The transportation industry is always on the go, moving across different geographical areas. Their nature of work is mobile. Recent advancements in mobile technologies in app development enable these companies to create custom solutions to meet their specific requirements. And recently, transport services apps have flooded the various app stores, thanks to advanced technology.  Apps are now causing these taxi services easily accessible in Kenya. These taxi apps have improved in terms of the functionality of the taxi industry in Kenya. Some features that give taxi apps superiority in Kenya include; seamless ordering and payment process, easy functionality, and customer guarantees. With the help of the mobile application, the online taxi business in Kenya has gained in popularity, and they are now virtually everywhere.

Nowadays, transportation companies can operate a successful and efficient organization with the help of a mobile application. Utilizing a mobile app for your transportation industry can be a great benefit to your company as well as employees as they can carry out their duties more easily and also to your customers as you can build trust which will enhance your company’s credibility. Hiring a professional mobile app development company will make your business stand out from the rest of your competitors. As well, taking a mobile app development course will help you gain skills to operate and manage apps.

Janeson App Development Company will guide you through creating a successful transportation app. however, we value the quality and functionality of our app and therefore we create the app by ensuring they have the following features;

Features of a Successful Transportation Mobile App

1. Offline Support. Although the mobile app operates mostly with internet connectivity, your company needs to be prepared for the eventual absence of the internet. If your transportation mobile app doesn’t offer offline support, it will useless at certain locations impacting the end-user and affecting the business. Including offline support in your app will also be beneficial to your employees to enter data into the app when they can, being online or not. 
2. Driver and Vehicle Tracking. The most vital thing in transportation is knowing the whereabouts of the vehicles, drivers, and cargo. You can get this right with just a click on your smartphone-enabled by technologies such as GPS, LBS, and Telematics. You can monitor the activities of your vehicles on Google Maps or other maps services and this will help to enhance work efficiency and safety of customers or cargo.
3. Driver / Job log. This mobile app feature helps to keep a daily log of the activities of drivers or employees. Help to record distance traveled, number of pickups and deliveries, and total hours of work done. This enhances a transparent work process, job accountability, and efficiency.
4. Route Planning. With GPS-enabled mobile apps, the entire transportation process is updated in real-time with map display capabilities. On a live map, you can show your entire route and assign a timeline for each route. Also through traffic updates, you can change your route to avoid any delays, save the additional cost of fuel, and increase productivity.
5. Payroll Management. This feature helps to replace the old-fashioned manual data entry with mobile timesheets. This is made possible since the mobile app can record the log-in and log-out inputs, job hours, and data entries.

Benefits of Transportation Mobile App

• Time Management. With the help of a live map in a mobile app, it provides information about traffic situation at all times which aid your employees who are on the road to take an alternative route if traffic is heavy. Hence, saving time and resources.
• Better Management. No more phone calls back and forth, also you can manage your employees well. Tracking your vehicles in real-time helps track your business progress.
• Managing Inventory. The old way of inventory was time-consuming but with a mobile app, it saves the day. This will give you more time to focus on your business.
• Less paperwork.  The mobile app reduces paperwork with digital form fills, submissions, and easy access to documents. Additional features like task scheduling, digital reports, and others can also be added to the app.
• Online Booking. When designing a mobile app, we keep in mind that people are more prone to use smartphones to complete any task, whether in business or private use. The ability to book online is a great asset for your transportation as data is easily entered into a mobile app and easily synced with your main system.
• Post-Delivery Information. In transport, drop-offs are automatically recorded in the system when clients reach their destination. This will also help in tracking the driver in case of any problem after delivery because records of when and where a client was dropped off are recorded.
• Cashless System. This will enable users to choose their most suitable payment option as per their preferences when they don’t have cash at hand.

Cost of Developing and Maintaining a Mobile App in Kenya

There is no standard for creating and maintaining a mobile app. The cost differs depending on certain factors. In Kenya cost ranges as follows; for elementary apps; sh50, 000 – sh100, 000. Standard apps; sh100, 000 – sh500, 000. Complex apps; sh500, 000 – sh5million.

The cost of a mobile application can be determined by the following factors.

• The type of software used, it could be pure HTML, PHP file, or others, the cost will differ. 
• Human resources. People working on your mobile app are key to determining the cost of your mobile app.
• Features and functionality the app will possess and in accordance with your business needs.
• The platform on which you want to run your app either on Android, iOS, determines the final cost of your mobile app.
• Need to cater to multiple devices. To reach more audiences, you develop apps that function on multiple devices. This will require more time and effort and so it will attract a high cost. 
• The time it will take to complete the app also determines the cost.

Remember, the main aim is to come up with a mobile app that will satisfy your business needs. Therefore hiring a professional app development company like Janeson will help you achieve your business objectives. If you need more information about app creation, contact us today or at +254714444045 and get valuable information that will assist you to make an informed decision.