The price is fixed before you book
Fares are calculated on our servers from distance, duration, vehicle type and any surcharges, then shown as one number. No meter, no surge surprise at the door.
Feature listing
Everything the platform does
Oye.cab is one system with four front doors: a rider app, a driver app, an operator console for taxi companies with their own fleet, and a business portal for invoiced accounts. Below is the full list, grouped by who uses it.
The short version
Six things that shape every trip
Watch the car come to you
Once a driver accepts, their position updates live on your map, and the trip status moves with them: heading to pickup, arrived, on the way, completed.
Get in the right car
Every trip has a personal PIN. The driver cannot start the trip until the code matches, so you always know the car at the kerb is the one you booked.
Message without swapping numbers
In-app chat is scoped to the trip, so you can say "I'm at the side entrance" without giving out a phone number. Messages are cleared on a retention schedule.
Pay by card or cash
Card payments run through Stripe; cash is available where the region allows it. Business accounts skip payment at booking and settle on a monthly invoice.
Share the trip, not your login
Send a read-only link and whoever you send it to can follow the route and the arrival, without an account and without seeing anything else.
For riders
Booking a taxi should be a decision you make once, at a price you already know.
Fixed-fare quote up front
Distance, duration, vehicle type and surcharges are priced server-side and returned as one total before you confirm.
Vehicle classes
Pick the vehicle category that fits the trip; each class carries its own multiplier in the quote you see.
Passenger requirements
Flag needs such as extra assistance or additional luggage and the quote is itemised with the matching surcharges.
Book as a guest
One-off booking without creating an account, with the same fixed fare and tracking.
Fixed routes
Common point-to-point routes inside a service region are offered at a set price per region.
Day hire reservations
Reserve a vehicle and driver for a block of time instead of a single ride; the driver approves, then you pay and confirm.
Live driver location
The assigned driver's position and the route to you update in real time.
Trip PIN
A personal code that must match before the trip can be started.
In-app trip chat
Message your driver inside the trip. No phone numbers exchanged, retained only as long as the policy allows.
Shareable trip link
A read-only page for anyone you send it to, scoped by token and limited to that trip.
Promo codes and referrals
Discounts apply to standard rides, fixed-route bookings, guest bookings and reservations.
Card or cash
Stripe checkout for card, or cash where the service region permits it.
Receipts for every trip
An itemised receipt with the amount charged, generated after the trip closes.
Ride and email notifications
Booking, acceptance, arrival and completion arrive by email and push notification.
Ratings and reviews
Rate the trip afterwards; ratings feed back into driver standing on the platform.
Dispute a charge
Raise a dispute against a trip or receipt and have support review it, with refunds handled through the payment provider.
For drivers
Take the rides you want, when you want them, and see what you earned.
Open ride marketplace
Browse rides waiting in your region and accept the ones that fit your day.
Guided onboarding
Step-by-step setup that shows exactly what is still missing before you can accept work.
Document verification
Upload licence, insurance and vehicle papers; requirements follow the rules of your service region.
Agenda scheduling
Publish when you are available so work lands in the hours you actually drive.
Day hire listings
List your vehicle and yourself for day hire and approve or decline each reservation request.
Trip control
Move the trip through arrival, PIN-verified start and completion from your phone.
Payout history
Every completed trip, what the platform took and what was paid out, in one ledger.
Push notifications
New rides in your region and reservation requests reach you without keeping the app open.
Multi-device sign-in
Session handling built for drivers who switch between a phone and a tablet in the car.
For business accounts
Move staff and clients without handing out a company card.
No card at booking
Approved business accounts book straight through; the ride opens for drivers without a payment step.
Consolidated monthly invoice
All rides for the period on one invoice instead of a receipt per trip.
Bulk invoice generation
Invoices are produced in bulk for the billing period and delivered as PDF.
Approval gate
A company is reviewed and approved before invoiced billing is switched on.
Per-trip breakdown
Each invoice line ties back to a trip, its route and its fare, so cost centres can be reconciled.
Business portal
A dedicated portal for booking, trip history and invoices, separate from the rider app.
For taxi operators
Bring your own fleet and keep dispatch, drivers and paperwork in one place.
Operator console
A dashboard scoped to your company: your rides, your drivers, your vehicles.
Driver invitations
Invite drivers to join your fleet and track invitations from sent to accepted.
Driver portal
Drivers attached to your company get their own portal for jobs, documents and agenda.
Dispatch and assignment
Assign incoming work to a specific driver instead of leaving it to the open marketplace.
Company documents
Store and renew operator-level licences and insurance with expiry tracking.
Region-scoped operations
Everything an operator sees and does is limited to the service regions they are approved for.
Platform and safety
The machinery underneath every booking.
Service areas and sub-regions
Bookings are validated against geofenced areas, so a ride cannot be created outside the zone that can serve it.
Per-region controls
Payment methods, currencies and features are switched on region by region rather than globally.
Regional pricing
Each region carries its own pricing configuration, with a global fallback.
Live currency conversion
Amounts are converted with refreshed exchange rates for display outside the home currency.
Real-time updates
Ride, trip and location changes are pushed over persistent connections to riders, drivers and dashboards.
Fees and refunds
Cancellation and no-show fees are applied by a fee engine, with refunds issued through the payment provider.
Abuse protection
Rate limiting, account lockout and authenticated real-time connections guard the booking paths.
Support and disputes
A support desk with its own permissions handles disputes, refunds and account issues.
Automatic clean-up
Stale rides are closed and unpaid reservations expire on their own instead of hanging in the system.
Where the numbers come from
Why the app never invents a price
Every fare, distance and duration on Oye.cab is calculated on our servers and sent to the app as a finished figure. The app renders it; it does not compute it. That is a deliberate design rule, and it is what makes a quote binding rather than an estimate that shifts between devices.
The same rule covers receipts and payouts: what a rider is charged and what a driver is paid are derived once, stored, and shown identically in the rider app, the driver app, the operator console and the invoice.
What that means in practice
- Two phones looking at the same trip always show the same amount.
- A quote does not drift while you decide.
- Disputes are argued against one stored record, not two conflicting calculations.
- Regional pricing and currency conversion are applied in one place.
Want a feature that isn't on this list?
Tell us what your riders, drivers or dispatchers are missing. Email contact@oye.cab — feature requests from operators running real fleets carry the most weight.