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Five New Age Apps That Have Liberated Us From Our Traditional Ways

Digital Transformation: Five apps that have contributed to the metamorphosis of us shifting to a digitized platform from the old ways.

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Laxitha Mundhra
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Digital transformation has helped us in transitioning from many conventional ways of doing things. Starting from the way we traveled to the way we ate. Over a period of time, every aspect of our life is now technologically dominated. Below are the lists of apps that have contributed to the metamorphosis of us shifting to a digitized platform from the old ways.

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HungerBox

HungerBox is a full-stack B2B food and beverage technology company that provides food solutions for corporate. Previously people had to spend a lot of time standing in queues. They had to choose their choice of food followed by receiving their order and pay. In fact, payments since cafeterias in India are not much efficient. That is when HungerBox came up with the idea to enhance the cafeteria experience with their technology innovated ideas. It has features like cashless payments, automatic food dispensers that fill up your lunch plate, and foot-pedal-powered vending machines. This has benefitted corporates to a great extent mostly concerning time.

Groww

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Groww is a new age platform that has been able to create a user base of 6 million for itself since its launch and maintain an impressive growth trajectory. The platform helps you transact in mutual funds and also stocks online. People thought that the investment was once a difficult task due to less access to information. People relied on third parties to make their investment decision. Investment apps like Groww have freed us from dependency and enabled us to make informed decisions by ourselves. With the aid of technology, it has become convenient to come under the radar that was earlier difficult to reach.

ClearTax

ClearTax has simplified the entire process of filing taxes. Once a tedious job has now become convenient for the people, available at the fingertips. The dependency on CAs has been eliminated. ClearTax is a financial-technology company that provides software and services including Tax filing, TaxCloud, TDS Returns, GST, Mutual Fund Investments, and CA & legal services, designed to empower individuals, accountants, and MSMEs. With platforms like ClearTax, access to multiple services makes life easier. Especially in the new normal, these apps have proven to be a blessing in disguise.

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Plop Stories

Plop Stories is an interactive, mobile fiction platform that aims to entertain the youth in a style that is most appealing to them. Previously books were considered to be the best companion that anybody could possibly have. Eventually with time books were replaced by kindles as it provided the option of accessing soft copies of books which were just a fingertip away. Gradually, the joy of texting, pinging, snapping, posting, and tweeting, and so on replaced reading. That is when Plop Stories came with the idea of re-introducing storytelling for the youth with their new format of consumption using simulations and role-playing.

Milagrow

Milagrow is a domestic robot company in India. The acceptance of new technology is pretty high in India. But the main target lies in changing the mindset of people from traditional ways of cleaning. The robotic cleaners have thus reduced the dependency on domestic help. The present scenario has been the most crucial time for people. They have been cleaning their floors every day. Prior to this scenario, people used brooms and mops to keep their houses clean. Then came vacuum cleaners. But with the invention of these robotic cleaners, people have got a glimpse of how convenient and effortless cleaning can be.