Sandes
Sandes is made and published by National Informatics Centre. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with National Informatics Centre. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to National Informatics Centre. and are shown as published on Google Play.
AppBrain's verdict
Popular- Rating on Google Play
- 3.59
- 19,664 ratings
- Installs
- 6.4 million
- Last updated
- August 26, 2025
- Ads
- No ads
- Size
- 37.6 MB
Sandes is popular, with 6.4 million installs. Users are divided: 3.6 stars from 19,664 ratings.
Pros & Cons
- End-to-end encryption and encrypted backups
- Open-source, indigenous NIC solution
- Hosted on government infrastructure for compliance
- Integrations with NIC email, DigiLocker, and e-office
- Full features limited to government-verified users, which may limit external adoption
- Verification via nodal officers can add onboarding steps
User feedback
Ratings and reviews on Google PlayComments on Sandes for Android
Google Play Rating history and histogram
Store listing
By National Informatics Centre., from Google Play“Sandes - Instant Messaging System”
Description by National Informatics Centre. Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
At present, full features of Sandes app are available only to the Government verified users. Employees of Government organisation need to contact the Nodal officer of their Ministry/ Department for verification. For information about Nodal officers write to us at support-sandes[at]nic[dot]in
Safety and technology
Found in the app by AppBrain- Ads
- No ads
- Price
- Free
- Libraries
- 41
- App size
- 37.6 MB
- Needs Android
- 7.0+
- Content rating
- Everyone
Technologies used by Sandes
Releases
Updates seen on Google Play- Version
- 2.2.71
- Launched
- March 2021
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Installs
Tracked by AppBrain- Last 30 days
- 94 thousand
- Per day
- 3.1 thousand
- 30-day average
- Play install range
- 5+ million
- Launched
- March 2021
Installs over time
Sandes has been installed 6.4 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 3.1 thousand installs per day.
Rankings
Google Play top chartsGoogle Play Rankings for Sandes
About the app and developer
About Sandes
Sandes is a tools app developed by National Informatics Centre.
Download Statistics
Sandes has been downloaded 6.4 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 94 thousand times.
User Ratings
Sandes is rated 3.59 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 20 thousand ratings.
App Information
Sandes is freely available from Google Play. The APK size is 37.59 MB. The latest APK version available is 2.2.71. The last update was on August 26, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Sandes requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The APK has been available on Google Play since March 2021.
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