The top 20 popular Communication Apps for Android in the United Kingdom

Google Play has 42,152 Communication apps, the 16th largest app category. 4,747 of them have at least 50,000 installs. 1% are paid, and the average rating is 3.9. Ranked by popularity in the United Kingdom. Together these 20 apps got 150M installs in the last 30 days. WhatsApp got the most installs in the last 30 days: 100M. Install counts come from Google Play. Last updated on 2026-10-26.

App

Installs, 30 days

vs 30 days before

Last 12 weeks

Total installs

Rating

On Play

WeQ4U

Save money and avoid queues at UK call centres · Communication

250

−39%

920K

5.0

13 years

My Network

O2 UK · Communication

+25%

530K

5.0

13 years

Virgin Media Connect

Virgin Media · Communication

12K

+5%

4.1M

1.3

12 years

giffgaff

giffgaff Limited · Communication

51K

+29%

5.3M

3.2

12 years

Hullomail Voicemail

Thumbtel Ltd · Communication

270K

3.4

16 years

tellows - Caller ID & Block

tellows · Communication

12K

+27%

2.2M

3.9

12 years

Localphone International Calls

Localphone Ltd. · Communication

590

−11%

550K

2.6

14 years

Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi Monitor

Vodafone · Communication

1.1K

+84%

2.6M

2.8

14 years

Connect for Hotmail & Outlook

Connectivity Apps · Communication

1.2K

−26%

3.8

12 years

Rebtel: Recharges and calls

Rebtel · Communication

55K

+28%

12M

4.6

16 years

Smart Search & Web Browser

Reactive Phone · Communication

26K

+42%

6.7M

4.2

12 years

Real-Time GPS Tracker 2

Greenalp · Communication

540

+74%

960K

4.4

12 years

WhatsApp LLC · Communication

100M

+22%

12B

4.6

16 years

RSA Authenticator (SecurID)

RSA Security · Communication

69K

+26%

12M

3.3

15 years

Informer - Notifications for S

Komparato · Communication

−50%

630K

4.0

11 years

Calls Blacklist - Call Blocker

Enchan Li · Communication

120K

+29%

43M

4.5

14 years

Handcent 6 Skin (ICS style)

Handcent · Communication

110K

2.0

13 years

Torque Lite (OBD2 & Car)

Ian Hawkins · Communication

2.4K

+64%

19M

3.6

16 years

Zoho Mail - Email and Calendar

Zoho Corporation · Communication

150K

+46%

8.3M

4.5

12 years

Snapchat

Snap Inc · Communication

46M

+17%

4.3B

4.2

14 years

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