Autocab Driver Companion vs CMAC App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autocab Driver Companion
This app helps taxi and limo drivers manage bookings, navigate routes, and process payments directly from their iPhone. It integrates with dispatch systems to streamline operations, allowing drivers to work more efficiently and increase profitability.
- Receive and manage bookings
- GPS navigation for journeys
- In-vehicle payment processing
- Direct office communication via text
- Automated pricing
- View pre-allocated bookings
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Driver Companion is designed to improve driver efficiency and profitability, by enabling your drivers to work smarter, not harder.. Working in conjunction with your Operator’s Ghost booking and dispatch system, Driver Companion lets you receive and manage bookings directly from your iPhone. With Driver Companion, you can: • View available bookings • Navigate all points in your journey using GPS • Take app, card or account payments right in the vehicle • Interact with the office via built-in text message • Take advantage of automated pricing • See your pre-allocated bookings to help plan your day Taxi & limo operators - to find out more about the world's largest booking and dispatch system (including Driver Companion and Passenger App), visit: https://www.autocab.com/
CMAC App
Book reliable business ground transportation globally with ease. This app offers a fast, intuitive booking experience for immediate or pre-booked journeys, complete with live updates and 24/7 expert support.
- Global ground transport booking
- Faster, intuitive booking experience
- Live journey updates and tracking
- 24/7/365 expert support
- Managed ground transport service
- Business travel focused
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Business ground transport, made simple. Book reliable ground transport around the world in just a few taps with the CMAC Business Travel App. Whether you need a vehicle now or want to pre-book your next journey, CMAC makes business travel easier every step of the way. Book faster Find and book from millions of vehicles worldwide with a faster, more intuitive booking experience. Travel with confidence Get live journey updates, vehicle tracking and the ability to share your journey status with others. 24/7/365 support Every journey is backed by CMAC’s managed service, with expert support available around the clock. Built for business travel Get the convenience of an easy-to-use booking app, backed by the control, care and support of a managed ground transport service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CMAC App at every 5 days against Autocab Driver Companion's every 5 weeks. Autocab Driver Companion's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Autocab Driver Companion ships an update every 5 weeks, CMAC App every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autocab Driver Companion | CMAC App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kabx | CMAC GROUP UK LIMITED |
Customer experience
Autocab Driver Companion
CMAC App
Bugs and requests
Autocab Driver Companion
Reported bugs
73 issues- Needs reinstalling every few days
- Permanent login problems
- Crashes & freezes every 20-30 mins
- Doesn’t hold location
- Delayed in bidding
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- Always crashing
- Always glitching
- Logging you off if on standby
- GPS signal not held
- Delayed responses
- App connection error message
- Takes half an hour to login
- Does not let you sign in with activation codes on iOS
- Turns volume down and up on CarPlay
- Losing connection and job
- Notifications/Message pops up during startup, unable to scroll
- AI keeps announcing jobs 4 times
- Sound drop of audio system when app makes a sound
- Keeps freezing at least 5 times a day
- Connection error when trying to log in
- Phone volume goes down and doesn’t come back up
- Street pickup button next to precooking, no way to cancel
- Job received when phone is locked does not vibrate or send notifications
- Screen freezes when accepting following job
- Sound drops on car audio system and doesn’t go back to full sound
- App crashes at least 3 times daily
- Rolling out updates during busy periods
- Prebooking are too slow to come to phone
- Jobs come into system very late on Apple
- Screen stays in the area window when job received, screen does not change
- Constantly crashing freezing won’t let me accept jobs
- Have to delete and re download app regularly
- Have to sign out and in again to get features to work
- Mapping is totally wrong (inaccurate)
- Queuing and zones are not held
- Plot in zone doesn’t work
- Cannot make phone calls to customers
- Cannot get any sound when using the app since update
- Bid 99% not go through
- App freeze after bid
- Get app to stop crashing instead of updates
- Top icons overlap system icons on iPhone
- Cannot take payment within an hour on card, logs out
- Red disclaimer covers whole screen on iPhone 7se
- Acceptance button out of screen
- Removed no fare button
- Constantly scrolling on the screen
- Constantly loses connection with card reader
- Logs itself out and closes for no reason
- Navigation plot on in-house screen doesn’t work
- Cannot plot to finish anymore
- No option to request a no job
- Sumup card reader does not connect via Bluetooth on iPhone
- Upcoming jobs are put in random order
- Destination and starting location is confusing
- App keeps freezing constantly
- App will crash when new booking assigned
- Job assigned before won’t show on screen after crash
- App not as up to date as Samsung version
- Won’t allow login after update
- Doesn’t work perfect with iPad
- Disclaimer covers screen and acceptance button is out of screen
- Every font is huge
- Version of Apple not working in Spain
- Cannot see pre-bookings list when already doing a job
- Pre booked jobs come up in a very random order
- Cannot always start a pre booked job
- New version is very bad for iOS users
- Cannot have access to command after accepting job
- Second job to follow never appears on screen
- Says booking offer cancelled
- Doesn’t show waiting bookings in areas
- No fare button replaced with meet and greet button
Requested features
18 requests- Update bags and ad futures
- Option to mute beep sound for distant jobs
- Make it work with Apple Carplay
- Use biometric ID for login
- Option to turn on sound
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- Optimize for iPhones
- Separate 'Zones' and 'To Bid' pages
- Download job history in editable format
- Set suggested logout time
- Set destination by a certain time
- Dark mode option
- Choose preferred map once
- Disable nonsensical messages
- Cancel street job without contacting dispatch
- Vibrate and send notifications when phone is locked
- Add autocorrect
- Ability to call phone numbers
- Full screen on any phones or tablets for split screen use
CMAC App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Autocab Driver Companion
No in-app purchases
CMAC App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Autocab Driver Companion free?
Is CMAC App free?
Do Autocab Driver Companion or CMAC App have ads?
Which is updated more often, Autocab Driver Companion or CMAC App?
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