LIST: 6 new apps that could change your life

MANILA, Philippines — From getting a ride, guiding one through traffic, to food promos and discounts, smartphone applications make Filipinos’ way of living much easier with just a few touches of the fingertips.

Here are six new apps you can download to ease your daily grind.

An Honestbee official explaining the app's features. Released

Singapore-based concierge app now delivering groceries, food in Metro Manila

The cosmopolitan lifestyle- heavy traffic, long parking lines, late working hours are taking a lot of personal time. Going to the grocery, eating out, easily take a couple of hours and consume not just time but energy. These cosmopolitan challenges have been successfully addressed by Honestbee. Downloading the app for free can save you time from doing your groceries, and delivering the best dining options for you - so you have more time for what matters most.

The concierge app is available in nine key cities: Singapore, Taipei, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Niseko, Tokyo, and was finally launched in Metro Manila.

Have your personal grocery shopper and delivery service. Access the online grocery store, which has been divided into departments just like grocery aisles and choose items. The rates are the same as in-store prices and with Honestbee, a highly trained grocery concierge shopper handpicks the freshest produce, while looking out for expiration dates and suggesting the most suitable substitutes.

Customers also receive an automated SMS to verify your orders for replacements. Customers can also place notes and specific requirements such as “choose lowest calorie yogurt” just like a real concierge.

To ensure customers have the best experience, Honestbee only partner with brands with the same vision of providing quality service and selection and in the Philippines, they have Robinsons Supermarket as grocery partner for its launch. They also have specialty stores where you can order the best wines, spirits, meat, even coffee.  Make sure to check the app regularly to see the latest stores you may want to tr such as Solo Meat Group, Fresh Options Meat Shop, G-stuff, Foodsource, AWC , Boozy PH, Chicco, Hummus Elijah, Pamora Farms, Figures of Beans, Incredible India.

Grocery-shopping now hassle free with Honestbee, no more lines, and they will do the heavy lifting for you - groceries are delivered in an hour, concierge fee is only P99 and enjoy free delivery for at least ?1,500. Below that is only P99 delivery fee and there is no minimum order. They also accept COD (Cash on delivery) and credit card as mode of payment.

Have crave-worthy food delivered as good as restaurant quality for free. Get your food in an hour and get real-time updates on the status in-app. To make life easier, Honestbee has curated select restaurants with your favorite menu options uploaded in the app such as Sprout,  EricKayser,  Early Bird Breakfast Club,  Bono Gelato,  Green Pastures,  La Lola Churreria, The Old Swiss Inn, Rico Rico,  Tipsy Pig, Reserve Gastropub,  The Grind Bistro, Cyma, Hummus Elijah,  Pink Panda, Crisp on 28th.  Now you do not need to park or walk in this hot weather, to eat great food. Honestbee’s food-concierge attendant will make sure your food is on-time and delivered fresh.

Download honestbee, sign-up, and all first time users enjoy P500 off.

Aide is arguably the Philippines' first home medical care app. 

Philippines' first home medical care app

A Filipino physician, Dr. Patrick, and his siblings Paolo and Pamela Bugayong, have recently created Aide, arguably the Philippines' first home medical care app. 

Users of the app can get quality medical care from qualified medical practitioners straight from their smartphone. The app allows users to search, choose, and book medical practitioners for quality medical care from the comfort of their home. 

For doctors, nurses, and other medical practitioners, including veterinarians, the app provides a platform that allows them to meet and treat more patients at their own pace—especially the elderly and home bound, who have difficulty going to the hospital.

The Bugayong siblings understand the difficulties of providing quality care at the hands of those who truly need it and saw the problems in our current medical situation in the Philippines: long queues, traffic congestion, lack of efficient care, the convenience of receiving this care at home; thus, they created the app as a solution to everyone's medical needs.

Eatigo is a platform of choice for diners across the region.

The food lovers’ app

Eatigo is a platform of choice for diners across the region- Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India, and as of its soft launch earlier this July, it claims to have become number 1 in both the App Store and the Play Store charts for food and beverages as Filipinos’ most loved app in restaurant reservations.

“I am glad that we have finally launched in the Philippines and I am proud to share that Metro Manila had one of the strongest launches in our history. With the enthusiastic response from Filipino diners, the app is on track to seat over 100,000 diners in our first month. It really is a testament to how much Filipinos love food,” says co-founder and chief executive officer Michael Cluzel.

The app aims to elevate the dining experience through a seamless and fuss-free reservation process with no pre-payments and no vouchers needed. Through the mobile app, diners can browse and reserve their favorite restaurants. After the reservation, the diner just needs to show up at the restaurant, order any dish on the menu and enjoy their food. Their discount will be automatically reflected in the bill.

The app’s list of restaurant partners in the Philippines is rapidly and steadily growing every day and could reach at least several hundred restaurant partners by the end of the year. These partner restaurants range from homey hole in the wall joints like Sweet Ecstasy to crowd favorites like CIBO and Ramen Nagi to premium establishments like Heat in EDSA Shangri-la Hotel Manila and Food Exchange at Novotel Araneta Center Cubao.

Making sending money easier

As Filipinos have been sending money to their loved ones in the provinces, having an app that has a feature of sending money from app to app makes money transfer transactions so much easier.

That is why M Lhuillier recently created the ML Wallet. It is an innovation created to deliver fast, secure, convenient, and reliable way of sending money, paying bills and even loading mobile devices.

Just like most apps, ML Wallet requires the user to register.  Nonetheless, as a regulatory requirement, a user must visit an M Lhuillier branch to complete the registration. Once registered, the app is ready to go.

To start off, visit any of the branch, complete a cash load-up, and you are set to transfer cash to anyone, anywhere in the country. It is even possible to do a transfer from one ML Wallet to another user, making it a cashless and safe transaction. 

Additionally, you do not need to travel and fall in line to settle your bills. With this app, you can pay your electricity, water and telephone bills, and also buy cellphone load.

Vitality Active app 

The app that promotes active lifestyle

For busy people who cannot seem to find means to exercise, there is a mobile app that will let you monitor your health and urges you to workout plus will give you monetary rewards for each activity.

Philam Vitality Active app promotes an active lifestyle by providing rewards from partners such as Globe, Grab, Agoda, Enchanted Kingdom, and more by simply hitting weekly fitness goals. It is BPI-Philam’s attempt to jumpstart BPI clients toward an active lifestyle.

Available in App Store and Playstore for free download, the Vitality Active app lets you start your journey to healthier life by knowing your health. The first step of the app is the health assessment, which makes you aware of your health risks and help you find out where you are doing well and where you can improve.

Once you have complete the health review, the app will suggest personal health goals based on your health status. You can select recommended goals you would like to set as easy as walking. You can also use the app’s partners to help you get healthier and earn points along the way.

After a goal is completed, you can immediately enjoy the reward from an array of partners. Moreover, as you work towards improving your health, you earn points and increase your status for greater rewards.

Sample rewards include 20 percent discount on insurance, P50 off to SM Cinema tickets, 15 percent off on Enchanted Kingdom admission tickets, 15 percent discount on Marriott Hotel room bookings, and 35 percent on Seda hotel room booking, among others. 

 

Travel booking app

Traveloka, one of Southeast Asia’s leading travel booking app for domestic and international hotels and flights, is now available in the Philippines.

At a time when travel is becoming a trend rather than a luxury, Filipinos seek adventure in unusual destinations, often planning and organizing their own itineraries for a unique and personal travel experience. With the Traveloka App, Filipinos gain access to an easy, one-stop booking app that offers low cost flights and high quality, affordable hotel options around the globe, including domestic destinations.

“The app is designed to enable mobility especially for young travelers, giving them the best experience from the moment the inspiration to travel hits them to the time they reached their destination. Plus, we always make sure that our users will always get exclusive travel deals to encourage them to explore more destinations, or as simple as experiencing a relaxing staycation,” Poch Ceballos, Traveloka Philippines Country Manager, says.

The app enables Filipinos to go to their next dream destinations, giving them a chance to be consumed by wanderlust and once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences.