Here are the best of our favorite Progressive web apps picks in 2020:

1.Starbucks

After launching their mobile app in 2015, Starbucks wanted to create a system that would be universally accessible to the emerging markets and finally created a PWA (233KB, 99.84% smaller than the 148MB size of the mobile iOS app) that looks and feels exactly like a native app.

Features:

Fast and Ultra-responsive
Easy-to-use
Smooth animations
Product customization

1. Flipboard

Flipboard, an app that curates the world's stories for users to stay informed, and involved. Being the world’s most popular social magazine, Flipboard allows readers to keep up with all topics, news, and events happening around the world at a single place.

Advantages:

Accessible to desktop users
PWA minimizes data usage
Deliver fast browsing experience
68% increase in core engagement

1. FORBES

This American business magazine features articles on marketing, investment, finance, technology etc.

Advantages:

Ultra-fast page load times
Push-notifications
Instant transitions
Light design
Increase user engagement
6x increase in readers completing articles

1. MakeMyTrip

MakeMyTrip, India's leading travel company, wanted to make sure its mobile site was reliable for every customer, regardless of the available technology. Thus, launching a PWA was a key to offering seamless mobile experiences to more than 22 million of their customers.

Advantages:

3X Improved conversion rates
More reachability
Offline Access
160% increase in shopper sessions
30% more last minute shoppers
38% improvement in page load time

Have the Next Big App Idea

1. Uber

With Uber, your destination is just at your fingertips. As the company expands to new markets, Uber launched the PWA to offer a comparable booking experience to its users.

Advantages:

Compatible on low-end devices
Super-lightweight web app
Core ride request app is just 50kB & load within 3 seconds on 2G networks
Convenient offline access to rides

1. Pinterest

With a focus on international growth, Pinterest started their new mobile web experience by launching their PWA.

Advantages:

Provides a fast, native experience
High-performance solution ensured to all users
Offers low bandwidth usage
Push notifications & offline support
User-generated ads increased by 45%
50% rise in ad click-through rate
Improved user engagement

1. BookMyShow:

India’s largest ticketing firm BookMyShow, with over 50+ million monthly visitors, encountered high bounce rates and to overcome the issues, they launched a PWA to deliver the best experience possible for their users.

Advantages:

Smooth, seamless movie-booking experience
Super-light app
High-speed
Lower data consumption
Provide reliable performance on slow or unreliable networks
80%+ increase in conversion rates
PWA is 54X smaller than the Android app; 180x smaller than the iOS app
Takes less than 2.94 seconds to load and checks out within 30 seconds

1. Spotify:

Spotify is an international media service provider that gives you access to millions of songs and podcasts from different languages. Compared to its native-app, the PWA version of Spotify is considerably faster.

Advantages:

Visually polished
More reactive & adaptive
45% increase in desktop users
40% increase in average listening hours per month
30% increase in monthly active users
Improved in-app animations

1. AliExpress

AliExpress is a global online retail marketplace mostly popular in Russia, Brazil and America. Along with the mobile app, AliExpress has now introduced a cross-browser PWA to serve its web users as well as mobile users.

Advantages:

Offline work mode
Fast loading speed
Push notification support
2X more pages visited per session per user
Conversion rates increased by 104%
Time spent per session has increased by 74% on all browsers

1. Twitter Lite

With over 320 million monthly users globally, Twitter is a mainstream platform that helps users find out what’s happening around the world. The Twitter Lite PWA combines the best of the modern web and native features to its users.

Advantages:

Instant loading, user engagement and lower data consumption
65% increase in pages per session
Faster, least expensive, and more reliable
75% increase in Tweets sent
20% decrease in bounce rate
Site loads within 3 seconds for repeat visits even on slow networks

1. Tinder:

The geo-social networking and online dating application, Tinder is more than just a dating app. Therefore, Tinder’s PWA is one of the best examples on how to build, optimize, and manage a powerful progressive web app.

Advantages:

• Replicates the native experience completely
• Light, fast & convenient
• PWA is approximately 90% smaller than native Android app
• Load times cut from 11.91 seconds to 4.69 seconds
• Deliver excellent user experience

1. Flipkart:

India’s largest e-commerce site, Flipkart found it difficult to provide a user experience that was as fast and engaging for all type of mobile users. As a result, the company launched Flipkart Lite, a PWA that combines the best of the web and native app.

Advantages:

Fast and streamlined site
"Add to Home Screen" option delivers high-quality visits
Offline work mode
Push Notifications
3X Lower data usage
40% Higher re-engagement rate

Have the Next Big App Idea

1. Wego

Wego has now found new ways to deliver amazing user experiences on the web by creating an AMP based PWA.

Advantages:

Convenient one-click access and payment features
10X Increase in page speed
lightning fast mobile website experience
49% increase in search-to-conversion rates
95% increase in partner conversion rates
3X increase in ad CTRs

1. Telegram:

With over 100 million registered users, Telegram is one of the fastest growing cloud-based instant messaging services which is another great PWA use case worth mentioning.

Advantages:

Easy to use interface
Extremely fast
Secure, and Seamless synchronization across devices
Has an in-app browser

1. Yummly

Yummly is a smart cooking discovery platform that understands user tastes and recommends personalized recipes, shopping list, and one-hour grocery delivery. Along with its native Android & iOS app, the app is also available on web browsers as a PWA.

Advantages:

Offline search engine for food, cooking, and recipes
Access to video tutorials
Provides Smart Ingredient Shopping List
Published in: https://blog.neoito.com/best-progressive-web-apps/