Alipay

Name: Alipay
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2.4669811725616455 (83781 reviews)
Author: Alipay (Hangzhou) Technology Co. Ltd

Alipay (Hangzhou) Technology Co. Ltd

83.8K reviews

Rated for 12+

10M+

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Rated for 12+

Parental Guidance Recommended

Users Interact, Shares Location, In-App Purchases

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About this app

Alipay is a leading open platform for payments and digital services in China.

Users with a Chinese ID and bank account can use Alipay to make payments online and in person at various merchants outside of China as they travel for leisure, business, or study.

Foreign visitors to China can connect their credit card to take advantage of Alipay’s widespread acceptance by tens of millions of merchants across the country. Alipay is not designed or intended for use by foreign users in their home country or anywhere outside of China.

Alipay is a leading open platform for payments and digital services in China.

Updated on

Oct 28, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

82.7K reviews

Stephen Beckmyer

10 November 2023

This app is necessary if you live in China, for mobile payments, shopping on Taobao, calling a Didi, and a lot of other services. It has really been improved, with a lot more content in English now than a few years ago. Not really useful if you don't live in Mainland China though. The app is a bit bloated with ads and unnecessary services so takes up a bit of space (nothing compared to Wechat though).

120 people found this review helpful

Jaenie

5 September 2026

absolutely rubbish app. for such an essential app to travel in China, it is filled with glitches. The verification itself was very troublesome. During the capture of the verification photo, the camera is set to go off by itself even though your face is not in the frame. it captured only my forehead, and sent the picture without any options for retaking. now my identity cannot be verified and I am not able to use the app. worse of all, the support and help only speaks Chinese and can't help.

23 people found this review helpful

Mark Weston

14 September 2026

Difficult to get payment card set up. Wouldn't accept my phone number so had to use someone else's secondary number. Occasionally still gives prompts in Chinese, though making payments is mostly in English. Anxiety inducing as you've no idea if it'll work to make payments before you actually get to China. But it worked fine when in the country. First payment took ages as it needed validation from the bank, then others were simpler. Still no way it's any quicker than simply tapping a card.

10 people found this review helpful