Now book taxi on mobile!

Gapps Softwares has brought onto mobile platforms India's first app which can be used for real-time taxi booking, and also tweaked for fleet management purposes. The Pune-based company has developed a real-time system using which customers can book cabs on-the-go, drivers can increase their profits exponentially and fleet owners can manage their fleet of cabs or other vehicles in peace. This platform also makes the dependency on complex cab aggregators redundant.

Truly mobile that the platform is, it has been made available on all mobile devices, android, iPhones, iPads and even a Website for no cost. Gapps says that though this robust and flexible platform can be used by all kinds of parties (individuals, groups), it is targeted towards SMEs and comes at a very cheap price for them overall.

"We are able to provide both kind of solutions, for fleet management and also for end users and single cab drivers," says Pradeep Singh, founder and CEO, Gapps. Customers can download the taxi application on their mobile devices and request pickups via single-button press. While this request goes to the server, the subscribed drivers to this service can see customer requests and take the respective booking. "This sort of simple mobile based solution would enable drivers to increase their revenue manifolds and also reduces hassles of daily road commuters," adds Singh.

Through this mobile application, one can monitor a particular taxi or a cab, keep a tab on taxi fare, the routes and distances, find out full addresses from incomplete ones, lets passengers and drivers both plan their day accordingly

The platform is smart with integrated features like shortest and best route to the destination, fare calculator, locating a particular cab on the map through GPS (Global Positioning System). It also has advanced features such as maintenance of driver and user profile for future reference.

Though this app has many features and has great customization capabilities, it is very simple to use and saves huge amounts of time for everyone.

Since this provides a strong social media integration, users can share their feedback and talk about their experiences through the app and post them online for everyone to see.

While big cities are dominated by large cab fleet owners with their own booking systems, such a platform can be used by others who run cab services.