Ride-Hailing App Development
Taxi and ride-hailing apps like Uber: a passenger app, a driver app, and an admin panel on one real-time backend. We have shipped this stack before - iTaxi MX is live in Mexico on the App Store and Google Play - so your platform starts from proven architecture, not a blank page.
From $30k
Starting Price
6–10 Weeks
Core MVP
Rider + Driver + Admin
Deliverables
iOS + Android
Platforms
Every app a ride-hailing platform needs
A ride-hailing business runs on three products that have to stay in sync. We build all of them on one backend, so a booking, a driver's location, and a payment are the same record everywhere.
Riders book, see the fare before they confirm, watch their driver arrive on the map, and pay without cash.
- Fare estimates before booking
- Live driver tracking
- Wallet & card payments
Drivers manage requests, navigation, and earnings from one app, so a shift needs no manual coordination.
- Ride request management
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Earnings & payout tracking
Your operations team runs the market without touching the code - approvals, bookings, payments, and disputes in one place.
- Driver verification & approvals
- Booking & payment oversight
- Dispute resolution & analytics
Socket-based tracking and status updates, plus payment gateways chosen for your market instead of a single-gateway assumption.
- Live updates over sockets
- Global & Gulf payment gateways
- Push notifications & in-app chat
From idea to live rides, step by step
You approve a written scope before we build, then see working software every Friday until launch.
We map your market, the rider and driver flows, the fare model, and the payment gateways your customers actually use.
Figma designs for the passenger app, driver app, and admin panel, with booking and ride-matching flows you can click through.
Flutter passenger and driver apps on a Node.js backend: accounts, booking, ride matching, and fares - demoed every Friday.
Live tracking and in-app chat over sockets, Google Maps, push notifications, the in-app wallet, and your payment gateways.
Admin dashboard, driver verification, dispute handling, multi-language support, and security hardening.
Device and location testing, App Store and Google Play submission, then 45 days of free post-launch support.
Ride-hailing we have already shipped
iTaxi MX runs a passenger app, a driver app, and an admin panel on one backend in Mexico - the same architecture your platform starts from.
Ride-Hailing App Development FAQs
A production ride-hailing MVP - passenger app, driver app, live tracking, payments, and admin - typically starts around $30K with our team. Multi-city platforms with wallets, analytics, and dispatch control cost more. You get an exact figure after a free consultation, scoped from a platform we have already shipped rather than from guesses.
The core MVP - passenger app, driver app, live tracking, payments, and admin - takes 6–10 weeks. A complete ecosystem like iTaxi MX, with market-specific payments and full operations tooling, is a phased build over a longer engagement, with working software demoed every Friday.
No. We build custom platforms - a Flutter codebase, a Node.js backend, and a socket-based real-time layer - owned entirely by you. Clone scripts are cheaper on day one and expensive forever after: you can't change what you don't own.
Both work; they win in different markets. Algorithmic fixed fares dominate the US and Europe, while bidding models lead in much of Latin America, Africa, and South Asia. The choice shapes your matching logic and backend, so we decide it during scoping, before any code is written.
Yes. Drivers register with personal, vehicle, and bank details; each request goes to the admin panel for approval or rejection. These KYC flows are live in Fijo Taxi and Connect.
Stripe and Intercash for global markets; KNET, MyFatoorah, Tap, and UPayment for the Gulf - plus in-app wallets and driver payouts.
