Must have apps : made in India.
We have millions of apps available to us that are just one click away. Here’s a list of a few apps made in India with millions of users.
1. LinkedIn Pulse.
Global brand LinkedIn acquired Pulse for a whopping $90 million. It was developed by Alphonso Labs, founded by Stanford University graduate students Ankit Gupta and Akshay Kothari. The idea of Pulse came to the duo during ‘Launch Pad’, a course for aspiring entrepreneurs that challenged students to create a product in the course of 11 weeks.
2. Signeasy.
The app was developed by Sunil Patro, an IITian and an ex Microsoft employee. SignEasy lets a person sign documents digitally from anywhere in the world. This gave birth to hassle-free processes. It quickly became the second-most downloaded app on the iPad and the 5th most downloaded on the iPhone worldwide.
3. Aarogya Setu.
Indian government’s Covid tracing app, Aarogya Setu helps in tracking the Covid-19 patients in the country. The contract tracing app has quickly emerged as the top downloaded app.
4. Paytm.
One of the fastest growing companies in the online-tech space Paytm came years after PayPal, yet it is giving a huge competition to the brand. Operating in 16 countries, Paytm allows users to make online payments for everything. Book a flight, share money, book a movie ticket, recharge mobile and DTH and much more. It’s truly one of the most popular apps in India and is synonymous with online payments today. All thanks to the app, Vijay Shekhar Sharma the founder of the app is India’s youngest billionaire.
5. Hike Messenger.
With 40% of Hike’s user base outside of India, especially in Europe and Latin America, the Indian messaging app developed by Bharti Softbank has been a huge hit with the masses. Similar to Whatsapp in many ways, Hike offers free calling, very different and interesting stickers for enjoyable communication, daily jokes, facts, camera filters and offline messages. Hike also has a lot of features that are not provided by Whatsapp, so give it a try.
6. Zomato.
The food-tech giant with its gargantuan reach is redefining how people discover eating out in over 19 countries. Founded by Deepinder Goyal, Pankaj Chaddah and Gunjan Patidar, Zomato is now a global brand. Founded in 2008, by 2009, they covered over 2,000 restaurants in three major cities: Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Now they are serving people in UK, Ireland, Canada, Lebanon, UAE, Turkey, New Zealand, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, South Africa and many more. Available on both Apple and Android, Zomato is currently facilitating in-depth information on over 300,000 restaurants.
7. JioMart.
Reliance Jio recently launched JioMart after testing it for months. JioMart is officially available on both Google Play store as well as App store. JioMart promises to sell products at a lower price tag when compared to other e-commerce platforms.
8. MakeMyTrip.
Clearly one of the most popular apps when it comes to planning travel. The app offers exclusive discounts to users and also serves an optimized browsing experience on 2G connections. Along with this, MakeMyTrip has information about exciting travel deals every Thursday.
9. BookMyShow.
BookMyShow is a movie-ticket booking app which has expanded to include theatre plays and other similar events in general. It provides a complete schedule of upcoming events and enables users to book tickets in advance. Along with this, BookMyShow also sends notifications reminding users of show timings.
10. Wynk.
Airtel’s music streaming app Wynk has over 2.5 million songs, covering both Indian and International music. The app offers a huge music library covering all genres and categories including Pop, Rock, Bhangra, Devotional and Party. Moreover, Airtel offers free Wynk subscription with its 3G and 4G data packs.
These are the top 10 apps made in India that might come in use to you. Try these out.
