Comparison

Dispatch Driver vs Dispatch.City

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dispatch Driver

This app allows drivers for private hire, taxi, and limousine services to receive and manage bookings from their dispatching company. It facilitates signing on/off shift, updating booking statuses, and handling payments, including cash and credit card transactions.

Highlights
  • Receive and manage bookings
  • Sign on/off shift
  • Update booking status
  • Manage fare and payment details
  • Record cash and credit card payments
  • Automatic calculation of charges
  • Email receipts to passengers
Read full description

Dispatch Driver app can be used by private hire, taxi, chauffeur service and limousine hire drivers to receive bookings from their dispatching company via the Dispatch booking system. It allows authorised drivers to sign on and off shift, receive bookings, update the status of active bookings, manage booking payments (including fare, waiting time charges, car park fees, extras and credit card fees), record cash payments received and take credit card payments. Now you can access all of your pre-booked and instant bookings in the palm of your hand, from anywhere and at anytime! What can you do? - Sign on and off shift - Enable location tracking when you are signed on shift - Instantly receive dispatched bookings with full details of the passenger, flight information, collection time, pickup, via points and drop off locations, wait and return instructions and of any fare to collect - Get push notifications when a new booking is received - Accept or reject dispatched bookings - Easily set the current status of a booking (at pickup, passenger on board, soon to clear or clear) - Have waiting time and credit card fee charges automatically calculated - Record details of any extras such as car park fees - Record details of cash payments and take credit card payments - Email a receipt to the passenger And much, much more. Location tracking enables the current location of all authorised, on shift drivers to be reflected in real time on a map view via the Dispatch booking system, enabling the dispatcher to quickly and easily dispatch jobs to the nearest available driver. All booking status updates are instantly reflected within the Dispatch booking system, enabling the dispatcher to monitor the status of every active job. How to get started? Download the app and simply enter your company's registration number and your driver number to begin. However, your company will have to be registered for Dispatch first. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. When off duty, please sign off shift via the application to disable the GPS based location updates feature.

About

Dispatch.City

Manage your car fleet with real-time information. Schedule jobs, track trips, and capture proof of service with GPS location and signatures. Drivers can work offline with data stored on their devices.

Highlights
  • Schedule jobs and track execution
  • Real-time trip monitoring
  • Capture GPS location
  • Capture signatures for proof of service
  • Offline driver functionality
Features
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Dispatch.City - the best and easiest way to manage your car fleet. Simple, yet powerful app which provides you with real time information. Main Features * Schedule Jobs and Track its Execution * Real Time Trip Monitoring * Capture GPS Location of Pick Up and Drop Off * Capture Passenger's and Driver’s signatures as proof of service * Drivers can work offline with Job data stored on device

Screenshots

Dispatch Driver4 screens
Dispatch.City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dispatch Driver at 75% against Dispatch.City's 0%. Dispatch Driver also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.1). Dispatch.City's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dispatch Driver holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dispatch.City has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Dispatch Driver's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dispatch.City's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dispatch Driver ships an update monthly, Dispatch.City every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dispatch Driver versus Dispatch.City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDispatch DriverDispatch.City
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better3.1 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB171 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDever Software LtdDispatchCity, Inc.

Customer experience

Dispatch Driver

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Dispatch.City

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dispatch Driver

No in-app purchases

None

Dispatch.City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dispatch Driver free?
Dispatch Driver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dispatch.City free?
Dispatch.City is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dispatch Driver or Dispatch.City?
Dispatch Driver is rated higher. Dispatch Driver averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Dispatch.City averages 3.1 from 11 ratings.
Do Dispatch Driver or Dispatch.City have ads?
Neither Dispatch Driver nor Dispatch.City shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dispatch Driver or Dispatch.City?
Dispatch Driver ships an update monthly, and Dispatch.City every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dispatch Driver was updated on June 1, 2026 and Dispatch.City on June 6, 2026.

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