What To Consider To Develop A Cab-booking App
Mobile apps have so far become a necessary part of everyone’s lives helping them in a number of activities. From ordering food to ticket booking, making payments online to buying groceries, there’s literally nothing that people cannot do with apps.
Apps for on-demand cab services became popular in every corner of the world helping millions of riders to enjoy easy rides regularly. Most travel and pool car services are looking for iOS or Android app development company to build one custom ride-booking app to grow their business.
If you are one of the services providers of cab transportation, do not forget to consider the following things before going for app development.
Service workflow
Every on-demand app follows a definite workflow and based on which the features of the app are decided. For cab services too, you need to know the particular workflow which and tell your app development company about it. It mainly should include
- Request for cab service
- Notification to driver
- Ride details
- Payment
- Ratings for driver & ride
Interactive Booking interface
Customers should be allowed to choose their rides with specific cabs like Sedan or SUV. They can enter their pick-up and drop location details. To help them do that, your app should have an interactive for booking a cab.
GPS or location-tracking feature
It is a must-have feature for any travel services. Your app too should be able to track location real-time and show customers the whereabouts of the driver while awaiting the ride. Use of geolocation feature in the app will also help drivers finding where the customer is.
Fare estimation system
The app should be able to provide an estimate of the ride’s price once pick and drop destinations are fed into the booking interface. No willing riders will go for the service if they cannot see the fare for it before.
Secured payment gateway
Every on-demand service app needs to be built with a secure payment system to help customers make payment for the service directly via their smartphone. Thus, make sure your app integrate with such online payment feature too to help the rides pay instantly via mobile wallets or credit/debit cards.
Need to build one app today for your share car services? Consider these essential aspects and get partnered with some trusted app development company to have a user-friendly app built just for your business. Envertis is one of the best companies in Australia developing creative and business-driven applications for businesses targeting Android or iOS platform. So, we will assist you to get a mobile solution sooner for your cab services.
