The app has also come under fire by governments around the world, being banned in India with attempts to do the same in the U.S. The app has garnered a large amount of ridicule for both the content of the site and the overall handling of the system. This wouldn’t be as much of an issue if the app didn’t make false claims by advertising a creator studio or having an upload button left over from the original app’s GUI.Īlongside this is the TikTok app’s general level of disdain towards a wide community. Uploading videos from your phone or otherwise modifying your account will require downloading the original app. Unlike the original TikTok app, TikTok Lite doesn’t allow users to upload, edit, or otherwise perform administrative actions regarding their own videos.

The app takes up around 30 MB of data compared to the parent app’s average of 300 MB. The app is designed with low data usage in mind, making the app smaller and easier to navigate. TikTok Lite, much like its parent app TikTok, allows users to view, share, like, and comment on the 12-second long videos.