Taxi and Ride-Hailing App Development
As a taxi app development company we build the rider app, the driver app and the dispatch behind them. The parts that decide whether it works are unglamorous: how fast a booking finds a driver, whether the fare matches the meter, and whether drivers are paid on time. Most first releases go live in about 30 days.
- Price
- Fixed upfront
- Launch date
- In writing
- First release
- About 30 days
- You get
- 4 apps and portals
Run the fleet instead of renting it.
Drivers in your city are already paying a quarter of every fare to somebody else. Your own app changes who sets the commission, who owns the rider and what happens when the rates change next year.
Set your own commission
The rate is yours to set, per driver or per fleet, and yours to change.
Keep the riders
Their accounts, their history and their loyalty points sit in your system.
Drivers stay because they earn more
A lower cut than the national apps is the whole recruiting pitch, and it costs you nothing to make.
Fares you control
Local pricing, airport rates and contract accounts, set by you rather than by an algorithm elsewhere.
Driving for a national app
- Commission
- Their rate, changed without notice
- The rider
- Belongs to the app
- Fares
- Priced centrally
- Driver supply
- You compete for it
- Contract work
- Not possible
- What it costs
- A percentage, forever
Running your own
- Commission
- Yours, set per driver or fleet
- The rider
- Belongs to you
- Fares
- Priced for your city
- Driver supply
- You recruit it
- Contract work
- Accounts, invoices and schools runs
- What it costs
- Fixed, once, before we start
Four screens, and the dispatch between them.
Ride hailing app development and cab booking app development describe the same build: a rider, a driver and whoever decides which one gets the job. Pick one to see what goes into it.
App 01 of 04
Rider app
Opened by somebody standing in the rain, so it asks for as little as possible and shows the price before they commit.
- Book now or laterA ride this minute, or a date and time for the airport on Thursday.
- Pickup and destinationMap, saved places and recent trips, with the pin adjustable by hand.
- Vehicle typeSaloon, estate, seven-seater or accessible, each with its own fare.
- The fare, before they bookRoute and distance calculated up front, so the total is not a surprise at the end.
- Live trackingThe car on the map, the driver's name and the plate, with an arrival time that updates.
- History and receiptsEvery trip and every payment, downloadable for whoever claims it back.
App 02 of 04
Driver app
Used one-handed at a junction. Big targets, few decisions, and earnings visible without digging for them.
- Driver account and profileLicence, insurance and vehicle documents, with expiry dates your admin checks.
- Job offersPickup, distance and fare shown before accepting, with a countdown to the next driver.
- Navigation and statusTurn by turn, then arrived, started and completed in one tap each.
- EarningsThis trip, today and this week, with the commission shown rather than hidden.
- Weekly rewardsTargets on completed trips that pay a bonus, which is how good drivers are kept.
- Shifts and availabilityOnline, offline and the zones they will work.
App 03 of 04
Web booking and dispatch
A responsive booking interface for riders who would rather not install anything, and the dispatch console your controllers work in all day.
- Book from a browserThe same booking on a laptop or a phone browser, no download required.
- Dispatch and matching engineAutomatic assignment by distance and rating, with a controller able to override it.
- The boardEvery live job, every free car and every late pickup on one screen.
- Booking managementAmend, reassign or cancel a trip, with the rider told automatically.
- Phone bookingsA controller takes a call and enters the job, for the riders who still prefer that.
- Account and contract workCompany accounts, school runs and repeat journeys booked ahead and invoiced.
App 04 of 04
Admin dashboard
Where the business is actually run: who is driving, what was earned, what is owed and what the fares should be.
- Bookings and transactionsEvery trip and every payment, searchable, with the record of what was charged.
- Drivers and customersApprove, suspend, verify documents and see the history behind a complaint.
- Fare calculation and surgeBase, distance, time and waiting rates, per vehicle type, with busy-hour multipliers you set.
- Driver payout systemCommission taken, balances calculated and payouts recorded on your schedule.
- Loyalty and rewardsPoints per completed trip and the weekly targets, configured rather than coded.
- ReportsTrips, revenue, commission and driver performance, by day, zone or vehicle type.
From a booking to a payout.
Six steps. The second one is the whole product, and it has to happen in seconds.
- 01
Rider
The rider books
Pickup, destination, vehicle type and either now or a time on Thursday. The fare is shown before they confirm.
- 02
Your system
A driver is found
The matching engine offers the job to the nearest suitable car, then the next, until somebody accepts.
- 03
Your system
Both sides are told
Push, SMS or WhatsApp, whichever your market actually reads, with the car, the plate and the arrival time.
- 04
Driver
The trip runs
Tracked from pickup to drop, with the rider watching the same map the controller is.
- 05
Rider
The fare is taken
Card, wallet or cash, calculated from the route actually driven rather than the one quoted.
- 06
Your system
The driver is paid
Commission deducted, points and weekly rewards applied, balance settled on your schedule.
A taxi app features list, in full.
Taxi app development services are usually quoted as one number, which hides all of this. Your costed plan names which of these are in the first release. The fare engine and the dispatch are rarely the ones to defer, because everything else depends on them being right.
- Rider and driver appsTwo apps for iOS and Android, usually from one codebase so you are not paying twice.
- Dispatch and matching engineJobs offered by distance, rating and vehicle type, with a controller able to override any of it.
- Fare calculation and surgeBase, distance, time and waiting, per vehicle type, with busy-hour multipliers you set and can switch off.
- Live GPS trackingThe car on a map for the rider and the controller, accurate enough to be worth watching.
- Driver payout systemCommission taken automatically, balances calculated, payouts recorded on your schedule.
- Regulatory compliance by cityLicence and insurance records, expiry checks and the trip data your authority asks for. Built to your rules rather than to an assumption about them.
- Scheduled and contract ridesAirport runs booked on Monday for Thursday, and company accounts invoiced monthly.
- Loyalty and weekly rewardsPoints on completed trips for riders, and weekly targets that pay drivers a bonus.
- Safety and emergency assistanceAn SOS the rider or driver can raise mid-trip, sharing location and trip details with whoever you route it to. Where it helps, a model triages the first seconds so a human reaches the serious ones faster.
- Notifications on the channel people readPush, SMS and WhatsApp, because in most markets a WhatsApp message is opened and an SMS is not.
Ways a taxi app earns.
Commission is the usual answer and rarely the only one. The admin holds every rate.
- Commission per tripA percentage of each fare, set per driver, fleet or vehicle type.
- Driver subscriptionsA weekly or monthly fee instead of commission, which drivers often prefer.
- Booking feesA small fee per ride, paid by the rider and shown before they confirm.
- Surge and peak pricingHigher rates at the hours you choose, with the multiplier visible up front.
- Contract accountsSchools, hotels and companies invoiced monthly rather than paying per ride.
- Cancellation feesCharged when a rider cancels late, which protects the driver who already drove there.
Example day, one car
18 trips, average fare $11.40
- Fares taken through the app
- $205.20
- Your commission, 18%
- $36.94
- Booking fees, 18 × $0.50
- $9.00
- Paid to the driver
- −$168.26
Multiply by the cars you run and the days they work. The lever is driver supply rather than the commission rate: a lower cut that keeps twenty cars busy beats a higher one that keeps eight. Figures are an example, and you set every rate.
Who we build ride-hailing apps for.
Tell us your city and how your drivers work today, and the app is designed around that rather than around a template.
Existing taxi firms
A radio room, a loyal set of drivers and riders who still phone you.
Built to fit
- Phone bookings entered by a controller alongside app bookings
- Your current fare card, exactly as it is
- Drivers moved across without losing their regulars
New operators in one city
You have seen what the national apps charge drivers where you live.
Built to fit
- A commission rate that is your recruiting pitch
- Zones and fares set for one city rather than a country
- Driver onboarding with document checks built in
Airport and intercity
Long journeys booked days ahead rather than hailed on a street.
Built to fit
- Scheduled bookings with flight numbers and meet points
- Fixed route pricing instead of metered fares
- Return journeys booked at the same time
Corporate and contract fleets
Hotels, schools and companies with accounts rather than cards.
Built to fit
- Company accounts with approved passengers and limits
- Monthly invoicing and cost centre reporting
- Repeat journeys scheduled once and run weekly
Accessible and specialist transport
Wheelchair-accessible vehicles, medical transport or school runs.
Built to fit
- Vehicle types with the equipment and driver training recorded
- Booking questions that capture what the passenger needs
- The trip records your commissioner or authority asks for
Luxury and chauffeur hire
Executive cars booked ahead, where the website is the shop window and the ride is the product.
Built to fit
- A booking site that looks like the service costs what it costs
- Named chauffeurs, vehicle photographs and availability shown before booking
- Hourly hire and waiting time as well as point to point
A price and a date you can plan around.
- 01 · Before we start
Free costed plan
Tell us the idea. You get the scope, a fixed price and a launch date in writing, free, whether you go ahead or not.
- 02 · Week 1
Design and prototype
Your screens in your brand. You click through a working prototype before any code is written.
- 03 · Weeks 2 to 4
Build and test
Our team builds your app and tests every screen. A new build reaches your phone each week.
- 04 · From about day 30
Launch and support
We publish to the App Store and Google Play, then keep the apps fixed, current and running.
Most first releases go live in about 30 days. Larger apps take longer, and your costed plan fixes the scope and the exact date.
What goes live first, and what follows.
Your costed plan splits the build into releases with their own fixed prices and dates. The first one has to book a ride and pay a driver.
About 30 days
First release
- Rider and driver apps
- Dispatch, fares and live tracking
- Payments and driver payouts
- Admin: bookings, drivers, customers, transactions
After launch
Second release
- Web booking and the dispatch console
- Scheduled rides and contract accounts
- Loyalty points and weekly rewards
- Surge pricing and promotions
When you need it
As you grow
- More cities and vehicle types
- Safety and emergency assistance
- Fleet and rental reporting
- Performance work as trip volume climbs
We publish your apps. It is in the price.
Every build ends with your apps live on the App Store and Google Play. Submission is part of the job, never an extra: we prepare everything, handle the review and fix whatever the stores ask for.
Included in every build
- Store listings. Name, description, keywords, screenshots and preview images.
- Privacy and compliance. Privacy details, data forms and content ratings each store requires.
- Signed release builds. Built, signed and uploaded for iOS and Android.
- Review and approval. We answer the reviewers and resubmit if anything is flagged.
- Updates after launch. Every new version goes through the same process.
The one cost that is yours
Apple and Google charge for a developer account. It is opened in your company's name, so the apps and their listings always belong to you.
- Apple App StoreUS$99 a yearApple Developer Program
- Google PlayUS$25 onceGoogle Play Console
Store fees are set by Apple and Google and may change.
What it is built with.
Set up for the city you launch in. Your costed plan names exactly what your first release uses.
Maps and tracking
- Google Maps
- Live GPS tracking
- Route and distance
- Geo-fenced zones
Payments
- Stripe
- Razorpay
- PayPal
- Cash
- Wallets
Messages
- Push notifications
- SMS
Built with
- Flutter
- Swift
- Kotlin
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- React
What sets the price.
There is no price list, because no two fleets are run the same way. Your fixed price comes from the scope in your costed plan.
Get your fixed priceHow many apps
Rider, driver, dispatch and admin, or fewer to start.
How the fares work
One flat rate is quick. Vehicle types, waiting time, surge and fixed routes are not.
Web booking
A responsive booking site alongside the apps, which some markets need more than the apps.
Payouts
How drivers are paid, how often, and whether rentals or deductions are tracked.
Compliance
The records and reports your city's licensing requires.
Design depth
A clean standard design, or the fully custom one a premium service needs.
We have built these apps many times.
Your app is designed and built new for your fleet. What carries over is experience with the parts that decide whether a ride-hailing business works: a matching engine that finds a car in seconds, a fare that agrees with what the rider was quoted, and payouts that arrive when drivers expect them. Those three are where first builds fail, and none of them is learned on your budget. That is why the scope, the price and the date can be fixed.
After launch, we stay.
A taxi app is live at three in the morning, which is when nobody is at a desk and a stuck booking costs a customer for good.
Monitoring
Servers, payments and dispatch watched around the clock. The failure that matters on this kind of app is a booking that found no driver and told nobody, so that is what the alerts are built around rather than raw uptime.
Fixes
You tell us once and we take it from there. Every issue is logged, fixed, tested and released. Anything stopping a booking, a payment or a payout goes ahead of everything else.
Store updates
Location permissions and background tracking are the rules Apple and Google change most often, and they are exactly the rules a taxi app depends on. We test against each new version before your drivers update their phones.
Fares and rates
Fuel prices move and so do your rates. Changing a fare card, adding a vehicle type or setting a surge window is done in the admin by your team, and we are here for the ones that need more than that.
When your rules change
Licensing authorities change what they require, and the app has to follow. Those changes are scoped, priced and dated in writing like any other work rather than arriving as an open-ended bill.
Handover
The platform is yours and so is everything needed to run it. Your team gets the code, the accounts, the deployment process and written documentation, so you can carry on with us or bring in your own developers whenever you choose.
What our clients say.
It was a good experience working with the team. They understood my ideas clearly and built everything as expected. The team was supportive, quick to respond, and helped me whenever I needed changes. Thank you for your hard work and support!
Prem SharmaApr 2025Overall very good experience. I have been availing services for past 3 years. They are available for discussions and resolving issues whenever we faced any. Mr. Saravana has been looking after our project and I'm very much happy with his timely response. I would definetely recommend.
Vannala RajuApr 2025Asked before most builds.
Not here? The costed plan answers the rest, for your app.
Your idea stays yours. We can sign an NDA before you share the details, and you hear from us within 24 hours.
How much does taxi app development cost?
It depends on how many of the four apps you need, how complicated the fare rules are, whether you want web booking as well, and what your city's licensing requires you to record. You get a fixed price in a free costed plan before any work starts, and it does not move unless you change the scope.
How long does it take to build a taxi app?
Most first releases go live in about 30 days, which covers the rider app, the driver app, dispatch, fares, tracking and payouts. Web booking, scheduled rides and loyalty usually sit in a second release, and your costed plan fixes the scope and the date for each before we begin.
How do I start a ride-hailing business?
Drivers first, riders second. An app with no cars is a bad experience nobody comes back from, so most operators spend the weeks before launch recruiting drivers and only then market to riders. The recruiting pitch is usually your commission rate, which is the one thing a national app cannot change for a single city. Start in a tight area rather than a whole city, because a car eight minutes away is a booking and a car twenty-five minutes away is a cancellation. Check what your local authority requires before any of it, since in most places both the operator and the drivers need licensing.
What features does a taxi app need?
Booking with pickup, destination and vehicle type. A fare shown before the rider confirms. Dispatch that finds a driver in seconds. Live tracking, in-app payment and a driver payout system. An admin over bookings, drivers, customers and transactions. Everything else, including loyalty, scheduled rides and surge, is a second release unless your market demands it on day one.
Can riders book from a website instead of an app?
Yes, and in some markets that matters more than the apps do. A responsive booking site takes the same booking in a browser on any phone, with no download, which suits occasional riders, hotel concierges and anybody booking a car for somebody else.
Can you send notifications on WhatsApp?
Yes. Push and SMS are supported as standard, and WhatsApp is worth adding wherever your riders actually read it, which in much of the world is the only channel they read. Booking confirmations, driver details and arrival alerts all go out the same way.
How are fares calculated?
From a base rate plus distance and time, per vehicle type, with waiting charges and whatever minimum fare you set. Fixed prices for airport routes are common and supported. A surge multiplier can be set for chosen hours and switched off entirely, and the rider always sees the price before confirming rather than after arriving.
How are drivers paid?
Commission is deducted automatically on each trip and the balance is settled on your schedule, weekly being the most common. Drivers see their earnings and the commission taken rather than a net figure they have to trust. Where you run a subscription instead of commission, that is configured in the admin.
Who owns the app and the data?
You do. The code is handed over with documentation, the cloud and payment accounts are in your company's name, and every rider, driver and trip record sits somewhere you control rather than somewhere we do.
Your first release could be live
next month.
Tell us about the app you want to build. We send back a costed plan with a fixed price and a launch date, free and yours to keep.
