Top five popular apps in Nepal

With growing use of smartphones, popularity of apps is also increasing. Smartphones together with apps have made our day-to-day activities easier. Here is top five popular apps with a high number of downloads.

Hamro patro: It is an all in one app with 10,00,000 downloads so far. Everything from nepali patro, 150+ radio stations, weather reports, blog on literature, load shedding schedule to current updates is available in this app. It provides detailed information on upcoming events and festivals. It is the most popular and a must have app.

Nepali Load shedding Schedule

Power cuts have been a perennial problem. So we must have one to keep us updated on it. Developed by Chandra Man Shrestha, this app has updated information on load shedding schedule. With you can set a timer to get notifications on load shedding schedule. It has been downloaded ten thousand times.

Hamro Nepali keyboard

It is the best app for Nepali typing. It is based on MPP’s Nepali Romanized Unicode. It auto completes Nepali word while typing. It has been downloaded one million times.

eSewa

It is a wallet in the web and in your mobile device that allows making online and offline payment. You can top up your mobile, pay utility bills, buy air tickets, movie tickets, bus tickets, and transfer money from one bank to another. Its registration is totally free. You can register to eSewa visiting eSewa portal or type ‘REG’ and send SMS to 32121. Sending SMS to 32121 is free from Nepal Telecom while it cost Rs 0.50 from Ncell.

nlocate

It helps to find direction to different places in your locality. It provides information on nearest hotels, ATMs, and also on showing movies and dramas in different theatres. It uses Google Maps in order to show routes and directions. It has been downloaded ten thousand times.