Cost to Build Taxi Booking App Like Uber in iOS and Android

1. How much cost needed to make a taxi application like Uber? Now-a-days, people have got everything in their fingers – whether they want medical assistance or to order a meal, things are just few clicks away! Having these facilities, they also reckon to hire taxi services through their phones. Uber was the first one who marched towards platform-based travel amenities. Uber has changed the way of commute of office goers, tourists and students to reach their destination. Being a role model, Uber has stimulated thousands of young entrepreneurs to keep an eye on it. Want your taxi business to be the Next Uber? Everyone wants reckless results and to be the next Uber or successful start-up. It’s easy to recognize because everyone knows how much does Uber cost as a business - $50 million! Many have turned out to be blind by such achievement and susceptible to think, if they have a good idea and develop mobile apps, and $1m offers will be offered everywhere. To reach services like Uber, you should give up this type of thinking. Business is just not lies in the app, it is about the service that it provides. Every business needs tactical planning, modeling and value.

2. Uber like app development Before developing a taxi app like Uber, first thing you have to research is cost estimation and other expenses that usually vary according to the type and features. Development starts with creating two interfaces. One for the driver and another for passengers so that tracking and communication would be smooth. Map, GPS & Route GPS and routes are the vital features for any taxi app as they are liable for tracing the location of passenger and traffic condition on the routes to reach the destination. The feature is equally useful for the passengers and drivers through which they can track one another. We suggest Apple and Google maps for Android and iOS platforms. Routing server, maps and geolocation are needed to lay the course and count the duration of the ride. Registration and matching system

3. Uber like taxi app offers their users several registration techniques and ask their phone number. However, drivers have to go through the more complicated procedure. Drivers have to go to the office and submit their documents to complete registration. Matching system enables customers to find the drivers and permits the driver to accept the orders. Matching system will consider the distance between the driver and potential client and check the driver’s status (“Available” or “Busy”). Time taken for making app in iOS is 40-45 hours, and for android 36 hours. Backend time taken is around 20 hours. Payment modes It saves a ton of time and delivers your application to a brand level of unusability. Uber has associated with Braintree for payment gateway. Making Uber like app means we have to use same gateway. Several alternatives like World Pay, Stripe and Payza can be used to made secure payments. Split payments also an enhanced feature when the passenger is not able to pay from his balance. Back-end development for developing this secured feature would take 3240 hours. Cars and Driver’s details Since people always want to know what type of car, and who is going to pick up them, the Uber like app has the feature that will give all these details to the traveler. It is crucial factor to ensure satisfactory service. When building MVP, push notification is enough to set the connection between demand and supply. Google cloud messaging service is the best one for Android platforms. Communication SMS and push notifications are easy to develop and SMS is always reliable.

4. Taxi app should must have the feature to notify passengers that the taxi is arrived. SMS feature is the good way to keep in touch with the driver. To implement SMS sending feature, Uber integrating with 3rd party telco. Uber is using Twilio. We are making a clone of Uber, so we can use some other providers like Plivo, Nexmo, Sinch, Bandwidth, and KAP system. Fare Calculator Should the passenger pay? May wonder how the pay is calculated before the ride? To develop this awesome feature, we need to spend 24 hours for back-end development and 50 hours for front-end development. Rating Without rating, user feedback wouldn’t be measured. User rating plays huge role in taxi app. Rating enables drivers to perform well in their service. Time taken for the development: iOS – 35 hours, Android – 38h and back-end – 20 hours. Ride History Unforgotten feature which used to review the trips you’ve travelled so far. Effort hours: iOS – 40-45 hours, Android – 35-40 hours, Back-end: 20-28 hrs

5. To go with the Taxi booking App To estimate the project and to hire taxi app developer’s team, you need to clarify some details first: 1. Business model like Uber 2. Stakeholders 3. Platforms and Desirable features Don’t hunt the features and sophisticated technology solutions. Like you, we are also likely to create the solution that will apt your desires and accomplish your business goals. That is why we recommend building MVP first that can save up to 20% costs and time.

6. Let’s compute Let’s estimate the cost to develop app like Uber. To start with, MVP is the best solution to enter into market. Instead of going with the hybrid development, we always suggest to go with native development as it has high capacity and reliability. Time frame for developing Uber-like app is 150 hours for design, 250+ hours for development, and 300+ hours for back-end and APIs. MVP Uber cost might be around $15,000 -$ 25,000 or it may grow up to $50,000 based on the features. Having an idea of developing an app like Uber, we will offer you rich familiarity in logistics field and geolocation.