Mumbai, October 19: Google Play or Playstore offers a wide range of apps, games, books, and movies for various users. Users can download mobile apps from various categories like entertainment, news, social media, shopping, finance, food and delivery, health and fitness, and many more. The Google Playstore has over 3 million applications, from which users can download as per their requirements and trends.

Every week, Google Play ranks the top free applications on its charts based on their download frequency. The most downloaded mobile app would reach the number one spot. Last week, Meesho was the most downloaded app on the Google Play store; the other applications included Flipkart, JioCinema, PhonePe, Zepto, Snapchat, Truecaller and Remini: AI Photo Enhancer. This week, some applications still hold their rank, while others have been ranked differently due to the frequency of downloads. Here's this week's Google Play Store Top Free Apps List. Google Play Store Top Free Apps List: Meesho, Flipkart, JioCinema, PhonePe and Snapchat Among the Most Downloaded Play Store Apps This Week.

Meesho

Meesho has also become the most downloaded application for online shopping this week. The e-commerce app was also in the number-one spot last week. Meesho offers customers a huge collection of lifestyle products at affordable prices. It also offers features like real-time tracking of orders, faster digital payment, discounts and offers, lower prices, and support of 10 languages. Due to these reasons, the app has been downloaded by over 500 million users and rated 4.5 stars by 4.4 million users.

PhonePe

PhonePe has achieved a higher spot compared to last week when it stuck to the fifth position. Due to offering many features to make digital payment easier, the users have downloaded the PhonePe app to their mobile devices. This week, PhonePe is ranked second on the Google Play Store Top Free Apps List.  From offering quick UPI payments to integrating debit or credit cards and wallets, getting loans, recharging mobiles and paying bills, PhonePe has been one of India's leading digital payment solution providers. With over 500 million downloads, it has a 4.4-star rating on Google Play, which 11.7 million users give.

Flipkart 

This week, Flipkart is in the third spot in the Google Play Store's Top Free Apps List. Last week, it was in the second spot on the list. The Indian e-commerce platform has been popular for offering products from various categories, such as footwear, clothing, electronics, household appliances, etc. The Flipkart app has been downloaded by 500 million Android users, out of which 57.7 million gave it a 4.3-star rating. Recently, the platform has launched a quick commerce service which offers delivery of products to your home within 10 minutes.

Seekho 

Seekho is claimed to be India's first OTT Edutainment platform that offers thousands of course videos on various sectors like Technology, Business, Money and so on. It has achieved a seventh rank in this week's Google Play Store Top Free Apps List. The Seekho app is designed to offer entertainment and fun while learning about the topics online. The videos offered by the platform are also available in Hindi. Over one crore or 10 million customers have downloaded Seekho on their mobile devices, and 3.29 lakh gave it a 4.5-star rating. 

FaceMagic - AI Face Editor 

FaceMagic - AI Face Editor has secured eighth place in the top free list of the Top Charts on Google Play. The application from the Photography category offers several features to enhance the pictures taken by the users. It helps them change the eye colours and body shape, add makeup or automatically choose artificial intelligence to boost the overall quality of the photograph.  This free app has been downloaded by 1 million people in India, of which around 22,400 gave it a 3.3-star rating. Google Play Store Top Free Apps List: Meesho, Flipkart, PhonePe, Instagram and Amazon Among the Most Downloaded Play Store Apps This Week.

The above are the top five applications featured in the Google Play Store Top Free Apps List this week. The fourth position is secured by Zepto: 10-min Grocery Delivery app. In fifth place, Google Play has ranked Meta's Instagram application. Truecaller is sixth in the list of the top free apps on the Android app store. WhatsApp has been pushed back to the ninth position.

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