Alipay Downloads & RevenueAlipay - Simplify Your Life · App Store & Google Play
Alipay - Simplify Your Life gets 100k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Alipay - Simplify Your Life by Alipay (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Alipay - Simplify Your Life update history & changes
Last change · 60 events since 15 Oct 2009Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 60 events
- 🚀Alipay - Simplify Your Life: now shown next to Meituan-Eat Better,Live BetteriOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life added hidden keywords: hailingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 📦Alipay - Simplify Your Life updated to version 12.12.50iOSThe brand new version of Alipay is available, update now!
Multiple details have been optimized for smoother operation. - 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by AppleiOSapps · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by AppleiOSapps · CN
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life added hidden keywords: afterpayiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Alipay - Simplify Your Life updated to version 12.12.36.7600AndroidUpdate to the new version to get better user experience.
- 🌏Alipay - Simplify Your Life: found on Huawei AppGalleryAndroid
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life added hidden keywords: ride-hailingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #90AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CN
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · CN
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 13.0 → iOS 15.0
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #97AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- 📦Alipay - Simplify Your Life updated to version 12.12.38iOSThe brand new version of Alipay is available, update now!
Multiple details have been optimized for smoother operation. - 📦Alipay - Simplify Your Life updated to version 12.12.36iOSThe brand new version of Alipay is available, update now!
Multiple details have been optimized for smoother operation. - 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #101AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life added hidden keywords: financeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Alipay - Simplify Your Life added hidden keywords: financeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life charting in a new countryAndroidVietnam
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life hit #1iOSTop Free · Lifestyle · TW
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Finance · TW
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #103AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Finance · SE
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · Lifestyle · MY · Top Free · Lifestyle · PH
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #108AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TW
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Finance · TH
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidThailand · Taiwan
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #120AndroidTop Free · All Apps · KR
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #130AndroidTop Free · All Apps · KR
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #158AndroidTop Free · All Apps · KR
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life charting in a new countryAndroidIndonesia
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Lifestyle · TH
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #175AndroidTop Free · All Apps · KR
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Lifestyle · AU
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #186AndroidTop Free · All Apps · KR
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life charting in a new countryAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life new best rank in the overall chart: #191AndroidTop Free · All Apps · KR
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by AppleiOSapps · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 📈Alipay - Simplify Your Life hit #1iOSTop Free · Lifestyle · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by Apple: “编辑呈现”iOStoday · CN
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by AppleiOSapps · CN
- 🆕Alipay - Simplify Your Life first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSouth Korea
- 🆕Alipay - Simplify Your Life first spotted by AppInsideriOS#32 in Top Free · Lifestyle · Canada
- 🌟Alipay - Simplify Your Life featured by AppleiOSapps · CN
- 📦Alipay - Simplify Your Life version 12.12.30iOSNo release notes
- 📦Alipay - Simplify Your Life version 12.12.16.7200AndroidUpdate to the new version to get better user experience.
- 🆕Alipay - Simplify Your Life released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Lifestyle GrossingAlipay - Simplify Your Life at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Alipay is a mobile payment and digital services platform primarily designed for users with Chinese bank accounts to conduct transactions within China, while also offering limited functionality for foreign visitors to pay merchants in China. The app dominates the Chinese market as the #1 Lifestyle Grossing and #2 Free app, while maintaining significant visibility in Southeast Asian and Oceanian markets like Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia through high free-chart rankings driven by travel demand.
Similar apps: WeChat Pay, PayPal, Venmo
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v12.12.36.7600, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Alipay - Simplify Your Life downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 50M+ |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 10M+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 10k+ | – |
| China Android | 100k+ | – |
| Total | 100k+ Confidence | 50M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Alipay - Simplify Your Life's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Alipay - Simplify Your Life in China
Google Play isn't available in mainland China. Its Chinese Android version on Tencent MyApp (measured, rounded down to a band). Top apps in China
| Tencent MyApp | 支付宝 | 1B+ lifetime downloads |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Alipay - Simplify Your Life makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | 15元主题皮肤套装 | |
| 2 | 8元的数字藏品 | |
| 3 | 6.8元主题皮肤套装 | |
| 4 | 2元数字卡牌 | |
| 5 | 15元支付宝全端皮肤 | |
| 6 | 18元的数字藏品 | |
| 7 | 12元的数字藏品 | |
| 8 | 1元的数字藏品 | |
| 9 | 10元的数字藏品 | |
| 10 | 9元的数字藏品 |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #1 Lifestyle Grossing | 28 of 30 countries | #52 | – |
| Google Play | #11 Finance Free | 8 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (9)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 572 | 96% | ▲ +5% |
 United States | 12 | 2% | ▼ -54% |
| Taiwan | 2.5 | 0% | ▼ -29% |
 United Kingdom | 1.5 | 0% | – |
 Indonesia | 1.5 | 0% | – |
 Russia | 1.5 | 0% | – |
 Thailand | 1.5 | 0% | – |
 Vietnam | 1.2 | 0% | – |
 Germany | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 2.9 ★ | 4.3k |
| Google Play | 3.0 ★ | 84k 6.5k written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.0 ★ weighted by ratings | 88k |
What users say about Alipay - Simplify Your Life
From the 67 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe usability issues, including account freezes, failed verifications for foreign cards, and excessive app bloat. The addition of AI features and forced updates has led to widespread frustration regarding performance and interface complexity.
Mostly negative (7% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about login and account problems, and price and subscriptions.
Common complaints
- Login & account: “In-App Verification Issues”
- Price & subscription: “But hey it takes your money just fine”
- Crashes & bugs: “Please fix whatever bug this is!!!!”
- Features & content: “this is the best chinese transaction tool？ suck”
About Alipay - Simplify Your Life
Users with a Chinese ID and bank account can use Alipay to make payments online and in person at various merchants outside of China as they travel for leisure, business, or study.
Foreign visitors to China can connect their credit card to take advantage of Alipay’s widespread acceptance by tens of millions of merchants across the country. Alipay is not designed or intended for use by foreign users in their home country or anywhere outside of China.
Alipay - Simplify Your Life App Store
Alipay - Simplify Your Life gets 100k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Alipay - Simplify Your Life is #1 in Lifestyle Grossing in China and charting in 28 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Lifestyle GrossingAlipay - Simplify Your Life at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Alipay is a mobile payment and digital services platform primarily designed for users with Chinese bank accounts to conduct transactions within China, while also offering limited functionality for foreign visitors to pay merchants in China. The app dominates the Chinese market as the #1 Lifestyle Grossing and #2 Free app, while maintaining significant visibility in Southeast Asian and Oceanian markets like Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia through high free-chart rankings driven by travel demand.
Similar apps: WeChat Pay, PayPal, Venmo
Alipay - Simplify Your Life on the App Store
App details
Alipay - Simplify Your Life downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Alipay - Simplify Your Life's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Alipay - Simplify Your Life in China
Google Play isn't available in mainland China. Its Chinese Android version on Tencent MyApp (measured, rounded down to a band). Top apps in China
| Tencent MyApp | 支付宝 | 1B+ lifetime downloads |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Alipay - Simplify Your Life before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Alipay - Simplify Your Life makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | 15元主题皮肤套装 | |
| 2 | 8元的数字藏品 | |
| 3 | 6.8元主题皮肤套装 | |
| 4 | 2元数字卡牌 | |
| 5 | 15元支付宝全端皮肤 | |
| 6 | 18元的数字藏品 | |
| 7 | 12元的数字藏品 | |
| 8 | 1元的数字藏品 | |
| 9 | 10元的数字藏品 | |
| 10 | 9元的数字藏品 |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| China | LifestyleGrossing | #1 |
| China | All AppsGrossing | #8 |
| China | LifestyleFree | #3 |
| China | All AppsFree | #22 |
| Taiwan | LifestyleFree | #5 |
| Russia | LifestyleFree | #7 |
 South Korea | LifestyleFree | #14 |
| United States | LifestyleFree | #52 |
 Australia | LifestyleFree | #10 |
| United Kingdom | LifestyleFree | #38 |
| South Korea | All AppsFree | #78 |
| Germany | LifestyleFree | #45 |
 Japan | LifestyleFree | #98 |
| Canada | LifestyleFree | #30 |
 Malaysia | LifestyleFree | #5 |
 Italy | LifestyleFree | #27 |
 France | LifestyleFree | #44 |
| Indonesia | LifestyleFree | #21 |
 Spain | LifestyleFree | #32 |
| Thailand | LifestyleFree | #14 |
| Taiwan | All AppsFree | #79 |
| Australia | All AppsFree | #179 |
 Philippines | LifestyleFree | #14 |
| Vietnam | LifestyleFree | #17 |
 Poland | LifestyleFree | #31 |
| Russia | All AppsFree | #196 |
 United Arab Emirates | LifestyleFree | #38 |
 Netherlands | LifestyleFree | #42 |
 Mexico | LifestyleFree | #73 |
 Sweden | LifestyleFree | #37 |
| Thailand | All AppsFree | #117 |
 Saudi Arabia | LifestyleFree | #102 |
 Turkey | LifestyleFree | #72 |
| Malaysia | All AppsFree | #100 |
 South Africa | LifestyleFree | #41 |
 Colombia | LifestyleFree | #65 |
 Argentina | LifestyleFree | #106 |
Apps near Alipay - Simplify Your Life on the chart
Lifestyle Grossing, around #1.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (9)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 572 | 96% | ▲ +5% |
| United States | 12 | 2% | ▼ -54% |
| Taiwan | 2.5 | 0% | ▼ -29% |
| United Kingdom | 1.5 | 0% | – |
| Indonesia | 1.5 | 0% | – |
| Russia | 1.5 | 0% | – |
| Thailand | 1.5 | 0% | – |
| Vietnam | 1.2 | 0% | – |
| Germany | 1 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Alipay - Simplify Your Life
From the 67 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe usability issues, including account freezes, failed verifications for foreign cards, and excessive app bloat. The addition of AI features and forced updates has led to widespread frustration regarding performance and interface complexity.
Mostly negative (7% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about login and account problems, and price and subscriptions.
Common complaints
- Login & account: “In-App Verification Issues”
- Price & subscription: “But hey it takes your money just fine”
- Crashes & bugs: “Please fix whatever bug this is!!!!”
- Features & content: “this is the best chinese transaction tool？ suck”
About Alipay - Simplify Your Life
Users with a Chinese ID and bank account can use Alipay to make payments online and in person at various merchants outside of China as they travel for leisure, business, or study.
Foreign visitors to China can connect their credit card to take advantage of Alipay’s widespread acceptance by tens of millions of merchants across the country. Alipay is not designed or intended for use by foreign users in their home country or anywhere outside of China.
Latest updates
Store changes
What Alipay - Simplify Your Life changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
More from Alipay (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.
Alipay Android
Alipay gets 100k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Alipay is #26 in Finance Free on Google Play in South Korea and charting in 8 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Finance FreeAlipay at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-26. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Alipay is a Chinese digital payment and services platform primarily designed for users with Chinese bank accounts and foreign visitors to China, explicitly restricting use by non-residents outside the country. The app ranks #3 in Taiwan's Finance Free category and appears in top-20 lists across several other markets like Australia and South Korea, indicating significant regional traction despite its geographic usage restrictions.
Similar apps: WeChat Pay, PayPal, Venmo
Alipay on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v12.12.36.7600, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Alipay downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Alipay's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.eg.android.AlipayGphone) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 37.2B (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 10,000,000+ | ★ 3.0 (84k) | 12.12.36.7600 | Open ↗ |
| Huawei AppGallery | 37.2B (+1.6M/day) | ★ 5.0 (2) | 12.12.50.8000 | Open ↗ |
Alipay in China
Google Play isn't available in mainland China. Its Chinese Android version on Tencent MyApp (measured, rounded down to a band). Top apps in China
| Tencent MyApp | 支付宝 | 1B+ lifetime downloads |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Alipay before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Alipay makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | 15元主题皮肤套装 | |
| 2 | 8元的数字藏品 | |
| 3 | 6.8元主题皮肤套装 | |
| 4 | 2元数字卡牌 | |
| 5 | 15元支付宝全端皮肤 | |
| 6 | 18元的数字藏品 | |
| 7 | 12元的数字藏品 | |
| 8 | 1元的数字藏品 | |
| 9 | 10元的数字藏品 | |
| 10 | 9元的数字藏品 |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | FinanceFree | #26 |
| Australia | FinanceFree | #19 |
| Taiwan | FinanceFree | #11 |
| South Korea | All AppsFree | #176 |
| France | FinanceFree | #97 |
| Taiwan | All AppsFree | #129 |
| Sweden | FinanceFree | #57 |
| Thailand | FinanceFree | #82 |
| United Arab Emirates | FinanceFree | #144 |
| Vietnam | FinanceFree | #103 |
Apps near Alipay on the chart
Finance Free, around #26.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Alipay
From the 66 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users report severe difficulties with account registration and identity verification, citing broken NFC passport readers and server errors that prevent setup. Many complain about arbitrary account restrictions and poor customer support, rendering the app unusable for international travelers despite its utility within China.
Mostly negative (27% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and easy sign-in. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Useful: “great useful app for travel in China”
- Login & account: “I'm here to help you verify your Alipay account”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “it has restricted my account for nothing”
- Crashes & bugs: “till now the nfc passport reader doesn't work”
- Price & subscription: “Calling internationally would cost a ton”
- Design: “the UI is crammed and too much space used make it feel like a peorper UX UI application”
About Alipay
Users with a Chinese ID and bank account can use Alipay to make payments online and in person at various merchants outside of China as they travel for leisure, business, or study.
Foreign visitors to China can connect their credit card to take advantage of Alipay’s widespread acceptance by tens of millions of merchants across the country. Alipay is not designed or intended for use by foreign users in their home country or anywhere outside of China.
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