Healofy App By Indian Startup Is Back On Google Play Store

Indira Datta - Jun 15, 2019

Healofy app, India-based startup app on pregnancy and parenting, is now back on Google Play Store after having been removed for policy violation.

Healofy is an India-based startup app focusing on parenting and pregnancy. However, On May 29, Google deleted this application from its Play Store because it has violated developer policy. It is worth mentioning that the policy that Google thinks the Healofy app has violated is still unclear.

Google Play believes that Healofy's application violated its developer policies. — Google Play believes that the Healofy app violated its developer policy.

Healofy app has attracted many investors, including BabyTree Group from China. The total investment it receives is $11 million. Google does not make any direct comment on Healofy's case. The company only said that any policy violation will result in the same decision. According to industry sources, Google's removal of an application from its platform is the strongest punishment when the app violates the platform's policy.

Google will generally provide developers with at least a month to modify the app to match the policy before it is removed, according to app developers and entrepreneurs. However, Google will remove the app immediately from Play Store if the violation cannot be tolerated. These violations include spam, limited content, promotion to attract users and store listing.

Healofy is currently discussing with Google again to resolve this issue and quickly bring the application back to the store. — The startup is currently discussing with Google again to resolve this issue and quickly bring the application back to the store.

Gaurav Aggarwal, founder, and director of Healofy, said:

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And it seems like things have now been resolved between the startup app and Google as on June 5, the Healofy app is back on Google Play Store. The company is figuring out how to migrate users from the old application to the new one without having to uninstall.

Aggarwal said on this matter:

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Healofy is not the first app to be removed from the Google Play Store. Google has once removed three dating apps from their online stores after the US FTC alleged the apps allowed kids as young as 12 to access them.