How Much Does It Cost To Make An App Like Uber Or OLA

how much does it cost to develop an app like uber or ola

Those of you who live in large populated cities where parking a car is mess and city is full of never ending traffic , will always love to use taxi services . Thanks to companies like OLA and

Uber , who has started taxi booking through the convenience of mobile application wherein we need not to worry about traffic and parking space , we just have to sit back and relax and enjoy the experience of personal car without bearing the expenses of personal car ,

Therefore many business owners are running towards building a cab booking app . The app stores are flooded with the car booking apps in last few years . But you are of course reading this article in order to find out the actual cost of building a cab booking mobile application , and therefore we have to firstly understand the approaches to business process and most importantly functionality of the mobile application . Obviously the cost will all depend on the level of functionality you want to implement in your mobile application on first phase . So lets discuss some major points first !

How does the app work ?

The app can be elaborated in simple steps as :
  • User request for the car on the basis of availability and type of car required by the user . The details are automatically sent to nearest driver .
  • Driver has the option to either accept the ride or decline it .If he declines it , request will be passed to other driver .
  • Custom can track the car on real time basis and can get to know about estimated time of arrival.
  • Custom can pay either in cash or thorough cashless system as per his convenience . Another good feature is custom can estimate the total journey price well in advance .
  • Lastly after ride completion , driver is rated by customer on the basis of numerous factor .
When we are talking about the app like Uber or OLA , always keep in mind that these companies uses two different kind of apps and that is Customer app and Driver app .

Driver App Allows :

  • Editing personal profile
  • Going off duty and on duty by app . Only on duty driver will be displayed on maps .
  • Activity alert . The alert to driver if he is chosen with estimated fare .
  • Calling to passenger directly though app .
  • Generating daily/monthly reports of past booking and earnings .

Customer App Allows:

  • Manage personal information
  • Book a cab
  • Call the driver
  • Getting an estimate of ride fair
  • Track the approaching taxi
  • Automatic payment execution
  • Rating the driver

How much does it cost to build an app like Uber or OLA ?

Well is totally depends on the level of functionality as required by you and the complexity of those functionality .

Location & Coverage ( Maps , GPS , Routing )

GPS location is generally use to fetch location on real time basis , user can easily browse from the list of available car at the location nearby to him , and can locate the car with map integration . Routing server is  required for getting various distance and routes information .
The easy to book looking app for the user have more than unimaginable functionality behind the scenes .
The cost of building :
The developer usually needs 200 hours to integrate the location and routing feature .

Payments

Payment can be collected by the driver either in cash or through online wallet . User can in advance pre fill their wallet , and in order to encourage user to get their wallet refilled , companies offer certain kind of cash back and promotional discounted price . In addition to it , user can estimate the fare even before he actually start his journey . To estimate the ride fare , different company may have different criteria , but following in general it will be usually calculated on the basis of Base fare , together with cost per kilometre , cost per minute .
The cost of building :
Payment gateway integration is tedious job . Usually most payment gateways gets integrated within 50 hours and getting fare estimate required 40 hours totalling to 90 hours .

Registration & Profiles

Most mobile apps required pre sign up even before they start using the mobile app . Signing up may be either from phone number , social media or email as per the requirement , and shooting the sign up email or notification on sms will also be the part of it . Lastly review and rating will also be done by customer and driver .
The cost of building :
To implement registration and profiles , developers usually need 30 hours .
 


Communication & Notification

To ensure privacy of the user and in order to provide regular updates to user , push notification in app , sms and email shooting to user has been introduced by the cab booking companies to ensure customer convenience . The passenger is able to communicate with the driver as soon as he accept the rides without even asking the phone number .
The cost of building :
Integration of push notification required 40 hours , and sms and email integration requires additional 50 hours , to the total of 90 hours .

Design

In order to make your app a huge success , a good designing is the only key , with ensures smooth interaction with the user .
The cost of building :
Designing can take between 72 hours to 180 hours which ranges from a simple design to eye catchy one . LEt’s consider an average of 100 hours for average app building .
  • Wire framing with take 28 hours
  • User interface will take 45 hours
  • User experience will take 27 hours
Our cost starts from $ 40 per hour and hence an app like Ola or Uber can be build within $ 25000 , depending on the requirement .
There are few more things which need to be consider while having an app idea of creating an app like Uber or Ola . You must ensure all the functionality as required by you before handing the project to an mobile app development company that is developing an app for you . Contact us now for more information .

Things to consider before choosing an iPhone app development company

iPhone-App-Development

The IPhone app development market is growing rapidly with each passing day due to increase in demands of users and presence of iOS app development tools. These mobile apps are going to generate huge revenues in the future. There are around 2 million iOS apps on the app store. This shows the demand of iOS app developers. But before choosing an iPhone app development, it is necessary to look into some factors before making any decision.

Agility

With so many apps already available, if you an awesome idea regarding iOS app, you shouldn’t wait in choosing an iPhone app development company. It may happen that if you wait for building an app, then that idea may click in someone else mind. His app will be created first which will result in your financial loss.

Analyse the iPhone app development company

When you give your IOS app project to the development company, they will propose a price for building you app. You have to make sure that they are asking relevant questions regarding you app. If they are not asking relevant questions, then it means that they have not gone through your project. It does not matter how much they offer for your app, if they are not asking valid questions, then it means that this is not a good iPhone app development company for you!

Analyse company’s reviews

Whenever the project gets completed, clients give reviews about the app development company. Do a proper research about the reviews and rating which will give you detailed analysis about the company. While doing research, not only focus on the end product but give proper attention on what the customer have to say about their services and support.

Timeline and cost

Make sure that the app development company builds your app within the given time frame. Ensure that in completing the project within the deadline, the quality of the app is not decreased. The company should be building your project at a decent cost. The iPhone app development company must complete all the requirements in the desired time frame at the lower cost.

Supports all platforms

Another big thing is that your selected iPhone development company works on all the platforms. In today’s times, mobile apps are generally launched for both platforms that is android and iOS. So make sure that the selected company have enough experience of other platforms as well because if you have to launch you app in other technologies, then they can easily build it for you.

Outsourcing

It is very common that the small companies do not have knowledge of every technology. So they may outsource your work like testing and designing to external company. Make sure that the company is trustworthy because you are outsourcing your precious information to third party.

After researching about above points, you should check the portfolio of the company, what projects they have completed and in how much time. Only after considering all these points, an iOS app development company must be chosen.  

AVOID THESE MISTAKES WHILE DESIGNING YOUR APP

There has been a sharp rise in the app development industry. Due to this very reason, the number of jobs in the IT industry keeps on augmenting. But… what it takes to design an app, let’s find out!

According to recent studies, there are millions of applications worldwide and the number keeps on growing with each passing day. Not all the apps make it through the success benchmark and lot of apps fail due to poor app design. Here we will be explaining the mistakes that you must avoid while designing your app.

Finding out the errors in the development phase is an easy task. We can just allow users to test the applications and according to the results, errors can be corrected. However, if we ignore the errors in the testing phase, then it becomes really difficult to test the application.

There is always a trail left behind…

 

With this entire app development process on the rise, even the most experienced developers will leave an error. No matter how good they are, they will always leave an error behind. This error will negatively impact the brand image. The worst part is that the error may be so minute that we may not be able to detect it. But  it will seriously impact the app performance .

We have made a list of the most commonly occurring errors in the designing of the app. This will assist the designers and developers to do designing and development respectively very efficiently. This list goes on as follows:

  • Ignoring the flow of application

It is very essential that the application must have a proper workflow and it must be convenient for the users to use. It will be huge mistake if you don’t think about the flow of the app before designing. It may make the users confused about how to reach a certain feature of the app. It may also happen that something comes up after the beginning of designing which you ignored due to which you will have to undo previous work. So it is important to keep in mind about the proper flow of app.

  • Designing the app for all the platforms at the same time

Both android and iOS are completely different from each other. Investing money on both the apps together is not a good idea because if your app fails, then you will have to suffer losses on both platforms. However if you  prefer to design your app only for one specific platform, then you can get a brief overview to see the reviews of all the people. So even if you design fails, you can improve the design on other platform. This will save lot of money

  • Expecting users to use the services without offering anything

This is foolish and one of the biggest mistake that app designers make. If you don’t provide anything then asking for registration from the users is not a preferred step as the users will not waste their time to register. However if you are providing something, then you would have to show the consumer what you are providing before asking them to subscribe. You can do this be providing screenshots and description on the app store page.

  • Ignoring the importance of on-boarding

On-boarding is the first step when users use the app after downloading. First impression is everything. If you are not able to produce a good impression for your app, then no one is going to use it. Explain the whole process of how to use the app to the users. Make proper slides or animation explaining each and every detail.

  • Not giving importance to the UX of the app

A great design is very necessary for attracting the user. If you don’t have a great layout design of the app, then you will have difficulties in bringing more downloads of your app. So make sure that your app has a great design.

  • Too many features

Make sure that your app does not incorporate too many features as it will make the user confused about the different features of the app. Start with the basic design and then gradually add the features which will compel the users to use the app.

  • Having different design layouts

Too many layouts of design in the same app can confuse the user. It feels as if the app design is not standard and makes it very ordinary which will give a bad image of the app

  • Doing beta testing by yourself

As the alpha testing is done by the developers and designers themselves, the beat testing must be done by someone who has  no knowledge of the app. This is because we have to get both perspective of the app, those who use the app and those who don’t use the app.

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