Kelvin Kabs vs NCP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kelvin Kabs
Book and manage taxi rides with ease. This app provides a faster, more efficient service by allowing you to order, track, and pay for your journey directly. Bypass call queues and enjoy real-time updates for a seamless travel experience.
- Order a taxi
- Cancel a booking
- Track vehicle on map
- Real-time notifications
- Pay by cash or card
- Schedule exact pick-up times
- Store favorite locations
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Kelvin Kabs are the biggest, most professional and fastest taxi service in East Kilbride. Our App puts you in total control of your taxi booking, in turn giving you a faster and more efficient service. 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 Furthermore, our app allows our customers to bypass our call centre, this means no more lengthy waits in our call queues at peak booking times. Get our fastest ever service from your initial booking to your final destination!
NCP
Manage all your parking needs in one place. Purchase digital season tickets, pay-as-you-go for parking, and extend your sessions remotely. Features include favorite sites, AutoPay, and in-app customer support.
- Digital season tickets
- Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Favorite car park sites
- AutoPay with VRN
- In-app chat support
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The NCP app brings all your parking needs together in one convenient and easy-to-use place, offering the ability to: • Purchase and access a digital Season Ticket, giving you the ability to manage your account with ease • Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking at 370+ car parks across the UK Make sure you download the NCP app before entering one of our car parks to guarantee the best experience. Downloading the NCP app means you can purchase digital monthly, quarterly, and annual season tickets, depending on your needs. Your season ticket will then be stored in the app, meaning you’ll never forget or lose a physical season ticket again! Features of the NCP app include: • The ability to pay as you go and access your season ticket, if you have one, in one place • Extend your parking session in-app to save you having to go back to your car, you’ll be notified by push notifications from the app, so please ensure you have enabled notifications in your device settings to stay up to date • One QR code for all your products • Ability to favourite sites that you regularly visit in your favourites list • AutoPay provides fully automatic recognition and payment at selected sites via your vehicle registration number (VRN) • Map and list view of car parks with additional features • Buy and pay for a season ticket within the app, allowing unlimited parking within your chosen site for the length of your ticket • In-app chat function, giving you a direct line to customer service • Pay with Apple Pay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kelvin Kabs at 58% against NCP's 12%. Kelvin Kabs also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). NCP's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kelvin Kabs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NCP has 100 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Kelvin Kabs's written reviews are positive against 12% of NCP's.
Kelvin Kabs ships an update every 3 months, NCP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kelvin Kabs | NCP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hastie Cars LTD | National Car Parks Limited |
Customer experience
Kelvin Kabs
NCP
Bugs and requests
Kelvin Kabs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NCP
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not recognizing account
- Inability to pay in app after getting ticket
- Duplicate parking sessions
- Inconsistent pricing between app and machines
Requested features
4 requests- Add biometric login options
- Allow saving multiple vehicles
- Improve session management and reminders
- Integrate with car park barriers
In-app purchases
Kelvin Kabs
No in-app purchases
NCP
No in-app purchases
