8 Indonesian-made Android apps that you need to try

Indonesia has always been a country well-known for its large population of mobile users, the majority of which are on Android users. However, the country is less well known for the applications produced here.

In fact, some of the applications developed here have the potential to rival even their most popular counterparts across the globe, while others are specifically tailored to locals. Some applications make routine tasks so hassle free that we can’t really imagine a time without them.

Here are a few of many home-grown applications.

Single Purpose Apps

There are apps that people use on a daily basis, and then there are apps that sit in your app drawer for ages, but you won’t quite delete them because you know there will be a time when they come in handy. These apps include:

BlitzDroid

Booking movie tickets never used to be easy. It would always involve some sort of registration process that included tying your credit card to your phone number, which I personally found less than convenient, that is, until Blitmegaplex came along with its own online booking system. The ease of use coupled with the BlitzCard payment option allows users to recharge account balances without binding a credit card, putting it miles ahead of its competitors. A few years back, they adapted the system to their Android app. The first iteration was clunky and used design elements derived from Android 1.6 Donut, but at the stage of its latest update, the application incorporates a beautiful flat design more akin to the Android Holo Interface. Now it’s just as easy to use as their website for those times when you need to book a ticket on the fly.

BlitzDroid is available on Google Play.

Klik-eat.com

You’re sitting at home on a nice rainy evening and you’re really hungry. You can’t seem to get through to any of the delivery services that you’re used to and you’re getting impatient. What do you do? Enter Klik-eat.com’s Android app, which allows you to place orders from a wide variety of supported restaurants without ever having to interact with another human being. The app does have it’s inconsistencies, but for the most part it does what it needs to. Unlike popular online food booking services like Foodpanda, Klik-eat.com handles all its deliveries as a third party and takes care of order fullfilment itself. This is an advantage in some cases where they are able to deliver from restaurants that otherwise don’t offer delivery.

However, this also acts as a disadvantage in some cases. Klik-eat only offers deliveries in certain major parts of Jakarta, so if you don’t live in a supported area then you’re out of luck. It is also important to keep in mind that the site charges its own delivery fees.

Klik-eat.com is available on Google Play.

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