while chatting by YeeCall. Has a beauty video call feature which lets users retouch their video. Also offers free conference call and group chat. Has more than 5 million downloads on playstore.
- Apr 2017Series A$12M
- Jan 2015Series A—
#7
Series B · Haikou, Hainan · founded 2012$9.1Mraised▾
Laoyuegou focuses on game user data mining, analysis, and visualization. It provides data query service for the global game developers. It operates a website for game database ranking and also provides short clips of how users play the game. It is also a social networking platform for the developers.
- May 2017Series B$5.8M
#8
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2012 · 141 employees$3Mraised▾
Provider of a language learning platform. It provides a mobile app for language learning. It connects students to learn from each other. It offers features such as translation, transliteration, grammar correction, text to voice, and voice recognition for improving writing and speaking skills. The application is available for Android and iOS users.
- May 2018Seed$3M
#9
Seed · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2014 · 51 employees$14Mraised▾
ChatGame is an all-in-one social communication app that allows users to connect with friends anywhere in the world. ChatGame offers unique features that allow users to instantly beautify their face during video chat, or play from the selection of games during calls. Users can send texts, share photos, videos, make high quality phone and video calls while experiencing an interactive blow and pop bubble mini-game available through 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi.
- May 2016Angel$14M
#10
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013$15Mraised▾
Launched in May 2013, Inbilin is a social networking voice call and chatting app that enables users to call strangers. Users can either call the person they are interested in or chat with anyone they are paired with randomly. The company claimed more than 20 million registered users with around 200k daily active users.
- Jun 2014Series A$15M
#11
Deadpooled · Meizhou, Guangdong Province · founded 2016$3.6Mraised▾
TiKi is a video chat app that allows users to make free video calls to fellow users. Offers a camera with live filters that allows users to apply various effects to the video call. Available for iOS and Android. Operates on a freemium model.
- Apr 2017Series A$3.6M
#12
Deadpooled · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2014 · 40 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Iwant-u is a mobile platform where college and university students can initiate and participate in activities and can communicate via voice and text. It also allows users to connect and participate in activities of other colleges.
- Nov 2017Seed—
- Jun 2015Seed$1.4M
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