Why Taxi Booking Apps Is The Smartest Startup Idea for 2019?

On-Demand Taxi Apps like Uber, Lyft, Gett, 13cabs, and 303 Taxi are making a fortune each year with their amazing new features and indestructible business model that is expanding and improving periodically.

The world is traveling “almost” at the speed of light (factually incorrect but sounds cool, doesn't it?), and there are numerous means of transport to catch up. From bullet trains to hyperloop, everyone wants to get somewhere faster. In such times of fast-paced futuristic transports, the good old taxi is still the most used means transport in the world.

After reading this blog, I am sure you’ll be having only one question “how can I make an app like Uber?” and “how much would it cost to build an app like Uber?” (well, actually two questions).

How Did Online Taxi Booking Apps Change Travel For Good?

There is something amazing about traveling in a taxi and viewing the Time Square or the streets of Paris which can’t be experienced in a subway or a metro train. But there are many different problems with traveling in a taxi cab. But all these problems are solved with a single phrase “Online Taxi App Service”.

All the problems that riders used to face while traveling in a local taxi have been overcome and improved with the advent of trending taxi app development companies and their lucrative app development services.

Don’t Lift Your Hand To Call A Cab (Just lift a finger)

Are you tired after a whole day’s work and don’t have the energy to keep calling for a cab. Well, now you don’t need to raise your hand on crossroads. Just open the taxi app like Uber, Lyft, 13cabs, or Gett taxi app and feed your pickup and drop location. The nearest driver will be notified of your request and get to your location. A ride well executed and money well spent.

Live Location Tells Where Your Taxi Is (So no need to guess)

You don’t need to wait for minutes just in the hopes that a taxi “may show up” anytime soon. Instead, book your cab using the on-demand taxi app and watch in the app where exactly your ride is and get an estimated time of arrival (ETA) on your ride.

Know Who Your Driver Is (even before the ride)

Yes, this is possible. All the popular taxi apps have rider and driver profiles stored in their database so any time you book a ride, you’ll get the update of who your driver would be and you can accept or decline them as per their ratings and reviews, given by previous passengers.

This way you can also be sure that who will be picking you up and in which vehicle so you don’t have to look around for your ride in a heavy traffic area. The app data is very secure as the taxi app development is built using very advance and secure tools and software.

Get fare estimation before the ride

One huge loophole that local taxi drivers used to exploit was rigging their taxi meter or just showing it broken and then take double or triple fare of what actually would be. With an online taxi booking app, you get the fare estimation even before booking the cab.

Just by entering the pickup and drop location the app shows you the fare estimation based on the distance. This way the driver is not the one deciding the taxi fare but the online taxi app company, so there is no wiggle room for crooks to leach money from passengers.

Pay as per your convenience

Another trick that crook drivers pull from their sleeves is to force for tips or saying that they don’t have change for the given fare. This way they try to make a few bucks off of you. With Uber-like taxi app, you can choose to pay the driver as per your convenience.

You can choose to pay them by cash, card, or even in-app wallet feature (a few of the top apps provide this feature). This way if the driver tries to act smart by saying he/she doesn’t have the change you can change the payment option to online and get a receipt for your ride fare.

Final Word

I guess these reasons are more than enough for you to not just use an online taxi app service but probably make you think of starting your own online taxi cab app service. Starting such a cab business is not very difficult or even costly.

You don’t even need to own a cab to begin such a startup. Uber doesn’t own a single taxi and yet is the biggest on-demand taxi service provider in the world. All you need is just a powerful and feature-rich mobile taxi app where drivers and passengers can register and use your services.

If you wish to learn more about how to hire an excellent taxi app development company and how to develop an app like Uber, then I would suggest you begin your search ASAP and give wings to your entrepreneur dreams.