Top 5 Popular Taxi Booking Apps

Ever imagined that booking a Cab would be as simple as pressing a tab on the mobile device. Never? But it happened when Uber  taxi rental in manali  entered the taxi industry and turned the taxi rental in manali  taxi industry upside down. The impact of Uber was such that the taxi industry failed to compete against it, and soon many cabbies who had been driving Taxi on the streets for a span of time felt the heat by the entry of Uber as their business slowed down.

Uber

Founded in San Francisco in 2009. In 2010 Uber’s app was released, and in 2011 Uber app was available for users in San Francisco in 2011. Initially, the app allowed users only to book Uber black, which cost the users 1.5x more than the normal Cab fare. Did you know that Uber was known as UberCab initially before changing its name to Uber in 2011 after Cab drivers complained about the same? It was in 2012 that Uber introduced a cheaper option of Uber X, which allowed people to use their personal vehicles as a Uber ride which was subjected to passing background checks, vehicle registration, insurance.

Ola

Ola Cabs is another popular Ride Sharing company founded in Bangalore, India, by ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd. OlaCabs acquired Bengaluru-based TaxiforSure for approximately $200 Million. Like Uber, OlaCabs also offers travel services from economy to luxurious travel.

 Lyft

Lyft was launched in the summer of 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer as a service of Zimride, which they founded a long time ago in 2007. the concept was pretty simple, ride sharing to travel at less cost. In August 2020, Lyft partnered with rental car company Sixt to allow users to rent a car using their Rental Car tabs in the app. Lyft’s US market share is 29%, as per Statista. Lyft app also has some top-notch features for Rider Safety, such as requesting emergency assistance, User’s Data Protection, Trip Sharing, Ride matching, etc.

 Didi

Didi formerly known as Didi Dache was founded by Cheng Wei, who worked in Alibaba’s Sales and Alipay divisions. The company is headquartered in Beijing. Didi offers ride-sharing services, private car-hailing services, on-demand delivery services, automobile sales and leasing services, fleet operation etc. According to Statista, Didi was a leading ride-hailing operator after Uber, with a market share of 32.4% in November 2019.

 Easy Taxi

Easy Taxi was founded by Tallis Gomes and Daniel Cohen in 2011 in Brazil. According to one of the founders, Cohen, it was during one of the start-up events that he faced issues due to the inefficiency of taxi systems, and it forced him to find a solution which was Easy Taxi. Easy Taxi is available in 90 cities across Latin America and Europe, including other countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain and Uruguay. Easy Taxi is now a Cabify app. It is available to download on IOS and Android.