Chat app Tengi scores 300,000 downloads in three months of India launch

NEW DELHI: Tengi, the chat app that shares 50% of its advertising revenues with users, has announced that its app has earned a significant milestone in its Indian journey. The newly launched chat application has crossed three hundred thousand downloads within three months of its rollout in India. Tengi was introduced to India in April this year. Since its launch in April 2016, the chat app has paid out Rs 4,35,53,292 in prize money through its weekly prizes. So far over48,000 winners have been recipients of this prize money.

Packed with great features including messaging, audio messaging and group chats with up to 100 friends, Tengi also allows users to add their Facebook friends without having to access their phone number from the contacts list. Currently attracting over 6000 downloads a day, Tengi says that it is on course to crossing the million user mark by April 2017.

Commenting on the exciting news from India Neil Laycock, CEO Tengi said, “We are very happy to be in India and are overwhelmed by the response that Tengi has received in the short 3 months that we’ve been here! India is the world’s fastest growing smartphone market and it makes incredible sense for us to be part of this exciting growth and energy. Going forward we’re on track to crossing a million users before April 2017. We also have some really interesting plans lined up for India including new features, language updates and an even more enhanced user experience.”

Kit Lewis, Chief Architect, Tengi further added, “We felt it was time for an entirely new approach to the messaging industry. Tengi is about being free, fair and fun, with a strong focus on consumers. We believe that everyone who uses our service has a value, and in contrast to other chat or social media services, we want to share this value with our users - to give back to our community no less than 50% of the revenue we’ve earned, as prizes in our weekly free prize draw. With Tengi, sharing the value becomes a weekly event that’s exciting for users and their friends, and gives everyone something to chat about.”