Apple features bigbasket app in 'The App Store Best of 2017' II, Classic board games you can get on your smartphone

The bigbasket app has been featured in Apple’s ‘The App Store Best of 2017’ list. It was listed under the Lifestyle - Save Time, Live Life: India category. The company claims that it’s app has been downloaded 12.5 Million times on both Android and iOS platforms. Hari Menon, CEO, bigbasket, said, “This is indeed another feather in bigbasket’s cap. We are delighted that our App has been rated as one of the best across categories.” The Bigbasket app is an online grocery store, which allows users to browse and buy products.

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Apple has featured the bigbasket app in its coveted list of ‘The App Store Best of 2017’ that covers most innovative apps and games. bigbasket’s online grocery app is the only platform from this segment to have got an entry into the prestigious list under the category Lifestyle - Save Time, Live Life: India.

The App Store Best of 2017 showcases this year’s most innovative apps and games, and celebrates the amazing app experiences that developers like bigbasket have created for the App Store. Since its launch, the app has been downloaded 12.5 Million times on both Android and iOS platforms. What makes the bigbasket app suited to this recognition is the fact that through an innovative platform, it is helping people save time, money and manage their other commitments without bothering about the hassles of going grocery shopping to the market.

Speaking about this, Mr Hari Menon, CEO, bigbasket, said, “This is indeed another feather in bigbasket’s cap. We are delighted that our App has been rated as one of the best across categories. It reinforces that we are going in the right direction. We have always ensured that bigbasketeers get an extremely user friendly experience every time they purchase from us. With the new 4.0 version release of our app in July this year, we have made it even better in terms of discoverability, better search algorithms, navigation points & overall speed. Getting such a recognition from industry players certainly fuels our motivation to do better.”

With the bigbasket Mobile app, one can access all the products from the wide range of over 20000 SKUs that bigbasket offers. One can search/browse through the entire product catalog, view products on offer, manage shopping lists, place orders, and view the order history. A plethora of payment options are available. The app also has the smart basket which gives customers a smart compilations of the products they buy regularly. The App cart is synced to the user’s web account, so they can start shopping on the web and complete it on the mobile app or vice versa.

With a few hundred daily orders, bigbasket had a modest beginning. In five years, with the support of its customers, it has surpassed the 60,000 daily orders mark to become India’s largest online supermarket & 6th largest grocery retailer of India across online & offline formats. The company has recently crossed the 6 million customers mark. bigbasket has also recently strengthened its B2B business by expanding to the HoReCa (Hotels, Restaurants, and Caterers) segment and partnering with SnapBizz, a retail-technology firm, in an effort to transform India’s kirana stores into technology-enabled modern retail stores. bigbasket closed the previous fiscal year with Rs 1,410 crore in revenue and broke even in 2 key markets – Bangalore & Hyderabad in its slotted delivery business.

CAPE TOWN - As the year comes to an end, vacation begins and the challenge arrives to keep family and friends entertained.

Traditional board games are now becoming overpriced and also tend to get damaged or misplaced. The good news is, all your favourite games are now available on your smartphones app store.

Here is a list of classic games you can download:

1. PICTIONARY

One of the simplest games of all time, Pictionary starts with you drawing something and your teammate has to guess what it is. It is the easiest game to play especially with a large group of people. Available on Android and iOS. 

2. Scrabble

Scrabble is a word game, The object of the game is to get the most points by playing words on a board that you connect to words created by your fellow players. To play Scrabble, you need at least one other player. The app allows you to play against AI, against Facebook friends and more. The Scrabble app  is available on iOS and Android. 

3. Checkers

Checkers is fairly simple, To win a game of checkers, you have to move your pieces towards your opponent's side of the board. You can play it with friends and family or against an AI (Artificial Intelligent) opponent.

The app provides several difficulty levels, and it’s free. 

4. Monopoly 

In this game, players compete to earn the most points by building settlements in different destinations.  To win monopoly, you need to bankrupt all of your opponents before they can do the same to you.

The app  is available on iOS, Android or there is also a faster Here & Now edition from Hasbro to speed up the game also available on android and iOS. 

5. Charades

By playing charades, all you have to do is guess the word on the card that’s on your head from your friends’ clues before the timer runs out.

The game consists of different challenges from dancing, singing, acting or sketching. The app has over 45 themed decks to choose from.

Themes of the decks include:

- TV Shows & Movies
- Dance Moves
- Science
- I Love the 70s, 80s, & 90s
- Movie Characters
- Accents and Impressions and more 

6. Battleships

Battleships starts with you placing your ships around a map as does your opponent. The first person to sink all of the boats wins.  Some of the game's other features include online Player vs Player via WiFi, Bluetooth, or on the Internet.

You also get quick matches, medals (achievements), a chat, and more.