The top 20 popular Free Communication Apps for Android in Canada

Google Play has 42,424 Communication apps, the 16th largest app category. 4,768 of them have at least 50,000 installs. 1% are paid, and the average rating is 3.9. Ranked by popularity in Canada. Together these 19 apps got 250M installs in the last 30 days. Samsung Push Service got the most installs in the last 30 days: 71M. Install counts come from Google Play. Last updated on 2026-11-10.

App

Installs, 30 days

vs 30 days before

Last 12 weeks

Total installs

Rating

On Play

Hiya: Spam Blocker & Caller ID

Hiya · Communication

21K

−13%

18M

3.8

16 years

Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure

eyeo GmbH · Communication

120K

−5%

33M

4.2

11 years

Kik — Messaging & Chat App

MediaLab AI - Kik · Communication

89K

+1%

190M

2.6

16 years

FREE ADBLOCKER BROWSER

Adblock – Rocketshield Browser Technology Limited · Communication

220K

−8%

56M

4.6

11 years

ABP for Samsung Browser

eyeo GmbH · Communication

68K

−7%

11M

3.9

10 years

Google Pixel Watch

Google LLC · Communication

900K

−9%

29M

4.7

4 years

Sound Amplifier

Google LLC · Communication

6.1M

−6%

450M

3.6

7 years

Textra SMS

Delicious · Communication

51K

+3%

20M

4.0

13 years

K-9 Mail

Mozilla Thunderbird · Communication

9.5M

3.0

16 years

Signal Private Messenger

Signal Foundation · Communication

2.2M

+3%

210M

4.5

16 years

Live Transcribe & Notification

Research at Google · Communication

68M

+3%

3.3B

3.8

7 years

Proton Mail: Encrypted Email

Proton AG · Communication

370K

−18%

15M

4.5

10 years

Brave Private Web Browser, VPN

Brave Software · Communication

4.7M

+8%

290M

4.8

10 years

Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out

Discord Inc. · Communication

7.6M

+12%

700M

4.3

11 years

ANT Radio Service

ANT+ · Communication

8.1M

−2%

2.6B

3.4

16 years

Carrier Services

Google LLC · Communication

28M

−13%

7.8B

4.2

9 years

Samsung Push Service

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · Communication

71M

−12%

9.1B

3.8

13 years

Messenger

Meta Platforms, Inc. · Communication

33M

+3%

4.7

12 years

Samsung Browser

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · Communication

17M

−10%

3.5

11 years

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