Andriod maker, Google has deleted Adamu Garba’s social media app, Crowwe from its play store.
The removal comes weeks after the founder touted the app as an alternative to the banned microblogging platform Twitter in the country.
The Crowwe app has been described as an instant messaging and financial transaction app that comes with a digital wallet that helps to transfer and receive money while chatting has received the worst reviews.
There has been no official announcement on the reason for the removal but Google Play policy revealed that the company removes applications that it perceives to have violated its policy
“Once your app is removed, the published version of your app won’t be available on Google Play until a compliant update is submitted,” Playstore policy states.
It added that it will not republish the app until the policy violation has been fixed.
The founder of the app, Mr Garba, however, claims that it did not violate any policy in a conversation with The Peoples Gazette. He claims that the company was simply being updated.
His answers, however, seem far-fetched as Google doesn’t require an app to be deleted completely from the store before an update is uploaded.
“Once your update is available, users can download the update on your app’s store listing page or from their My apps page on the Play Store app,” Google’s policy stated.
Following the Twitter ban, the former presidential candidate, Adamu Garba took the opportunity to tout his Crowwe app as an alternative.
Mr Garba’s tweeted
“Join Crowwe now! Build your country, Build your people and Build your Brand. Join Crowwe now.,
However, his attempt to seize the opportunity backfired as Nigerians took to criticizing the app on several grounds, one of which could have resulted in its removal from the store.
A Twitter user criticized the app for stealing the Terms and Conditions of another app, Spotify. The accusation was made known to the affected platform and it tweeted that it will look into it.
A Twitter user stated
“Check the Crowwe app’s terms and conditions. It’s the SAME thing as Spotify. They didn’t even bother editing. Like if you click on the hyperlink it redirects you to Spotify theft. What sort of pangolo app is that?”
Also, Dubawa, a fact-checking platform confirmed the accusation to be true.
The other visible reason is the strings of bad review the app received on the Play store app itself.
A reviewer commented that if there was a rating below the one star rating, he would have awarded that to the app, Another reviewer, said “This App represents everything that defines wrong. From the space it takes on the phone, to the design interface and user experience, it makes me wonder if thoughts went into the development of this App.”
That’s not all, several other reviewers complained about pornographic ads on the platform and one particular reviewer called it an app for terrorist recruitment.
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