Parent Cab: Family Taxi Meter

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About this app

You're the family taxi. Now you've got the meter.

Tap Start as you pull away with the kids, watch the fare climb just like a real cab, and tap End trip when you arrive. Then send them a receipt they can pay in cash, chores or hugs.

A proper taxi meter
• A pick-up charge, a rate per mile and waiting time when you're stuck outside a party.
• A late-night rate after dark, worked out on your phone from where the trip starts.
• Set your own rates, or keep the sensible Standard tariff.
• Nothing to touch while you drive: one big button to start, one to end.
• The fare stays in your notifications and on the lock screen while the phone's in your pocket.

Receipts they'll actually read
• A cheeky receipt for every trip: from Newbury to Thatcham, 5.2 miles, £13.20.
• Pay in money, or turn the fare into chores from your own price list: bins out, the dishwasher, washing the car.
• Hugs are always accepted as a tip.
• Share it to the family chat in a tap. Receipts show the town, never your street.

A running tab for each child
• See who owes what, this week, this month and this year.
• Settle up however suits: paid, paid in chores, paid in hugs, or let off.
• Split trips between siblings automatically.

Your month in the cab
• A shareable card of your month: miles, hours behind the wheel, trips and your top passenger.
• True comparisons: "That's a whole lap of the M25."

Parent Cab Plus: optional, one payment
Everything above is free for good. Plus is a one-off unlock, not a subscription, for parents who want a bit more:
• Cheeky extras: No one said thank you, the party pickup fee, the weekend rate, and a discount for playing your own music.
• Your own charges: muddy boots fee, anyone?
• Posher tariffs: London Black Cab and Premium Chauffeur.
• Receipt styles: vintage ticket, black cab and neon.
• Your year in the cab: your whole year as a story to share.

Phones, tablets and foldables
• Turn a tablet or an unfolded phone on its side and the meter and the map sit side by side.

Private by design
• No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, no subscriptions, no analytics, no tracking.
• Trips live on your phone and are backed up to your own Google account with Android's backup, so they come back on a new phone. We can't see them.
• Location is only used while the meter is running.
• Children are a first name and an emoji. Nothing else.
• Export every trip, or delete everything, whenever you like.

Made by a parent who has driven a lot of miles. Affectionate, a bit cheeky, never a guilt trip.

What’s new

Parent Cab arrives on Android. Start the meter as you pull away, watch the fare climb, and send them a receipt payable in cash, chores or hugs.

Every child gets a running tab, every month gets a shareable card, and Parent Cab Plus is there if you'd like extra charges, posher tariffs, receipt styles and your year in the cab. One payment, no subscription.