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Old Nov 17, 2025 | 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Akiestar
Bumping this since I'm curious: is there a way for someone to download Douyin without having to have a Mainland China or HK App Store account? While I can get my aunt who lives in HK to get me an App Store gift card I don't want the hassle of having to set up yet another App Store account. (I have accounts for US/PH/ES/PL/JP.)

Also, I use Baidu Maps when I'm in China but should I also download Amap as well? Or is Apple Maps (which uses Amap's data) sufficient for this purpose?
Apple maps should be fine. It's really Google/android users that are impacted.

Anyone can download 抖音 as an apk for Android (not sure about Apple) but you have to have a mainland chinese number to register as a user.
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