City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd vs Value Cabs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd
Book a safe and reliable journey with a fully licensed taxi service. This app allows you to track your ride for a hassle-free experience, offering convenient transportation within the city.
- Book taxi journeys
- Fully licensed and reliable service
- Track your ride
- Hassle-free experience
- Edinburgh's official taxi company
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Book a safe journey with a fully licensed and reliable Taxi company. Edinburgh's officially licensed Taxi company. Our new app also allows you to track your ride for a hassle-free experience.
Value Cabs
Easily book and track taxis with Belfast's leading taxi service. This user-friendly app allows you to order a ride, cancel bookings, and monitor your vehicle's arrival in real-time. Pay conveniently with cash or card and schedule rides for a specific time.
- Order a taxi
- Cancel a booking
- Track vehicle on map
- Real-time status notifications
- Pay by cash or card
- Schedule exact pick-up times
- Store favorite locations
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Book and track your Taxi easily with Belfast’s No.1 Taxi Company. This app is simple and easy to use and gives the user the capability of booking a taxi with a few taps of your screen, Through this app you can: • Order a taxi • Cancel a booking • Track the vehicle on the map as it makes its way towards you! • Receive real-time notifications of the status of your taxi • Pay by cash or with card • Order a taxi for an exact pick-up time • Store your favourite pick up points for easy booking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Value Cabs at 56% against City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd's 22%. Value Cabs also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Value Cabs holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Value Cabs has 90 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd's written reviews are positive against 56% of Value Cabs's.
City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd ships an update every 4 months, Value Cabs every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd | Value Cabs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (18 ratings) | 4.5 (90 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 56.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City Cabs Edinburgh | Value Cabs |
Customer experience
City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd
Value Cabs
In-app purchases
City Cabs (Edinburgh) Ltd
No in-app purchases
Value Cabs
No in-app purchases
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