Comparison

KingKabs vs NCP

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

Head to head
About

KingKabs

Book rides easily with a personalized experience. Track your vehicle, save favorite journeys, and get upfront cost information. Offers a variety of vehicle options, including accessible ones.

Highlights
  • Personalized booking experience
  • Vehicle tracking
  • Save favorite journeys
  • Upfront journey cost
  • Wide vehicle selection
  • Wheelchair accessible options
Features
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The KingKabs App offers a slick and convenient mobile booking experience, perfect for people on the move. The app ensures efficiency and continuity of service as well as providing a personalised booking experience that can be tailored to individual customer preferences. The app works seamlessly with the new improved KingKabs online web-booker (https://book.kingkabs.taxi/portal) and has numerous features allowing users to track their vehicles, switch between passenger preferences and save favourite journeys. Our Northwest hub process more than 15,000 trips per day in the UK alone, and is owned by Addison Lee Limited, one of the largest ground transport providers in the UK Why choose KingKabs? - A wide selection of vehicles from saloon, MPV, traditional taxi cabs and executive vehicles. - All traditional taxis (Hackney Carriage Vehicles) are wheelchair accessible traditional cabs from TX4, LEVC, FORD and Mercedes Vito - Features of the improved app include vehicle tracking, booking history and the ability to set favourite addresses and journeys - Up front journey cost information - Journey time and distance estimates - Driver and Vehicle details once your booking has been allocated - Book now or up to three months in advance - View your trip history and see how many trips you have left - Select from multiple trip options including wheelchair accessibility - Operational and support infrastructure built over more than 40 years ensuring customer experience is at the forefront - App seamlessly interfaces with the KingKabs’s online web-booker and dedicated contact centre.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital season tickets
  • Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking
  • Extend parking sessions remotely
  • Favorite car park sites
  • AutoPay with VRN
  • In-app chat support
Features
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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

Screenshots

KingKabs4 screens
NCP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KingKabs at 54% against NCP's 11%. KingKabs also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3). NCP's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (95 vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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

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

KingKabs holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NCP has 95 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of KingKabs's written reviews are positive against 11% of NCP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KingKabs ships an update every 3 months, NCP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KingKabs versus NCP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKingKabsNCP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better4.3 (95 ratings)
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews — better11.3% of reviews
Number of ratings895 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB84 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVedamain Ltd.National Car Parks Limited

Customer experience

KingKabs

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative43.4%

NCP

All ratings95 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews443 reviews
Positive11.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

KingKabs

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

None

KingKabs

No in-app purchases

None

NCP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KingKabs free?
KingKabs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NCP free?
NCP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KingKabs or NCP?
KingKabs is rated higher. KingKabs averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while NCP averages 4.3 from 95 ratings.
Do KingKabs or NCP have ads?
KingKabs shows ads; NCP does not.
Which is updated more often, KingKabs or NCP?
KingKabs ships an update every 3 months, and NCP every 2 months. Most recently, KingKabs was updated on August 26, 2026 and NCP on September 24, 2026.

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