The top 20 popular Free Communication Apps for Android in Australia

Google Play has 42,112 Communication apps, the 16th largest app category. 4,741 of them have at least 50,000 installs. 1% are paid, and the average rating is 3.9. Ranked by popularity in Australia. Together these 20 apps got 140M installs in the last 30 days. Samsung Push Service got the most installs in the last 30 days: 80M. Install counts come from Google Play. Last updated on 2026-10-23.

App

Installs, 30 days

vs 30 days before

Last 12 weeks

Total installs

Rating

On Play

Emergency Plus

National Triple Zero Awareness Work Group · Communication

15K

+53%

1.5M

4.0

6 years

Whirldroid

gregdev · Communication

−77%

24K

–

14 years

Smart Search & Web Browser

Reactive Phone · Communication

24K

+27%

6.7M

4.2

12 years

Private & Secure VPN: TorGuard

TorGuard · Communication

19K

+5%

1.5M

4.4

13 years

Connect for Hotmail & Outlook

Connectivity Apps · Communication

1.4K

−20%

3.8

12 years

Call Recorder

C Mobile · Communication

12K

+41%

30M

3.2

14 years

Chomp SMS

Delicious · Communication

17M

4.2

16 years

Rakuten Viber Messenger

Viber Media · Communication

3.6M

+11%

1.3B

4.1

15 years

RUCKUS Cloudpath by CommScope

Ruckus Wireless International Inc. · Communication

1.3K

−48%

1.2M

2.1

16 years

Zoiper IAX SIP VOIP Softphone

Securax EOOD · Communication

30K

+43%

5.8M

4.5

14 years

InBrowser - Incognito Browsing

PIA Private Internet Access, Inc · Communication

9.7K

+31%

6.9M

3.1

15 years

Textra SMS

Delicious · Communication

57K

+18%

20M

4.0

13 years

RSA Authenticator (SecurID)

RSA Security · Communication

69K

+28%

12M

3.3

15 years

EchoLink

Synergenics, LLC · Communication

480

+12%

810K

4.0

16 years

ANT Radio Service

ANT+ · Communication

9.2M

+27%

2.6B

3.4

15 years

TypeApp mail - email app

TypeApp LLC · Communication

5.9K

+21%

3.5

12 years

Snapchat

Snap Inc · Communication

43M

+11%

4.3B

4.2

13 years

Samsung Push Service

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · Communication

80M

+13%

3.9

13 years

Wear OS by Google Smartwatch

Google LLC · Communication

1.1M

+7%

120M

3.2

12 years

JusTalk - Video Chat & Calls

JusTalk · Communication

340K

+15%

35M

4.6

12 years

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