Orahi : Leader Of Carpooling In India

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Orahi’s app is most friendly and conversational carpool app. Not only does it offer all the great features a carpooling app should, including extended preferences and online payment options, but it also lets user chat with other friends who are using the service. User get the choose who he/she ride with, making user trip more enjoyable by pairing up with trusted friends. Orahi also has a “Panic Mode” button on its app; when pressed, this button alerts three other contacts to user's location if user feel unsafe. Female-only rides can be set up by selecting preferences for these groups on the user’s profile. Orahi also offers first time users a free ride to try out their services. Payments are made using an exchange of “green tokens” that users purchase online. If a customer wishes to make a withdrawal from their balance, each token will be refunded for the full purchase price, and there’s no minimum amount that must be accrued before withdrawal. Orahi is available on both iOS and Android.

Taxi For Sure : Indian Alternative Of Uber

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TaxiForSure.com is a taxi aggregator company based in Bangalore, India. It provides facility to book a cab through calling, through their website or through their mobile application.

                 Taxiforsure.com is run by Serendipity Infolabs, which was started in June 2011 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Raghunandan G. The company started providing its services in Bangalore in 2011 and expanded to Chennai and Delhi in 2013 after generating a positive revenue in Bangalore. In 2013, the company launched its mobile application for iOS and Android platforms and also allowed the booking of cabs through Twitter. It tied up with Goibibo in October, 2013 to offer airport services to its customers in Bangalore and Delhi. The company soon expanded its operations to Ahmedabad, Hyderabad,Baroda, Surat, Pune, Mysore, Udaipur and Rajkot in 2014.

                    It also provides the option to hire luxury vehicles. Recently, TFS has also started providing auto-rickshaws on call through their app. Ola acquired TaxiForSure for $200 million in a cash and equity deal on 2 March 2015.The founders assumed an advisory role after the acquisition to help in the transition and left the company on 16th April 2015.The company continues to operate as a separate entity with the CEO Arvind Singhal heading the company. In August 2015, 4 out of 36 cities were Taxi For Sure had services, merged with Ola.

Uber App : World Leader In App Based Taxies

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Uber Technologies Inc. (stylized as U B E R) is an American international transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company develops, markets and operates the Uber mobile app, which allows consumers with smartphones to submit a trip request which is then routed to Uber drivers who use their own cars. By May 28, 2015, the service was available in 58 countries and 300 cities worldwide.

                      Uber was founded as "UberCab" by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp in 2009 and the app was released the following June. Beginning in 2012, Uber expanded internationally. In 2014, it experimented with carpooling features and made other updates.