k.ride driver

Kakao Mobility Corp.

About this app

k.ride driver helps you focus on driving and earn higher profits. Maximize your driving efficiency and income with k.ride driver today!
(*As of August 2025, this service is available only to drivers of select partner companies in the Guam region. Service areas and and partners will continuously expand.)

■ Easily manage your driving records
Check your scheduled rides before work and review your driving history from the past month at a glance. This helps you plan your routes efficiently.

■ Explore On-demand and Scheduled rides on one screen
Confirm and browse on-demand and scheduled ride requests at once without wasting time.

■ Quickly and Accurately Confirm eservation Requests
Confirm reservation requests with easily viewable and organized reservation information.

■ Communicate with passengers without language barriers
Use the real-time message translation feature to talk with passengers across language barriers.

※ Permissions required for k.ride driver
To ensure smooth operation, k.ride driver requires the following access permissions. You cannot use the service if you don't grant these permissions.

Location: Essential for receiving on-demand ride requests from nearby passengers based on your current location and displaying your vehicle's position on the in-app map.
Background Location: Essential for uninterrupted service features (like dispatching on-demand ride requests from nearby passengers, calculating distances) even when you're using other apps while k.ride driver is active.
Notifications: Essential for receiving various necessary alerts such as scheduled ride requests, call cancellations, and messages, ensuring smooth service usage without missing updates.
Phone: Essential for importing your mobile phone number for authentication when using k.ride driver, and for making calls to passengers.
Camera: Essential for taking photos to register your profile or for taking photos during chats with passengers.
Photos/Storage Space: Essential for importing photos to register your profile or for sending photos during chats with passengers.
Display over other apps: Essential for quickly returning to the k.ride driver app or chatting with passengers while using other apps.

You can change access permissions in your phone's Settings > Apps > k.ride driver.

What’s new

The app has been further stabilized.