WeChat rival ‘Bullet’ removed from Apple App Store over copyright complaint
Chinese chat app Bullet Messenger – touted as an upstart rival to Tencent Holdings' hugely popular WeChat – said its app has been removed from Apple’s App Store just months after its launch due to a copyright complaint.
Beijing Kuairu Technology, Bullet’s owner, said in a social media posting on Tuesday that it was forced to pull the app after complaints were raised about image content provided by a partner.
It was briefly the most downloaded free app in the Chinese App Store, amassing 5 million registered users within 10 days of its August launch.
The company did not elaborate on which part of the app the copyright complaints were referring to.
“We are verifying the situation with the partner and will inform you as soon as possible when download capabilities are resumed,” it said in a statement on its official Weibo account on Tuesday.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment on why the app was removed.
