The urbanization is growing and with that commutation for work, schools, entertainment, parks, and everything. A handful of districts have clearly demarcated business and residential areas, but most districts have grown organically and their markets, business units, offices, schools, malls, etc. all spread all over the city. This makes the commute messy, roads full of traffic and parking space far and few between.
Using you’re your own car to work or shopping can be very stressful and exhausting. The parking of your car presents with another set of problems – parking space not available, available too far away, only for a limited time or very expensive.
Having a cab or taxi service, using just a few taps with a mobile cab-hailing apps, is just the right answer for all these problems. Uber and Ola are the world’s first and the most installed cab-hailing apps, respectively, integrating city transport like cabs, package delivery and carpool services. Their mobile apps ensure a convenient, transparent, and quick service platform.
Building an app comparable to the best in class apps like Uber and Ola is not an easy task, but neither is it an impossible task. Even private operators of the fleet of taxi cars can get their own solution build on the lines of these apps from a reliable and experienced taxi booking app Development Company like Raindrops Infotech.
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First, if you think that a cab-hailing solution only has a customer side app, then you are off the mark by a very wide margin. If to efficiently handle and manage your taxi services you will need at least:
We are fully aware of the various requirements of developing an app for all needs – customer facing app, driver app, and backend solution with simple web/app interface.
The cost of developing an Ola or Uber like cab-hailing app depends on many features that you would want in the app for your users and drivers. We develop the overall solution with core and optional features allowing you to choose from them affecting the final costing. The costs also depend on the taxi app development company you select, experience of developers and designers, and software platform.
When a passenger books a ride following happens:
The passenger logins to the app and mobile’s GPS provides your current location. Passenger then enters the destination and selects the type of cab/service with price differential – mini cabs, sedans, carpooling. The app connects the passenger to the nearest available driver and a confirmation with driver’s info, estimated fare, rating, and ETA are provided. The passengers can share the ride information for or safety purposes. Driver’s real time location and ETA are constantly updated on the passenger’s app so that they don’t have to wait for the cab.
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On arrival, the passenger gives OTP to verify and start the ride. During ride, the real time location is updated for the passenger and anyone who has been shared the ride info, on their respective apps. Finally, at the destination, the passenger can make cash payment or use online wallets for payment. The passengers can rate the ride, cab, and driver and the driver can do the same for the passengers.
There are no fixed criteria for estimating the cost for development of a taxi app, as everything that goes into it is human intellect and ingenuity. But, based on above features the following services and factors will decide the cost for a taxi app like Ola and Uber.
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Taxi app development costs vary on multiple other factors such as the outsourcing country, exchange rates, developer exposure and experience, etc., that are not controllable. At Raindrops Infotech, we strive to provide a reliable and competitive cost estimate after hearing all your requirements and studying them thoroughly. This estimate is subject to certain fair and justified assumptions and you can always contact our market representatives for clarifications. If you are looking to outsource to a taxi app development company within budget, get in touch.
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