Eat, go to work, squeeze the bus, punch in and sleep after work. The pace of life of most people remains unchanged, and the applications on mobile phones are not changed for one year. There are so many functions used every day that several apps can satisfy them.
With the popularity of mobile payment, WeChat and Alipay have become one of the most frequently opened apps every day. Cashless plans make many people no longer need to bring money when they go out, but they make you "throw away" more than your wallet.
Wechat’s search will sweep Baidu and Alipay’s online life circle instead of friends circle … These two apps constantly add special effects to themselves. In terms of size and function, WeChat and Alipay can no longer be defined simply by social software and payment tools, but they can meet many needs in life.
Every day, services such as bike-sharing and take-out can be completed on WeChat and Alipay, and functions such as recharging mobile phones and paying water and electricity bills bring great convenience to life. These two super apps are almost omnipotent.
So we came up with a "bold" idea: Can we live a normal life with only WeChat and Alipay installed on the mobile phone?
In order to test this idea, we invited two small partners from Geek Park to participate in a nonsense experiment.Only WeChat and Alipay are installed on two people’s mobile phones respectively. Without other applications, how many things can these two billion-user super apps accomplish?
8: 00 am-12: 00 am
social contact
The experiment had only been going on for an hour when there was a problem. The editorial department holds a topic selection meeting every morning. We collaborate with graphite documents, and usually throw a link in the WeChat group first. Everyone will look at the real-time update of today’s topic at home or on the road in advance.
However, the classmate who used Alipay "lost contact". He couldn’t see our communication and didn’t receive the link of graphite.After arriving at the company, I complained that our internal communication and external contact are all dependent on WeChat. Without Alipay, we can’t work normally without WeChat.. Someone has a bad idea: add friends to Alipay, and then ……
This proposal was severely rejected, "this is stupid."
Because the social function of WeChat is too important, we can’t live a "normal" life without WeChat, so after discussion, we relaxed the conditions of the experiment.Both students keep WeChat on their mobile phones, but the students who use Alipay only use the social function of WeChat, and some other needs are solved by Alipay first.
Wechat takes the lead with its social attributes.
music
Every day, there is a long time to kill on the bus and subway. Some people wear headphones to listen to songs, some people play the glory of the king, and some people browse the news.
Wechat itself has no entrance to listen to songs, but there are many music stations in the applet., you can also pay attention to some music WeChat official account.
Alipay can’t listen to music, but you can watch Youku, if you have enough traffic.
(Left WeChat right Alipay, the same below)
It’s strange to listen to songs and watch videos on WeChat and Alipay. Next person: "This is not a fool. 」
information
The demand for news browsing can be met by WeChat WeChat official account.
But what most people don’t know is that,Alipay also has an information portal. Try searching for "geek park" if you don’t believe me. Alipay also has a "daily feed" function, similar to a small today’s headline.You can subscribe to interested channels, and the articles in them even support collection and sharing.
Awesome!
ride a bike
The company is still a long way from the subway station, so bike-sharing is used to go to work every day. Both WeChat and Alipay support scanning code cycling.
Wechat can unlock mobike by using a small program or directly scanning the code, and the App also plays the role of scanning and redeeming coupons. The App in mobike is often "exhausted" and needs to log in again. It is good to scan the code directly with WeChat, and the payment process is smooth.
You can unlock seven kinds of bicycles including ofo sharing bicycles, Little Blue Bike, Cool Bike, Youbai Bike, Yonganxing Bike, Youre Bike and One-Step Bike by using Alipay’s sweeping.It’s time to summon colorful bicycles.
Except for ofo sharing bicycles and Ku Cycling, other bicycle brands all support the free deposit of Ant Credit. The code scanning is very smooth, and it can also be paid directly by Alipay. The experience in this respect is very good.
There will still be no car riding during commuting. It is very convenient for Alipay to support so many brands, and it is free of deposit and prepared.
pay
The process of buying breakfast requires mobile payment, which is basically similar to the experience of WeChat and Alipay.
The most convenient way is to directly scan the code to pay. In some convenience stores or supermarkets, it is the way to show the payment code. Now you basically don’t need to bring money when you go out. From the perspective of offline shops, most of them will provide both WeChat and Alipay payment methods.
The two are basically the same in payment experience, but Alipay has one advantage: flowers. In some supported businesses, you can spend in advance, which is not as good as Alipay, which has accumulated many years in financial management.
Bus Card recharge
Recently, all the cards in Beijing supported mobile phone rides, but we compared WeChat and Alipay, so we tried to recharge the bus cards with them respectively.
Nowadays, many people only take their mobile phones without money when they go out, and they encounter borrowing money to charge bus cards at subway stations several times. If your mobile phone has NFC and supports bus card recharge, you can pay directly through WeChat.
The classmate who uses Alipay is an Apple user, but the iPhone does not support NFC at present, so it is impossible to recharge the bus card. For some mobile phones that support NFC function (some mobile phones support NFC, but they can’t be recharged), this function is very convenient. Alipay can quickly recharge and check the balance in the card.
It is said that the iPhone will also open NFC function after updating iOS 11, and the mobile phone ride is not far from us. At that time, the "hand skater" should be careful not to drop his mobile phone.
12:00-14:00 noon
Order takeout
At noon, two students used WeChat and Alipay to order take-out, which is actually the comparison between the US group’s take-out and hungry.
Wechat uses Meituan’s take-out service, interoperates with Meituan accounts, and shares discounts such as red envelopes. The experience is basically the same as that of App. The disadvantage is that there is no update of delivery information, so we need to pay attention to the delivery of WeChat official account by Meituan.
Alipay uses the service of Hungry, which exists in the form of word-of-mouth take-out. At present, it is not interoperable with Hungry account. Hungry App has svip, and word-of-mouth take-out has monthly members, so the discount is not shared. The preferential strength of individual businesses is also different. Compared with the hungry App, the experience is much worse, and it is often stuck. (At the end of August, Alipay’s takeaway service will be provided by Hungry as a whole.)
There are too many such opposites in WeChat and Alipay. mobike is against ofo, JD.COM is against Taobao, and Meituan is hungry. ……
14:00-18:00 pm
online shopping
Mobile payment has promoted the development of mobile e-commerce. We have experienced online shopping with WeChat and Alipay respectively to see if their basic skills are solid.
Shopping in WeChat is in the discovery column, and the entrance position is very superior. Using the service of JD.COM Mall is very convenient for users who often buy things on JD.COM. Its functions are no different from those of App, with rich functions and smooth payment process. You don’t have to put up with JD.COM App, which keeps playing notifications. You can happily chop your hand on WeChat.
Online shopping in Alipay is not pleasant. Alipay currently provides three kinds of third-party online shopping services: Tmall, Taobao and Tmall Supermarket.. However, in fact, only Tmall and Tmall supermarkets are provided, and Taobao needs to download Taobao’s App to use it. The experience of shopping in Tmall and Tmall Supermarket is not smooth, and it needs to be logged in many times.
Alipay’s performance is not as good as expected. Taobao should at least give an H5 page and put a download link. ……
18:00-22:00 pm
take a taxi
I experienced a taxi after work, and both WeChat and Alipay were connected to Didi Chuxing.
Taking a taxi on WeChat is in the "Jiugongge" of the wallet. The steps of taking a taxi are already simple, and Didi Travel on WeChat can be fully satisfied. But enterprise payment is not supported. Friends who want to use it should download the client.
The basic needs of taking a taxi in Alipay can be fully met, but the experience is not as smooth as that of App. In the interface of calling a taxi, there is only a window for filling in the starting point and destination, and the operation of viewing the map and the number of surrounding vehicles is not supported. Using Didi Chuxing in Alipay can avoid the push notification of advertisements and activities.
Cycling, taking a taxi and recharging the bus card, WeChat and Alipay have been able to meet most of the travel needs.
sports
Many people are playing in the WeChat movement, and some even "cheat" in order to occupy the cover. In fact, it is a matter of using the ranking mechanism to encourage sports. If you walk 10,000 steps every day, you can also donate steps through Tencent.
There is also a sports function in Alipay. Because of its poor sociality, Alipay’s sports are rarely used, and it is easy to win the first place, but no one sees it. Walk 5,000 steps every day and donate through some charities.
The function that is strongly related to social attributes, Alipay is too far from WeChat.
The above are the functions that are used almost every day. WeChat and Alipay have done well, but their capabilities are far more than that. Here are the other functions that we have tapped from these two apps in the next few days.
Living payment
Hard-pressed renters have to pay water and electricity bills every month, and it is very convenient for WeChat to support water, gas, fixed telephone and broadband fees in its living payment. But why is there no electricity bill?
Alipay’s life payment function is much stronger, supporting the payment of water, electricity, gas, cable TV, fixed telephone, broadband, property and heating, not only for your own family, but also for other families. Paying on time can also improve sesame credit score.
Alipay is still stronger in life application, and no cash is really not just talk.
cellular phone replenishing
In the past, we used phone bills to charge Q coins, but now we use WeChat to charge phone bills. Tencent and operators are really good friends. Now almost no one goes to the business hall to pay the phone bill, and prepaid cards are not common. It is very convenient to pay the phone bill directly by WeChat on the mobile phone.
Alipay is also very convenient to recharge, and it can also charge traffic and the recharge amount is favorable. In addition, the recharge center also supports the recharge of gas cards, games, video entertainment and so on.
I used to buy traffic online, but now it is very convenient to buy traffic online.
movie ticket
Micro-tickets in WeChat have been upgraded to entertainment tickets, and now they not only sell movie tickets, but also show tickets and event tickets. If you buy on WeChat, you can choose seats in advance and pick up tickets at the cinema.
It’s very convenient to buy movie tickets on Taobao Film with Alipay, which is no different from the buying experience in the App. You can choose according to movies or cinemas, and you can also choose to buy movie tickets in the word-of-mouth interface.
Generally, when watching movies, we shop around and choose which one is cheaper.
In addition to those listed above, WeChat and Alipay also have the functions of paying fines, credit card repayment and invoicing.
Experimental conclusion
Back to the original question, "Can you live normally with only WeChat and Alipay installed on your mobile phone?" The answer is "No.".
Some functions of WeChat and Alipay are more and more similar. After a simple experience, we will find that in fact, the two apps are indispensable and each has its own areas of expertise.In some places that are closely integrated with social scenes, WeChat is more dominant, such as red envelopes, sports and information. At the beginning of the experiment, Alipay had already lost socially.
However, Alipay is superior in financial payment, such as flower buds, balance treasure and insurance services. The scene we experienced was during work. If we were traveling, Alipay would have more advantages, such as booking hotels and buying air tickets and train tickets.
In the future, there will only be more and more functions of WeChat and Alipay. WeChat hides many functions deeply, so it doesn’t look bloated. In order to extend the user’s stay time, Alipay’s interface seems a bit messy.
In contrast, WeChat has the bonus of small programs, which is equivalent to integrating countless third-party services, and the application scenarios have been greatly broadened. Although some functions are not supported by WeChat itself, they can almost be completed by third-party applets.
Wechat and Alipay can meet the basic needs, and some functions can completely replace App. However, it also has its limitations, such as maps, music, videos, live broadcasts and other functions still have to be completed by other apps.