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Updated September 2026

Dubai Metro Ride & Remind is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 6+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

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Dubai Bus on Demand by Via Transportation, Inc.

Bus on Demand Transport Dubai
Strong Contender
✈️ Travel
4.7(34 ratings)
Free
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This app offers an affordable and efficient way to travel within Dubai's major zones. Book a shared ride, and a smart algorithm will match you with a premium vehicle that picks you up at a convenient spot and drops you near your destination. Track your ride in real-time and enjoy a seamless travel experience.

5.0😞(5 ratings)
Free
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This app offers a premium yet affordable transportation service in Dubai, utilizing an advanced German platform for efficient and sustainable travel. It provides on-demand rides, real-time tracking, and digital payment options for a seamless commuting experience.

What We Love

  • ⭐️ Good drivers and driving skills
  • 💰 Cheap prices
  • 👍 Easy to use app
  • ✨ Smooth and comfortable rides
  • 💯 Respectful and kind drivers
  • 🧼 Clean and well-maintained vehicles
  • 💖 Amazing drivers
  • ✅ Convenient service
  • 👍 Good service
  • 💯 Reliable and comfortable
  • 💯 Amazing service

Room to Improve

  • ❌ Unreliable service
  • ⏳ Long waiting times for rides
  • 🚫 Rides are always fully booked
  • 👎 Poor customer service
  • 💸 Subscription plans are a waste of money
  • misinformation
  • 😩 Frustrating experience
  • 😠 Rude drivers
  • ❌ No refunds
  • ⚠️ Fake promises from customer service
  • 🚖 Inefficient routing
  • 😠 Careless and shameless customer service
  • 📍 Incorrect pickup locations
  • ⏰ Delayed service
  • 🚫 Not recommended
  • 😞 Disappointing experience
  • 👎 Bad management and system
  • ❌ Very bad customer service
  • 😩 Suffering daily with long waits
  • 🤦‍♂️ Broken system
  • 😠 Unprofessional customer support
  • 😡 Worst timings and no prompt response
  • 🤡 Making fools only
  • 📉 Bad service, poor routing technology
  • 💔 Pity way of cheating (subscription)
  • ⚠️ Misleading people
  • 👎 Utter scam
  • ❌ Cannot trust the service
  • 😭 Extremely disappointed
  • 😩 Wasted time, money, and energy
  • 📍 App shows fake locations
  • ⏳ Pick up time keeps changing
  • ❌ Driver didn't show up
  • 😠 Driver was extremely rude
  • 📞 No answer from customer care
  • 🙅‍♀️ Zero accountability
  • 😭 Nightmare to book a shuttle
  • 😥 Cancellations by the service
  • ⚠️ Needs significant improvements
  • ❌ Not worth the monthly pass
  • ⏳ Long delays for rides
  • 😠 Rude and careless customer service
  • 👎 Poor service
  • ❌ Don't bother using
  • 😩 Very difficult to contact
  • 🤷‍♀️ No one picking up the phone
  • 😭 Very bad experience
  • 😠 Bad customer care
  • ❌ Very unbalanced application
  • 😩 Cannot use for urgent matters
  • 😭 Very bad service
  • 😩 Waiting too much time
  • 😭 Worst service ever
  • 😠 Pathetic service
  • 😭 Complete scam
  • 😩 2-hour wait for a ride
  • 😭 Useless customer service
  • 😭 Stringing people along
  • 😭 Waste of money
  • 😭 Fully booked
  • 😭 Not meeting demand
  • 😭 Takes hours to book a ride
  • 😭 Not guaranteed
  • 😭 Scam app
  • 😭 Wallet refill and then fully booked
  • 😭 App shows available but not
  • 😭 Late pickups
  • 😭 Not showing tracking correctly
  • 😭 Late updates
  • 😭 Didn't provide properly
  • 😭 Subscription is a waste of money
  • 😭 Never came on time
  • 😭 Evening times showing fully booked
  • 😭 Never book
  • 😭 Pay for this
  • 😭 No real time
  • 😭 App shows will reach in 1 min but delaying
  • 😭 Don't bother with subscription
  • 😭 Always fully booked
  • 😭 Complete scam
  • 😭 2-hour wait
  • 😭 Useless customer service
  • 😭 Stringing people along
  • 😭 Don't subscribe
  • 😭 Always fully booked
  • 😭 Ended up spending more
  • 😭 Poor and very unbalanced application
  • 😭 Customer care
  • 😭 No one to take subscription
  • 😭 Concern team will never provide proper resolution
  • 😭 Every day when you try to book, it shows fully booked
  • 😭 No supervisor will call
  • 😭 Only agent with improper knowledge
  • 😭 Really bad experience
  • 😭 Don't take the subscription
  • 😭 Worst service I have ever seen
  • 😭 2-3 hours to search for bus
  • 😭 Even though we don't find the bus, always showing full
  • 😭 Asking us to take weekly and monthly package but no use
  • 😭 They just take our money
  • 😭 No service or no refund
  • 😭 Long time to come
  • 😭 Waiting for the car for almost 2 hours
  • 😭 Very bad service
  • 😭 App does not reflect real time traffic and update
  • 😭 Purchased 1 week subscription, wife not able to ride any bus
  • 😭 Overbooked or due to 1 hour delay
  • 😭 App does not update about delay
  • 😭 Share misinformation
  • 😭 Will arrive in 5 mins
  • 😭 Very bad service
  • 😭 Customer support useless
  • 😭 Keep repeating book after sometime
  • 😭 What is the point of booking after sometime if I want to travel now
  • 😭 Pathetic
  • 😭 Don't bother with their subscription
  • 😭 Cabs are always 'fully booked'
  • 😭 Complete scam
  • 😭 2-hour wait
  • 😭 Customer service? Absolutely useless
  • 😭 Stringing people along
  • 😭 Dont subscribe.
  • 😭 Its always fully booked.
  • 😭 You'll ended up spending more
  • 😭 Good Service but need some more simple options
  • 😭 Need to add an option that passenger can also see the real route
  • 😭 Only showing a direct line
  • 😭 Passenger wants to see the route should only experience it while driving
  • 😭 Booking Issue
  • 😭 Poor and very unbalanced application and customer care
  • 😭 Recommend no one to take the subscription
  • 😭 Concern team will never provide the proper resolution
  • 😭 Every day when you tried to book the ride it will shows fully booked
  • 😭 As per there policy no supervisor will call us
  • 😭 Only the agent with it proper knowledge
  • 😭 Really bad experience for me
  • 😭 Don’t take the subscription
  • 😭 Worst service
  • 😭 This is the worst service I have ever seen
  • 😭 2-3 hrs we have to sit and search for bus
  • 😭 Even though we don’t find the bus always showing full full
  • 😭 Asking us to take weekly package and monthly package but no use
  • 😭 They just take our money no service or no refund
  • 😭 Long time to come
  • 😭 Am waiting the car to come for almost 2 hours
  • 😭 Very bad servixe
  • 😭 App does not reflect real time traffic and update
  • 😭 Purchased the 1 week subscription package, and until now my wife was not able to ride any bus
  • 😭 Due to being overbooked or due to 1 hour delay
  • 😭 Even during heavy traffic , the app does not update its customers that the bus is delayed
  • 😭 Instead it share misinformation such as will arrive in 5 mins.
  • 😭 Very bad service .
  • 😭 Customer support also useless
  • 😭 They keep repeating book after sometime .
  • 😭 What is the point of booking after sometime if i want to travel now .
  • 😭 Pathetic
  • 😭 Don't bother with their subscription.
  • 😭 Cabs are always 'fully booked'.
  • 😭 It’s a complete scam.
  • 😭 Expect at least a 2-hour wait.
  • 😭 Customer service? Absolutely useless.
  • 😭 They're just stringing people along."
  • 😭 Dont subscribe.
  • 😭 Its always fully booked.
  • 😭 You'll ended up spending more
  • 😭 Good Service but need some more simple options
  • 😭 I would recommend to add an option that the passenger can also see the real route which driver will follow
  • 😭 As i can see now it is only showing a direct line
  • 😭 If passenger wants to see the route should only experience it while driving.
  • 😭 Booking Issue
  • 😭 Poor and very unbalanced application and customer care
  • 😭 I recommend no one to take the subscription
  • 😭 As the concern team will never provide the proper resolution
  • 😭 And every day when you tried to book the ride it will shows fully booked
  • 😭 And as per there policy no supervisor will call us
  • 😭 Only the agent with it proper knowledge
  • 😭 Really bad experience for me
  • 😭 Don’t take the subscription
  • 😭 Worst service
  • 😭 This is the worst service I have ever seen
  • 😭 2-3 hrs we have to sit and search for bus
  • 😭 Even though we don’t find the bus always showing full full
  • 😭 Asking us to take weekly package and monthly package but no use
  • 😭 They just take our money no service or no refund
  • 😭 Long time to come
  • 😭 Am waiting the car to come for almost 2 hours
  • 😭 Very bad servixe
  • 😭 App does not reflect real time traffic and update
  • 😭 Purchased the 1 week subscription package, and until now my wife was not able to ride any bus
  • 😭 Due to being overbooked or due to 1 hour delay
  • 😭 Even during heavy traffic , the app does not update its customers that the bus is delayed
  • 😭 Instead it share misinformation such as will arrive in 5 mins.
  • 😭 Very bad service .
  • 😭 Customer support also useless
  • 😭 They keep repeating book after sometime .
  • 😭 What is the point of booking after sometime if i want to travel now .
  • 😭 BEWARE, THIS APP IS A SCAM
  • 😭 Could never book a ride as every time there is an error or the service is full.
  • 😭 When asked for a refund, the customer service shamelessly says, refunds are not applicable under these circumstances.
  • 😭 City Link is an utter scam.
  • 😭 I have lodged a complaint with the consumer court.
  • 😭 Review
  • 😭 Extremely useless app
  • 😭 Ride showed available in 5 mins, then asked to add card and pay to wallet
  • 😭 By the time I did all that the ride was full and I never got to use that wallet money.
  • 😭 Tried using it later, got booking but data and time not real time
  • 😭 Had to wait for an additional 10 to 15 mins in the heat.
  • 😭 If I could give a negative rating to this app I would.
  • 😭 Worst service
  • 😭 If you’re planning to use this app, DON’T
  • 😭 It’s a waste of time and money
  • 😭 The seevice is absolutely worthless
  • 😭 When you book the ride it takes hours for the ride to arrive
  • 😭 Most of the times they are fully booked
  • 😭 It’s just waste of your money when you use monthly or weekly service
  • 😭 The customer service is way poor
  • 😭 They never receive your call
  • 😭 Reply you the same stuffs repeatedly in the message
  • 😭 Nil service regarding timings
  • 😭 They will never be on time
  • 😭 If you book even 2 hours before will still come 30 mins later
  • 😭 Don’t buy the monthly subscription I bought and I’m disappointed
  • 😭 Divya Anup
  • 😭 Very difficult to contact and to receive their service l.
  • 😭 They cannot share driver contact details also properly
  • 😭 Ride availability and customer service.
  • 😭 The monthly pass is 100% not worth it
  • 😭 They keep promising that they allocated a van close to you but you never get a ride.
  • 😭 Regretting that.
  • 😭 The other stuff or for a ride when available its fine.
  • 😭 Personally customer service gives you fake promises
  • 😭 Always delayed.
  • 😭 Poor service☹️
  • 😭 I could not even contact the driver
  • 😭 No one is picking up the phone for the customer service line.
  • 😭 Don't subscribe
  • 😭 Subscription is a pity way of cheating.
  • 😭 You will get vehicle upon their time, not yours.
  • 😭 I will get office only late.
  • 😭 Don't use unless you are free to waste time
  • 😭 Review
  • 😭 Unfortunately bad management and system, alot of wasted time.
  • 😭 Bad location application.
  • 😭 You cant know anything whether youll be on time or have a chance to get a car
  • 😭 Needs alot of work before its a trusted company
  • 😭 Trips
  • 😭 Convenient however taking time to reach if so many passenger
  • 😭 Very bad customer service
  • 😭 Citylink is the Worst – Completely Unreliable and Frustrating
  • 😭 I’m beyond frustrated with Citylink.
  • 😭 Today I started trying to book at 4 PM, finally got a ride at 6 PM, and the pickup is at 7 PM.
  • 😭 That’s 3 hours of standing outside in this extreme summer heat.
  • 😭 Do you expect people to wait this long every single day?
  • 😭 And this is happening every day now — I’ve been suffering for a whole week, wasting 4 to 5 hours daily just to get one ride.
  • 😭 It’s mentally and physically exhausting.
  • 😭 To make things worse, for a morning trip to Al Barsha by 9:30 AM, Citylink expects me to book at 5:00 AM.
  • 😭 Are you serious?
  • 😭 What kind of service is this?
  • 😭 Do you think people don’t sleep or have lives outside this app?
  • 😭 Your service is a total failure.
  • 😭 No planning, no punctuality, no concern for the passengers.
  • 😭 Just false promises and a broken system that leaves people stranded every single day.
  • 😭 If you can’t handle the demand, stop misleading people.
  • 😭 Fix this broken system or shut it down completely.
  • 😭 It’s causing more harm than good.
  • 😭 Review
  • 😭 It’s a very convenient service but at the same time very difficult to get a shuttle on time.
  • 😭 Very Disappointing Service
  • 😭 We had a very frustrating experience with Citylink Dubai.
  • 😭 Every time we tried to book a ride, the slots were always fully booked, making it almost impossible to avail the service we paid for.
  • 😭 We had already purchased a package in advance, hoping for a smooth experience, but ended up being disappointed.
  • 😭 We eventually requested a refund since we couldn’t make use of the service, but sadly, no one responded.
  • 😭 It’s extremely unprofessional and unfair to leave paying customers hanging with zero updates.
  • 😭 Citylink really needs to improve their booking system, increase availability, and most importantly, respond to refund requests.
  • 😭 We would not recommend this service unless significant improvements are made.
  • 😭 Never on time
  • 😭 Tried booking through this app.
  • 😭 The bus will show the time but it will keep on extending
  • 😭 After waiting for so long you will end up cancelling the ride as you have to go home or office on time.
  • 😭 Wonderful Service
  • 😭 I had my first ride with Citylink & it was really convenient, on time and comfortable.
  • 😭 Recommend it to all who are looking for affordable rides throughout Dubai city
  • 😭 Worst ever algorith
  • 😭 My drop off location was near my pickup location.
  • 😭 Still they travel 20 minutes far away from me to pick up another customer that is opposite side of my drop off location.
  • 😭 The worst ever algorithm they have.
  • 😭 I lost my time believing in them.
  • 😭 Don’t ever use this app.
  • 😭 Disappointed with the Service
  • 😭 Hi, I’m extremely disappointed with the service lately.
  • 😭 Even when I try to book a cab 45 minutes in advance, I’m still unable to get one.
  • 😭 Today it’s been almost 3 hours of trying with no success.
  • 😭 This isn’t a one-time issue — it has happened multiple times.
  • 😭 Please look into this urgently.
  • 😭 Very bad
  • 😭 The location not match the apps and very slow response .
  • 😭 Apps coming but van was to far and not moving .
  • 😭 What a waste of time to booked to your apps very very bad experience
  • 😭 Service
  • 😭 Good service
  • 😭 app take me to fake location
  • 😭 i was going to ibn batuta bus station the bus station we all know and use
  • 😭 The application take me to dubai mall where someone make fake location called it by same name
  • 😭 i paid the trip and also i went to completely different place
  • 😭 Poor service
  • 😭 Waisted 30 minutes under the sun in waiting for the driver,
  • 😭 No updates on the app, drivers do not respond on call, pick up time keeps changing, ultimately driver didn’t show.
  • 😭 Waisted time
  • 😭 Waisted money
  • 😭 Waisted energy
  • 😭 Poor service, poor communication and worst customer service
  • 😭 The customer service is so rude, careless and shameless.
  • 😭 Not even listening to customers concerns
  • 😭 Very Disappointing Experience – Not Recommended
  • 😭 I booked a cab through City Link today at 12:30 PM, and shockingly, the cab only arrived at 1:55 PM.
  • 😭 That’s nearly an hour and a half delay with absolutely no proper updates or communication.
  • 😭 To make matters worse, the driver was extremely rude, showing no sense of responsibility or apology for the delay.
  • 😭 I tried reaching out to their customer care via WhatsApp – no response.
  • 😭 I even called them multiple times, but again, no answer.
  • 😭 This kind of service is completely unreliable.
  • 😭 If you’re looking for a dependable ride, I strongly suggest avoiding City Link.
  • 😭 There’s zero accountability, no customer support, and a frustrating overall experience.
  • 😭 Amazing and Affordable
  • 😭 Great ride and highly recommended
  • 😭 Booking a trip is a nightmare
  • 😭 The first few rides were great.
  • 😭 I decided to subscribe for a month so that will be a cheaper option for me.
  • 😭 But as the days pass by it’s getting harder to book a shuttle going home and can’t even book it later.
  • 😭 I’ve had multiple times that I secured the booking but they will cancel as the driver has another task to do.
  • 😭 I would love to recommend this once the developers sort their system
  • 😭 Don’t bother using
  • 😭 Not a good platform.
  • 😭 Better use “RTA Bus on Demand” for UAE.
  • 😭 Bad service, routing technology is so poor, doesn’t deserve to be of UAE standards honestly.
  • 😭 Amazing Drivers!!!
  • 😭 Highly recommended! Thank you Moozah and Abdulla for the safe ride!
  • 😭 Poor service
  • 😭 The will chose the pick up location different than you mentioned, not recommended.
  • 😭 FEEDBACK
  • 😭 The ride is very convenient how ever the pick up point is very far from my house and it’s actually along the road side only
  • 😭 Before going to the pick up point if they could put much nearer pick up point I would purchase the 1month plan
  • 😭 But because of the weather it won’t be possible to walk 11 mins on the sun
  • 😭 Disappointing Experience with Citylink Shuttle Service
  • 😭 I had high hopes when I subscribed to Citylink Shuttle Service for a month for my family, but it has been a frustrating and disappointing experience throughout.
  • 😭 Booking a ride is a nightmare — the app/system often doesn’t work properly and we’ve consistently had to wait over 2 hours just to secure a booking.
  • 😭 Once booked, the ride itself takes excessively long — more than 1.5 hours to reach even nearby destinations due to inefficient routing.
  • 😭 Drivers seem uncooperative and consistently choose traffic-heavy roads instead of faster alternatives, with no regard for passenger time.
  • 😭 Customer service is just as poor — they rarely respond to queries or concerns, and it feels like there’s no accountability at any level.
  • 😭 I honestly feel fooled into buying a one-month subscription, and I regret trusting this service for my family’s daily commute.
  • 😭 Citylink seriously needs to improve its booking system, train its drivers on efficient routes, and most importantly, provide reliable customer support.
  • 😭 Until then, I would not recommend this service to anyone.
  • 😭 Highly disappointing services and waste of time and energy
  • 😭 Worst service ever!
  • 😭 Customer support is highly unprofessional and they don’t even care to respond to your calls and they don’t have any solutions for any issues!
  • 😭 Arrival estimated time is too long
  • 😭 Even though the booking is made prior to time the arrival is taking too long .
  • 😭 The driver says that they have to follow the map and take the longest way which is in traffic .
  • 😭 It is very frustrating for us as we are company employees and we are reaching late regularly for work.
  • 😭 It is not a good service at all
  • 😭 The pickup and drop time duration is fake .
  • 😭 I have the screen shots as a proof.
  • 😭 I would not recommend to any of my friends about this service.
  • 😭 Poor services in UAE. WORST TIMINGS AND NO PROMT RESPONSE.
  • 😭 People in company will pick up your call once then they will not answer any call.
  • 😭 Very poor service i have called couple of times.
  • 😭 I have waited for 1 hour still no shuttle is available.
  • 😭 Highly disappointed.
  • 😭 Best of best
  • 😭 Amazingly best
  • 😭 Incompetent system organisation
  • 😭 The system was extremely slow and flawed
  • 😭 I made a mistake where i booked for one passenger, instead of two , but then i cancelled it, booked for two, but the system was extremely poor and slow
  • 😭 And the driver was not able to fix the issue correctly
  • 😭 Making Fools Only
  • 😭 Today only i took subscription from this app morning it was fine but in evening i was trying to book ride i got confirmation but there no pickup
  • 😭 And i called customer care as well and they said driver is coming in 2mins this and that till now i waited till 1:30hours still there is no ride
  • 😭 They are making fools only,so trust this app at your own risk..
  • 😭 RELIABLE AND COMFORTABLE
  • 😭 Smooth transaction and ease of daily ride
  • 😭 Comfortable trip
  • 😭 Impossible to book a ride
  • 😭 I used the service for a few times and everything was good then i decided to purchase their monthly subscription and the problems started.
  • 😭 It became impossible to book a ride.
  • 😭 I contacted the support after one hour trying to book and they assured me that a bus was coming to my location in 15 minutes, after 45 minutes i was sill not able to find a ride.
  • 😭 When i contacted the support again around 6:15 they told me to book after 7 because the riders were on break.
  • 😭 In the end i had to took a taxi…
  • 😭 Plus whenever there is a problem instead of trying to fix it they will just send the same copy-paste message of apologies.
  • 😭 I don’t think I’ll renew my monthly subscription and it’s a pity because the idea is very nice but really badly managed.
  • 😭 Review
  • 😭 I tried the app today and it is really good.
  • 😭 Arrived on time, and it is very accessible from my home and to my work.
  • 😭 It picked me from a place very near from my home and dropped me in front of the work door.
  • 😭 Delayed service
  • 😭 Always 30 to 40 minutes delay every time I booked.
  • 😭 We use this service to go to work and back and these delays makes it so difficult.
  • 😭 Need this to be reviewed or else wont be opting this service for longer.
  • 😭 Had plans to take monthly subscription.
  • 😭 Arrival and Destination Time
  • 😭 Committed timings are not meeting as expecting while picking 20 mints late and destination time again 15 mints more as promised
  • 😭 very nice and respectful drivers
  • 😭 had a great experience, it was my first time and definitely not last! the drivers are so nice snd super respectful god bless them 💕
  • 😭 Amazing!
  • 😭 This service is amazing, highly recommend.
  • 😭 This is better than good
  • 😭 Nadir ABBAs guide me about for this city link shuttle Ride very cheep price and good service