#paymaya vs gcash

A week ago, I was asked to judge an online pitch competition for communications students, and during intermissions, I heard a commercial by PayMaya (one of the sponsors of the event) referring to it as "too big to be no. Has PayMaya conceded the e-Wallet war against GCash? So yes, PayMaya is admitting they're just 2nd to GCash and they're even publicizing it. As of today, the PayMaya app has 613,645 downloads in the Google Play Store while GCash has 1,021,545. For micro-transactions such as peer-to-peer, it's almost always GCash. For small merchants like the Potato Corner across the street, it's GCash. Even the roving fruit and vegetable cart that passes by the house every morning, kuya accepts GCash. And for the last 14 months, I've bought (commonly referred to in the circles as "mined") over 600 pots of plants, and the majority of them were paid via GCash. Read more in our articles including "PayMaya for Enterprise, GCash for Peers" and "GCash introduces its new MasterCard with EMV".