Taxi Booking App Development: Ezi Ride

What the Client Wanted

Ezi Ride is a ride-hailing company for the Australia residents to get in touch with nearby Ezi riders to travel. When the client first came to Sparx IT Solutions, they had a directory app for taxi booking services.

We suggested creating an app that is inherited with every latest feature that is available in the market. There are 3 types of panel functioning under one roof: Admin, Driver & Customer. Our client wanted to offer a scalable app for each of them.

Ezi Ride is also infused with impeccable features like Fleet management, that are one of it’s kind and has made the app a pioneer in the ride-hailing industry. This ride-sharing app is an epitome while delivering solutions for everyday commuting difficulties with cost-efficient measures.

The Creation of Ezi Ride

A Pragmatic chat with our client

Ezi Ride was a step for our clients in their journey to make a mark on the market and be a pioneer in the market while introducing innovative features like Fleet management and more. After understanding their objectives and requirements Sparx IT Solutions started molding the foundations of Ezi Ride while infusing the latest market trends in the nature of the ride-hailing industry.

Layout

Sparx IT Solutions aims to make the dreams of our client’s a reality, and in order to do this, we discuss what our client expects from the project; We don’t skimp when it comes to designing your website. While working on the layout for Ezi Ride, we jot down what was required form the client when drafting wireframing for the application.

The visual design for the mobile app was created keeping in mind that the target audience won’t have to hassle while using the app. The home page consists of a map location. We have integrated easy payment methods along with easy transaction procedures with a user-friendly interface. Our goal was to give visitors a real-time “Ezi ride-hailing” experience. Our prototype was made so that the customers won’t get baffled and get assistance for their conveyance requirements. With a simple and cinch option menu, we have made separate pages for each one of them. This offers smooth and scalable functionality to its users. We have a different layout for user (traveler), driver, admin.

The Process of Elevation:

From Vision to Design Crafting appealing UI Designs

After our team finalized the layout of Ezi Ride, it was time for our designer to show-off their craftsmanship for the project. The work for our designers speaks for itself, through artistry; and they started working on the site map and wireframe.

Since the goal was to create a scalable user-friendly ride-hailing application, keeping in mind to provide optimum graphical detailing with graphical map siting and more; we crafted our design based on material design for Android OS and followed iOS-based design themes. Each structure was definitely independent to each platform. Our innovative UI designers crafted a design structure that had authentic integrity and adaptivity. Sparx IT Solutions gave prominent app features to the users, who want to travel with ease and comfort

The Process of Elevation

From Vision to Design Crafting appealing UI Designs

Unfurling a Sail Through Colors

Our team brainstormed and put together the core elements that were required from Ezi Ride. Our designers wanted to play with the power of colors to visually decipher the data. While creating a logo for the app, we choose to go with ligatures aesthetics with an infusion of the gradient of primary colors.

Our professionals understand the direct impact of colors to visitors of the app, hence they crafted logos with gradients from yellow to the bold red while following the triacid color wheel. With this amalgamation, the visitors will leverage a vibrant visually impactful theme with the app. It includes-upgrade all the advantages of robust iconography with a high contrasting gradient.

The idea behind choosing this combination of primary colors as they are quite expressive and utilizes the trends effectively. They offer a refined feel and embrace all elements with a hint of vibrancy. The yellow to orange change indicates adventure and communicates cheerfulness & joy sync in one. The energetic color would grab the attention of app visitors and enhance their app experience of booking a ride for their journey.

Displaying with Typography It’s More
Science Than Art

We knew that everybody needs transportation to commute, daily. It is possible that many users would use Ezi Ride almost every day. Therefore, our designers wanted to offer ease of reading to its users and picked Sawarabi gothic font from the Japanese font families.

A look-alike to sans-serif. We wanted to display our text with causality induced with style and legibility. It is great to use for corporate as well as editorial. The gothic font we used is integrated with many of its features as well, for instance, easier to read on-screen.

Sawarabi Gothic

Bold A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Regular a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Regular (Number) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

Technology We Wielded

When Sparx IT Solutions got the project for Ezi Ride, we knew that this would be an exigent project which would demand accuracy with multiple options in-built in it. We aimed to develop an app while following the agile method to build it.

We choose a material design for front-end development to ensure flat design with an infusion of subtle skeuomorphism which would help to attain more intuitive design for its users. It offers innovative designs with a sense of technology and science in sync. Our developers wanted to leave no stone unturned for giving Ezi Ride a perfect touch to its interface as well as functioning.

Therefore; they choose Swift 3.0 and Core JAVA for iOS and Android respectively, as development languages. The database is best served on MySQL, which our professionals had chosen.

A Quest of Challenges We Surfaced

When Sparx IT Solutions got the project for Ezi Ride, we had spectated many challenges in the initial phase. The owners wanted to go BIG with their idea, just didn’t know how! Our team suggested a ride-hailing app since it is a beneficial option for the business. We had put down a list of features on the table and measures to execute & enhance the application according to the market trends and target audience.

They wanted to include a fleet management system in their ride-hailing application, in which a user can rent a car, to be used by other drivers. We had to create a list of cars available for the users to select while riding with our app. The addition of Another essential feature was a commission to the user.

Solutions We Hunted

How did we create a settled solution for Fleet management?

TWe had a profound discussion with our client, explaining the precise functioning of a fleet feature. We created a separate interface for the fleet management program in which we have given access to the user to login with multiple services (van or different cars) at the same time. Everything would flow through the Admin, amidst the procedure. The driver assigned to the car would also be operated by the admin.

How does the commission feature work?

The commission feature is a collection of earned points by the user when sharing the information about Ezi Ride with a potential customer. Once the new user would have successfully ridden with our drivers, the commission would be granted by the host

How did we come up with the procedure of Feedback and rating?

Once the user has completed their ride with Ezi Ride, they will be asked about their experience. They can rate the driver according to their experience and share in-depth feedback. This insight will help us to get to know the problems and work for the better version of the app.