# Zula - Book a Private Driver — Private Driver Bookings > Private Driver Bookings (iPhone/iPad app by Code Op (Pty) Ltd.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zula-book-a-private-driver/id6767643704 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Code Op (Pty) Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896495630) - Category: Travel, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 50 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-10-07 - Data updated: 2026-10-09 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zula-book-a-private-driver/id6767643704/reviews.md ## What is Zula? Zula is South Africa's marketplace for premium driver experiences. Pre-plan your ride days or weeks in advance - for wine tours, weddings, airport transfers, group nights out and the moments that matter. WHY ZULA Pre-planned, not on-demand. Lock in your driver and vehicle when you book, with transparent hourly rates and a deposit-confirmed calendar slot. No surge pricing, no last-minute scrambles. Vetted drivers. Every driver on Zula has a verified Professional Driving Permit (PRDP), driving licence and insurance. We check languages, specialities and service area. Premium vehicles only. Sedans, premium sedans, SUVs, MPVs and minibuses - inspected and approved before they appear in search. One driver. One vehicle. Everyone together. Group transport for nights out, weddings, and corporate evenings - one ride, one bill, everyone home safe. Pay for the experience, not the kilometres. Your driver stays with you between stops at wine farms, ceremonies, golf days and city tours. Zula sells engaged time: the experience is the combination of driver and vehicle, paired for your occasion. WHAT YOU CAN BOOK - Wine tours across Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl and the Cape Winelands - Wedding transport for guests, bridal party and family - Airport transfers to and from Cape Town International - Group nights out across Cape Town and Stellenbosch - Corporate events and conference shuttles - Day trips, sunset drives, city tours and golf days - Long-distance transfers across the Western Cape HOW IT WORKS 1. Search by date, group size and experience type 2. Choose your vehicle from the matching results 3. Build your trip — pickup, stops, drop-off, optional engagement times 4. Pay your deposit and confirm 5. Chat with your driver in-app 6. Rate your driver and vehicle after the trip BUILT FOR SOUTH AFRICA Zula is born in the Cape Winelands and crafted for premium experiences across South Africa. Local drivers, local knowledge, clear pricing in Rands. ABOUT Zula is operated by Code Op (Pty) Ltd. Our mission is to make pre-planned premium driver experiences as effortless as on-demand alternatives - without the surge, the surprises, or the sub-standard vehicles. SUPPORT Visit gozula.com or email support@gozula.com ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-08 This release is about time: what you've booked, when it starts, and seeing your driver arrive. WHAT'S NEW • Your booked time, shown up front. Each pickup is rounded up to the next half hour, and that rounded time is yours to use. Before you send a request, the booking shows how many minutes each leg includes and when it's booked until. Any time needed to meet the vehicle's minimum goes on the final leg. • Paid time starts fairly. It begins at your booked pickup time if your driver is there, or when they arrive if they're late, so a late driver never shortens your time. Waiting for you uses the time you've booked rather than costing extra. • Know when your driver is there. You get a notification when your driver arrives and another when your booked time starts. Arrival is detected from the driver's location, and they can tap "I've arrived" if that isn't available. • Extra time, simplified. Up to five minutes over a leg isn't charged. Beyond that, extra time is charged per minute at the vehicle's hourly rate and listed on your trip statement. You're told when a leg's booked time is ending. • For drivers: navigating to your pickup now also marks you as on your way and starts location sharing. Ordinary extra time is worked out automatically, so you no longer need to record a continuation. • For operators: pause a vehicle for repairs or leave from Vehicles & pricing. It stops taking new bookings straight away, and existing bookings stay in place for you to fulfil or rearrange. FIXES • Live location is steadier on Android while the driver uses a navigation app or the screen is locked, and keeps arriving while the driver waits at pickup. • The newest location is sent first, so the guest's map catches up quickly after a signal drop. • Each recorded point is stored once, keeping route history accurate. • A trip that simply ran long is no longer flagged for review by default; reviews are kept for reported issues and genuine problems. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-09-30 This release is about what happens around the trip: paying for it and being able to see afterwards what you paid for and where you went. WHAT'S NEW • Your cards, managed. Add a card from Profile without starting a booking, give it a name like Personal or Business, and switch between saved cards when you book or when a deposit needs retrying. Adding a card takes a R5 verification payment, which is submitted for refund straight away. Payment is by card. • A receipt for every payment. Your deposit and your trip payment each get their own receipt, listed on the booking and downloadable as a PDF. The current trip statement is still there and still separate - a statement shows where a trip stands, a receipt records a payment that was made. • The route on your receipt. A completed trip's payment receipt now includes a map of the route recorded for each leg, beside the pickup, destination and the times the leg started and ended. Where tracking dropped out, the gap is left as a gap. • Completed trips, rebuilt. One screen that opens with the date, your driver, the legs and what was paid, then your own ratings and comments, then payments and receipts, then the trip details. Recorded routes and the trip timeline open straight from the top. • Extra time, said plainly. The booking form explains how additional time is charged at the vehicle's hourly rate before you request anything, and a finished trip lists each leg's extra time and what it cost. • Baby seat. Drivers can show that they carry one, shown by name alongside LGBTQ+ friendly and pet friendly. Each is the driver's own declaration. • More complete recorded routes. Trip tracking now keeps every location the phone reports rather than the last one in a batch, and recovers points captured while the driver was offline. Routes have fewer gaps in them. • For operators: add and edit vehicles, set pricing, and manage your team from the phone. FIXES • Receipts now download. Asking for one used to fail every time. • Ratings are asked for once a trip is settled, not while a trip is still being looked into. • The trip timeline shows every time on the same South African clock. Some were shown in the device's own timezone. • Card setup, the card nickname sheet and tip checkout no longer run under the status bar or the home indicator on newer phones, and the recorded routes screen gets its top spacing on Android. Instant Booking is still paused, so every request goes to the operator to accept. We'll bring it back once it's ready. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-17 Booking a trip has been rebuilt around the way people actually plan one. Start by saying what you're doing - a one-way trip, an airport transfer, a tour or day out, an event, or simply reserved driver hours. Choose your driver from the results, then build your trip and review the whole thing before you send the request. WHAT'S NEW • Reserve driver hours. Hold a block of a driver's time without deciding where you'll end up. Stops and waiting are included in the time you book, and you can settle the final destination with your driver on the day. • Multi-pickup trips. Add as many pickups as your day needs. Where your driver is released between them, you'll see how long that gap is and that you're not charged for it. • Prices up front. Results and driver profiles now show the hourly rate, the minimum hours and an estimate for the length of trip you're planning. • Review before you request. A single screen with every pickup, the billed duration, your total, deposit, remaining balance and card — with a way back to keep editing. • Welcome preferences. Drivers can now show that they're LGBTQ+ friendly or pet friendly. These are each driver's own choice, shown by name. • Declining a request is clearer on both sides, and a declined request now leads somewhere rather than stopping dead. FIXES • Your booking now updates while you're watching it. Previously a request being accepted didn't show until you left the screen and came back. • Messages appear the moment you send them. • Driver tracking updates without leaving and reopening the map. • Tapping a notification opens the screen it promises. • Times are shown in South African time throughout. Some notifications were two hours out. • The keyboard no longer covers the address you're typing. • You can sign out from the profile setup screen instead of being stuck on it. Instant Booking is paused for now, so every request goes to the operator to accept. We'll bring it back once it's ready. ### 1.1.1 — 2026-07-14 - Follow Zula on social: find us on Instagram and Facebook right from your Profile (Guest and Driver modes) for trip inspiration, driver stories and updates. - Refreshed Founding Member badge: Zula's founding operators now stand out with a premium gold badge when you're browsing drivers — an easy way to spot our earliest, most-committed operators. - Drivers — verification updates by email: get notified the moment your driving licence/PrDP or ID is approved, with a friendly nudge if a document is still outstanding. - Plus fixes and polish — including a fix for a driver sign-up step (business name) that could get stuck, and behind-the-scenes work to keep the app building smoothly. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-06-10 - Faster, simpler sign-in: log in with a one-time code sent to your email — no password needed (password still works if you prefer). - Guest & Driver in one app: switch between Guest and Driver modes from your profile, and guests can now sign up to become a driver. - Driver profile editing: update your specialities, languages and gender right in the app. - Documents, reworked: manage your driving licence + PrDP (one card photo with both expiry dates) and your ID or passport, with clear verification status. - More vehicle types: added Bakkie / Pickup. 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