Hawk Express Cabs vs Discover Suffolk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hawk Express Cabs
Book a taxi quickly and easily with priority service. Features include a price estimator, driver tracking, and the ability to schedule future rides. Ideal for business users with expense automation.
- Passwordless registration
- Business account login for expense automation
- Price estimator for trip costs
- Driver and vehicle tracking
- Schedule future trips
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Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Hawk Express Cabs. We provide taxi services across Ipswich and surrounding areas. - Passwordless registration flow - Login & book with your business account and automate expenses - Know an average of how much your trip will cost with the price estimator - See your driver's and vehicle details and track their arrival on the map. - Schedule future trips
Discover Suffolk
Explore Suffolk's outdoors with this guide to walking, cycling, and riding. Discover over 100 routes, detailed maps, and learn about local history and nature. Save your workouts to Apple Health.
- Over 100 walking, cycling, and riding routes
- High-quality mapping (including Ordnance Survey)
- Explore local and natural history
- Save workouts to Apple Health
- Discover diverse landscapes
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Discover Suffolk is Suffolk County Council’s guide to getting outdoors. Whether you enjoy a casual stroll along the prom or a long-distance ramble, a weekend family bike ride, or a full-on cycling holiday, or you just fancy getting out somewhere different with your four-legged friend, Discover Suffolk has something for everyone. From stunning coastline and traditional countryside to beautiful heathland and sleepy villages, ancient woodland and country parks to historic estates and nature reserves, Suffolk really is the place to get outdoors. With the Discover Suffolk App you can use high quality mapping (including Ordnance Survey) to explore the Suffolk countryside with ease and confidence and if you are looking for inspiration, Discover Suffolk has over 100 tried and tested walking, cycling, and riding routes to follow. Allow Discover Suffolk to be your guide and learn about the counties rich local and natural history and the stories behind the diverse landscape that is Suffolk. Apple Health: When you record a cycling, hiking, walking or running track you are able to save work outs to Apple Health. Data from HealthKit will not be used for marketing or promotional purposes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Discover Suffolk at 100% against Hawk Express Cabs's 40%. Discover Suffolk also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.0). Hawk Express Cabs's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hawk Express Cabs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Hawk Express Cabs's written reviews are positive against 100% of Discover Suffolk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hawk Express Cabs ships an update every 2 months, Discover Suffolk every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hawk Express Cabs | Discover Suffolk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 295 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hawk Express Cabs Ltd | Outdooractive AG |
Customer experience
Hawk Express Cabs
Discover Suffolk
Bugs and requests
Hawk Express Cabs
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes
- App is slow
- App is glitchy
- Confirmation code not received
- Error messages displayed
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- Unable to use app
- App cancels bookings
- Location issues with booking
- Cannot book while moving
- Booking requests not going through
- Notification icon always on
- App shows driver location slowly
- Cannot pay by card
- App requires account setup for payment
- App cancelled booking after pickup time passed
- App doesn't work
- Pickup address is also destination
- Notifications not working
- App doesn't show cab location or ETA
Requested features
15 requests- Improve pre-booking reliability
- Ensure drivers prioritize pre-booked times
- Monitor the app for issues
- Provide clear communication on booking policies
- Improve customer service responsiveness
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- Fix app bugs and glitches
- Ensure accurate price quotes
- Increase the number of available drivers
- Improve app performance and speed
- Allow payment by card
- Provide explanation for account setup requirements
- Ensure notifications work correctly
- Allow booking while moving
- Fix location detection issues
- Show cab location and estimated arrival time
Discover Suffolk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hawk Express Cabs
No in-app purchases
Discover Suffolk
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hawk Express Cabs free?
Is Discover Suffolk free?
Which has better reviews, Hawk Express Cabs or Discover Suffolk?
Do Hawk Express Cabs or Discover Suffolk have ads?
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