We monitor 217 Google Play storefronts to answer one question —

Is RFA+ censored by Google?

Gone.

RFA+ is gone from every Google Play storefront we test. It was last seen available on Jun 18, 2025.

1,116 tests on record·last checked 15 hours ago

Why it is unavailable

Five things can put an app out of one Google Play. Each is weighed below against what can be seen from outside — open a card for the reasoning.

  • A government or a court demanded itPossible

    and Google complied. Google publishes a count of these per country each year and never says which apps they were. Google’s Transparency Report

  • A local rule about paying for itPossible

    gambling licences, financial rules, tax — the kind of law that governs a transaction. Google can obey every one of them by refusing the payment, which is why this is the only restriction we would accept and the only one that cannot touch a free app.

  • Google applied a rule, unaskedPossible

    either its own review guidelines, or its own reading of a local law, with nobody having demanded anything. This is the largest category in Google’s own removal figures by a wide margin, and it covers distribution permits as well as content — Google kept a free Bible app out of mainland China in 2021 for want of one. Google’s Transparency Report

  • The developer withheld itPossible

    freely, or under legal advice of their own, or because Google’s guidelines require that kind of app to be limited to certain countries. Switching a country off is easy for a developer to do in Google’s own tools: it needs no new version of the app, and it leaves no public trace other than the app being unavailable.

  • Something brokeUnlikely

    a rejected update, a lapsed certificate, a payment or licensing problem, a mistake nobody has got round to noticing.

    • Gone for 1 years.
How this is weighed, and what it cannot tell you

Weighed from the evidence under each card, not from a model. There is no published figure for how Google’s removals divide up, so these are ordered words rather than percentages. For scale on the same-day counts: across the whole record an app leaves a storefront with fewer than two others, so a dozen at once is not a dozen coincidences.

None of this is certain, and a citation does not make it so: Google naming a Chinese agency tells you what Google said, not everything that happened. What can be said is that the readings alone cannot separate these five — a developer switching off a country and a government ordering it removed arrive at Google’s catalogue looking identical — and that nobody has ever measured how they divide across Google Play. The one careful study of the question was done on Google's store, using an error message Google does not emit.

Google publishes no record of which apps are unavailable in which countries. Its Transparency Report counts the removal requests governments send it, across its products together, and names no app in any of them — so even the part it does disclose cannot be matched to a single thing missing from your store. Where a reason reaches the public at all, it is usually because a developer chose to say so. Google’s Transparency Report

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RFA+

Developer: U.S. Agency for Global Media · Released: Aug 31, 2024 · Rating: 4.7★

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0stores where available
179stores where blocked
5.38Bpeople behind the block
179of 217 stores tested
1,116tests on record

Life of this app

  1. Aug 31, 2024Released on Google Play
  2. Jun 18, 2025Last seen available anywhere
  3. Aug 13, 2025Gone from 179 storefronts
  4. Oct 2, 2025First tested by GooglePlayCensorship
  5. Sep 28, 2026Most recent test

Testing history

One column per month, every month from the first reading to the last. Height follows how many readings we took that month; red is the share of them that found the app unavailable. An empty month is one nobody tested.

2024-082026-09

Found availableFound unavailable

Availability by storefront

Every storefront we test, current status first. Data is a measurement, not a promise: each row carries its own date.

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AfghanistanAF↗UnavailableAug 19, 20259 months ago
AlbaniaAL↗UnavailableJul 12, 202514 months ago
AlgeriaDZ↗UnavailableJul 16, 202514 months ago
AndorraAD↗UnavailableOct 2, 202510 months ago
AngolaAO↗UnavailableDec 15, 20259 months ago
AnguillaAI↗UnavailableAug 10, 202512 months ago
Antigua & BarbudaAG↗UnavailableAug 31, 202512 months ago
ArgentinaAR↗UnavailableAug 13, 202511 months ago
ArmeniaAM↗UnavailableAug 16, 20258 months ago
ArubaAW↗UnavailableJul 18, 20256 months ago
AustriaAT↗UnavailableAug 13, 202514 months ago
BahamasBS↗UnavailableJul 16, 20258 months ago
BahrainBH↗UnavailableJul 15, 20257 months ago
BangladeshBD↗UnavailableJul 25, 20256 months ago
BarbadosBB↗UnavailableJul 28, 202513 months ago
BelarusBY↗UnavailableJul 11, 202512 months ago
BelgiumBE↗UnavailableSep 25, 202512 months ago
BelizeBZ↗UnavailableSep 29, 20256 months ago
BeninBJ↗UnavailableOct 9, 202512 months ago
BermudaBM↗UnavailableOct 2, 202512 months ago
BhutanBT↗UnavailableJul 29, 20258 months ago
BoliviaBO↗UnavailableSep 26, 20262 days ago
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA↗UnavailableJul 11, 202514 months ago
BotswanaBW↗UnavailableJul 24, 20258 months ago
British Virgin IslandsVG↗UnavailableAug 1, 202513 months ago
BruneiBN↗UnavailableJul 31, 20257 months ago
BulgariaBG↗UnavailableOct 25, 202510 months ago
BurundiBI↗UnavailableJul 28, 202512 months ago
CambodiaKH↗UnavailableJul 10, 20252 days ago
CameroonCM↗UnavailableDec 2, 20256 months ago
CanadaCA↗UnavailableAug 8, 20257 months ago
Cape VerdeCV↗UnavailableSep 6, 202513 months ago
Caribbean NetherlandsBQ↗UnavailableOct 2, 20256 days ago
Cayman IslandsKY↗UnavailableOct 10, 20258 months ago
Central African RepublicCF↗UnavailableJul 31, 20256 months ago
ChileCL↗UnavailableAug 4, 202512 months ago
China (Mainland)CN↗UnavailableJul 9, 202515 hours ago
Christmas IslandCX↗UnavailableAug 13, 20258 months ago
ComorosKM↗UnavailableJul 15, 202514 months ago
Cook IslandsCK↗UnavailableJul 13, 202513 months ago
Costa RicaCR↗UnavailableJul 12, 202512 months ago
Côte d’IvoireCI↗UnavailableJul 25, 20258 months ago
CroatiaHR↗UnavailableApr 3, 20266 months ago
CubaCU↗UnavailableJul 16, 202511 months ago
CyprusCY↗UnavailableSep 22, 202512 months ago
CzechiaCZ↗UnavailableAug 22, 202513 months ago
DenmarkDK↗UnavailableJul 13, 202513 months ago
DominicaDM↗UnavailableJul 9, 20257 months ago
Dominican RepublicDO↗UnavailableAug 19, 202510 months ago
EcuadorEC↗UnavailableJan 19, 20268 months ago
EgyptEG↗UnavailableNov 25, 202510 months ago
El SalvadorSV↗UnavailableJul 28, 20256 months ago
Equatorial GuineaGQ↗UnavailableJan 26, 20268 months ago
EritreaER↗UnavailableNov 30, 20256 days ago
EstoniaEE↗UnavailableJul 20, 202514 months ago
EswatiniSZ↗UnavailableAug 13, 202513 months ago
EthiopiaET↗UnavailableJul 13, 20256 months ago
Falkland IslandsFK↗UnavailableOct 12, 202510 months ago
FijiFJ↗UnavailableJul 11, 20257 months ago
FinlandFI↗UnavailableAug 3, 20258 months ago
FranceFR↗UnavailableAug 3, 20257 months ago
GambiaGM↗UnavailableDec 15, 20259 months ago
GeorgiaGE↗UnavailableAug 14, 202513 months ago
GermanyDE↗UnavailableAug 13, 202514 months ago
GibraltarGI↗UnavailableSep 21, 20256 months ago
GreeceGR↗UnavailableAug 30, 202510 months ago
GrenadaGD↗UnavailableJul 9, 202515 months ago
GuatemalaGT↗UnavailableJul 23, 202514 months ago
GuernseyGG↗UnavailableAug 8, 20259 months ago
Guinea-BissauGW↗UnavailableAug 19, 202513 months ago
GuyanaGY↗UnavailableSep 28, 202512 months ago
HaitiHT↗UnavailableJul 23, 20256 months ago
HondurasHN↗UnavailableJul 11, 20256 months ago
HungaryHU↗UnavailableJul 30, 202514 months ago
IcelandIS↗UnavailableJul 16, 202514 months ago
IndonesiaID↗UnavailableAug 1, 202514 months ago
IranIR↗UnavailableJul 13, 20256 days ago
IraqIQ↗UnavailableAug 21, 20258 months ago
Isle of ManIM↗UnavailableJul 11, 20256 days ago
IsraelIL↗UnavailableAug 4, 20256 months ago
ItalyIT↗UnavailableJul 22, 20256 months ago
JerseyJE↗UnavailableAug 8, 202511 months ago
JordanJO↗UnavailableOct 30, 202511 months ago
KazakhstanKZ↗UnavailableAug 30, 202510 months ago
KenyaKE↗UnavailableJul 15, 202514 months ago
KiribatiKI↗UnavailableAug 4, 202514 months ago
KosovoXK↗UnavailableSep 27, 202510 months ago
KuwaitKW↗UnavailableMar 3, 20267 months ago
LatviaLV↗UnavailableJul 24, 202514 months ago
LebanonLB↗UnavailableJul 26, 202511 months ago
LesothoLS↗UnavailableJul 15, 20256 months ago
LiberiaLR↗UnavailableJul 9, 20253 days ago
LibyaLY↗UnavailableDec 15, 20259 months ago
LiechtensteinLI↗UnavailableSep 20, 202512 months ago
LithuaniaLT↗UnavailableJul 27, 20253 days ago
LuxembourgLU↗UnavailableJul 15, 20256 months ago
MacaoMO↗UnavailableAug 21, 202513 months ago
MadagascarMG↗UnavailableJul 15, 202512 months ago
MalawiMW↗UnavailableJul 16, 202513 months ago
MalaysiaMY↗UnavailableDec 2, 202510 months ago
MaldivesMV↗UnavailableJul 31, 20257 months ago
MaliML↗UnavailableAug 31, 202510 months ago
MaltaMT↗UnavailableAug 1, 20258 months ago
MauritaniaMR↗UnavailableJul 9, 20256 days ago
MauritiusMU↗UnavailableJul 18, 202512 months ago
MexicoMX↗UnavailableApr 4, 20262 days ago
MicronesiaFM↗UnavailableOct 8, 20258 months ago
MoldovaMD↗UnavailableJul 29, 202514 months ago
MonacoMC↗UnavailableJul 13, 20257 months ago
MontenegroME↗UnavailableAug 3, 20256 months ago
MontserratMS↗UnavailableAug 21, 202513 months ago
MoroccoMA↗UnavailableOct 16, 20258 months ago
Myanmar (Burma)MM↗UnavailableJul 27, 202513 months ago
NamibiaNA↗UnavailableAug 20, 20253 days ago
NauruNR↗UnavailableAug 10, 20257 days ago
NepalNP↗UnavailableAug 28, 202515 hours ago
NetherlandsNL↗UnavailableAug 30, 202513 months ago
New ZealandNZ↗UnavailableNov 19, 202510 months ago
NicaraguaNI↗UnavailableOct 13, 20256 months ago
NigerNE↗UnavailableMar 26, 20266 months ago
NigeriaNG↗UnavailableSep 8, 202511 months ago
NiueNU↗UnavailableOct 8, 202512 months ago
Norfolk IslandNF↗UnavailableJul 11, 20256 months ago
North MacedoniaMK↗UnavailableAug 7, 202514 months ago
OmanOM↗UnavailableJul 24, 20258 months ago
PakistanPK↗UnavailableJul 11, 202510 months ago
Palestinian TerritoriesPS↗UnavailableJul 9, 20257 days ago
PanamaPA↗UnavailableJan 9, 20269 months ago
Papua New GuineaPG↗UnavailableJul 20, 202514 months ago
ParaguayPY↗UnavailableDec 1, 202510 months ago
PeruPE↗UnavailableMar 17, 20266 months ago
PhilippinesPH↗UnavailableOct 1, 202512 months ago
Pitcairn IslandsPN↗UnavailableJul 20, 202510 months ago
PolandPL↗UnavailableAug 22, 202510 months ago
QatarQA↗UnavailableJul 16, 202510 months ago
Republic of the CongoCG↗UnavailableAug 26, 202512 months ago
RomaniaRO↗UnavailableJul 22, 20258 months ago
RussiaRU↗UnavailableJul 9, 20256 days ago
RwandaRW↗UnavailableJul 24, 20258 months ago
SamoaWS↗UnavailableSep 24, 202510 months ago
San MarinoSM↗UnavailableJul 20, 202510 months ago
São Tomé & PríncipeST↗UnavailableJul 15, 202512 months ago
SenegalSN↗UnavailableAug 1, 20256 months ago
SerbiaRS↗UnavailableAug 14, 202513 months ago
SeychellesSC↗UnavailableSep 8, 202510 months ago
Sierra LeoneSL↗UnavailableSep 13, 202511 months ago
SingaporeSG↗UnavailableDec 7, 202510 months ago
SloveniaSI↗UnavailableNov 29, 20259 months ago
Solomon IslandsSB↗UnavailableAug 13, 20257 months ago
South AfricaZA↗UnavailableAug 19, 202513 months ago
SpainES↗UnavailableAug 11, 20257 days ago
Sri LankaLK↗UnavailableDec 1, 20257 days ago
St. HelenaSH↗UnavailableJul 9, 202515 hours ago
St. Kitts & NevisKN↗UnavailableJul 17, 202514 months ago
St. LuciaLC↗UnavailableDec 7, 20258 months ago
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVC↗UnavailableJul 22, 20253 days ago
SudanSD↗UnavailableSep 25, 20253 days ago
SurinameSR↗UnavailableSep 25, 20257 months ago
SwedenSE↗UnavailableAug 14, 202513 months ago
SwitzerlandCH↗UnavailableMar 3, 20266 months ago
TaiwanTW↗UnavailableOct 13, 202512 months ago
ThailandTH↗UnavailableFeb 4, 20268 months ago
Timor-LesteTL↗UnavailableSep 29, 202512 months ago
TogoTG↗UnavailableAug 24, 202510 months ago
TokelauTK↗UnavailableMar 6, 20267 months ago
TongaTO↗UnavailableJul 10, 20252 days ago
Trinidad & TobagoTT↗UnavailableAug 14, 20256 months ago
TunisiaTN↗UnavailableDec 2, 202510 months ago
TürkiyeTR↗UnavailableFeb 3, 20268 months ago
TurkmenistanTM↗UnavailableNov 30, 20256 months ago
Turks & Caicos IslandsTC↗UnavailableOct 9, 202512 months ago
UgandaUG↗UnavailableSep 21, 202510 months ago
UkraineUA↗UnavailableAug 14, 202511 months ago
United Arab EmiratesAE↗UnavailableJul 11, 20259 months ago
United StatesUS↗UnavailableJul 9, 202515 hours ago
VanuatuVU↗UnavailableOct 2, 202510 months ago
VenezuelaVE↗UnavailableJul 11, 20252 days ago
Western SaharaEH↗UnavailableAug 15, 20257 months ago
ZambiaZM↗UnavailableSep 26, 20258 months ago
AustraliaAU↗Not tested——0
AzerbaijanAZ↗Not tested——0
BrazilBR↗Not tested——0
Burkina FasoBF↗Not tested——0
ChadTD↗Not tested——0
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCC↗Not tested——0
ColombiaCO↗Not tested——0
CuraçaoCW↗Not tested——0
DjiboutiDJ↗Not tested——0
DR CongoCD↗Not tested——0
GabonGA↗Not tested——0
GhanaGH↗Not tested——0
GuineaGN↗Not tested——0
Hong KongHK↗Not tested——0
IndiaIN↗Not tested——0
IrelandIE↗Not tested——0
JamaicaJM↗Not tested——0
JapanJP↗Not tested——0
KyrgyzstanKG↗Not tested——0
LaosLA↗Not tested——0
MongoliaMN↗Not tested——0
MozambiqueMZ↗Not tested——0
NorwayNO↗Not tested——0
PortugalPT↗Not tested——0
Saudi ArabiaSA↗Not tested——0
SlovakiaSK↗Not tested——0
SomaliaSO↗Not tested——0
South KoreaKR↗Not tested——0
TajikistanTJ↗Not tested——0
TanzaniaTZ↗Not tested——0
TuvaluTV↗Not tested——0
United KingdomGB↗Not tested——0
UruguayUY↗Not tested——0
UzbekistanUZ↗Not tested——0
Vatican CityVA↗Not tested——0
VietnamVN↗Not tested——0
YemenYE↗Not tested——0
ZimbabweZW↗Not tested——0

Testing asks Google whether it will sell this app in that storefront, right now, by the same method the crawler has used since 2019. Your browser asks Google directly, so the answer describes what Google serves your connection — and if your browser cannot reach Google at all, we ask on your behalf and say so. The result is a link: open it to see Google’s own answer and check ours. Readings are added to the record above; roughly a quarter of the readings taken each day come from people testing.

How we test

Availability is checked against Google’s own catalog servers for every storefront, the same way Google Play app asks. "Unavailable" means Google’s servers say the app cannot be offered in that country — it does not say who asked for the removal. Removals initiated by the developer and removals demanded by governments look the same from outside; the history and context on this page are how we tell them apart.