10 BEST TAXI BOOKING APPS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

For any country, cabs or taxis are an important means of transport. This is because it's more affordable and easier to ride by road with a taxi. This is why there have been companies providing cab booking services there. 

The advantage of this is that the passenger does not have to wait for a taxi that is vacant or a taxi that does not deny its services. You can just order a taxi online and choose a convenient method of payment and the cab pick you up from any place you choose.

Here are some of the best Cab Booking Applications consumers can rely upon:

1. Uber

No doubt Uber dominates the ground. Available in over 630 cities around the globe, there is no competitor trying to compete with it. Going to a wedding, or to the airport, Uber is all about. Whatever the day, book your cab anywhere. 

Uber has become popular for reasons such as quick user interface, driver and vehicle quality, convenient payment choices, trip protection features, country-specific features, different cab rental models, and more.

Uber provides simple payment options like money, or credit, making it much more convenient. Different categories are easily available for reservation depending on expenses such as Uber Pool, Uber X, Uber Go, Uber Black, etc.

2. Ola

It is one of the top-rated taxi booking apps that deliver services in all major cities. It is launched in 2010 by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati. Ola provides its services in more than 100+ Indian cities with more than 600,000 registered vehicles which are the largest in any Indian taxi company. The app lets people book a taxi easily by registering with their email or mobile phone.

The app sends the request to the nearby cab by selecting the pickup and drop location and helps to confirm the ride. Travel costs vary with the travel option that is chosen from the platform that includes Ola Mini, Seda, Prime, Sharing, and Auto. 

Booking app Ola Cab is available on both Android and iOS platforms. Ola’s Android app currently has over 50,000,000 + installs, the highest for the Indian cab booking app. The app provides consumers with simple payment options like online as well as offline payments.

3. Carzonrent

It is India's leading taxi booking company, based in New Delhi. Starting in 2000, the company offers its services in all major cities including Mumbai, New Delhi, and more. The taxi companies sell long and short term rentals from end to end. It began its on-call and order system service bureau; later the company released its Smartphone application on Android and iOS platforms.

In 2015, Carzonrent partnered with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Company (IRCTC) of the Government of India and offers taxi services to all railway customers in major cities, under the name of Easy Cabs. This app allows the user to book the cab by selecting the 'start' and 'end' drop location. The firm is eyeing to expand its market to compete with Uber and Ola Cabs in other cities in India.

4. Zust Go

It is a Kolkata-based cab-booking company. The company primarily represents the state of West Bengal with plans to extend its business in India by 2022. What differentiates Zust Go from other cab booking companies is that there are no surcharges. 

It is one of the company's biggest selling points because other famous cab booking companies like Ola and Uber increase their prices during peak hours and during heavy rains or natural calamity but consumers won't have to think about that with Zust Go. 

No surcharges have been made. Through having an SOS button on the Smartphone, Zust Go aims to keep the rides free for its customers.

5. Meru Cabs

It is headquartered in Mumbai, offering taxi services in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and more. Founded in 2007, Meru Cabs provides its customers with call services, and later the company launched its app on android and iOS platforms due to technology development. 

Meru Cabs provides separate android and iOS taxi booking software for customers. The app offers simple map navigation, live path monitoring, history of the ride, and more. 

Before Ola and Uber's services came to Indian cities, Meru Cabs is a prominent taxi booking app in Mumbai. The Meru cab services include the available Hatchback, Sedan, and SUV types.

6. Curb

It is another taxi booking app that doesn't fail to mark its position in our list of best taxi reservation apps. This is one of the most popular ride-sharing apps connecting more than 50,000 taxis in the US. 

While booking, Curb gives its users three options: Ride Now, Ride Later & Pair & Pay. Users with licensed and experienced drivers, winning free rides, multiple payment options are easily benefited.

7. Gett

Headquartered in Israel, It is one of the most popular and widely used cab booking apps. It works in more than 120 cities in 4 continents, i.e. the USA, UK, Israel, and Russia. 

One of Gett's best features is that one can book a cab (2 weeks) in advance. For $200 million, Gett recently acquired Juno, the leading ride-hailing service provider in the US, to revolutionize taxi reservations in NYC. 

Despite seeing virtually no increase in taxi bookings, according to Forbs, it had become one of the fastest rising companies. Gett has also been recognized by other prominent media such as Business Insider, Mashable, TechCrunch, etc.s

8. Lyft

It is yet another best taxi booking app that gave Uber a tough competition in over 200 cities around the U.S. You have to download the app and with just a few taps, you’re ready to go. 

Lyft ranks its drivers based on passenger ratings and can drive only those who score the highest ratings. 

Not just this, it is the only taxi booking app that has a liability cover of $1 million. It also provides a facility for split-sharing.

9. Cabify

It is one of the top taxi-booking applications in Spain. Today, Cabify is available throughout Europe and South America with 12 countries and 90 + cities. 

Cabify has one of the best pricing frameworks ever. It provides fixed rates with no secret prices. It's known to be a perfect source of cab booking services for business travel. 

It has features like invoices, multiple account assistance, business manager, multiple payment options, someone else's booking cab, and more.

10. Grab

It was founded in 2012 and is a Malaysian company that provides transportation, food delivery, banking, and insurance services in Southeast Asia. Grab operates in 500 + cities in 8 countries making it one of Southeast Asia's leading providers of ride-hailing services. 

Grab meal delivery, taxi booking, and making purchases in an all in one Smartphone app solution. Grab Taxi provides features such as trip monitoring, driver pre-screening, and more.

Conclusion: 

A lot of the above-mentioned cab booking apps are a clone of Uber since it was one of the first popular providers of ride-hailing services. Any country has the provision of its ride-hailing services. 

If you want to become a good ride-hailing service provider in your country or just want to create an app like Uber, get a free consultation with our mobile app development experts.

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