Take Me. vs Need
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Take Me.
Book a taxi quickly and easily with priority service. Features include passwordless registration, business account integration for expense automation, price estimation, driver and vehicle tracking, and the ability to schedule future rides.
- Passwordless registration
- Business account integration
- Price estimator
- Driver and vehicle tracking
- Schedule future trips
- Priority service
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Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Take Me. We provide taxi services across the UK. - Passwordless registration flow - Login & book with your business account and automate expenses - Know an average of how much your trip will cost with the price estimator - See your driver's and vehicle details and track their arrival on the map. - Schedule future trips
Need
Easily book and track taxis with this updated passenger app. Features include real-time vehicle tracking, status notifications, and flexible payment options. Schedule rides for specific times and save favorite locations for quick bookings.
- Order a taxi
- Cancel a booking
- Track vehicle location
- Real-time status notifications
- Pay by cash or card
- Schedule future pick-ups
- Save favorite locations
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Presenting the brand new version of the Need-A-Cab Plymouth passenger app. Besides the new design and powerful capabilities, the new passenger app allows for much better location tracking with minimal battery usage. 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
Take Me. and Need both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 52% of Need's written reviews are positive against 36% of Take Me.'s. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Take Me. against 4.9 for Need. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Take Me.'s written reviews are positive against 52% of Need's.
Take Me. ships an update every 5 weeks, Need every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Take Me. | Need |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.6% of reviews | 52.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Take Me Services LTD | TAXI SERVICES (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED |
Customer experience
Take Me.
Need
Bugs and requests
Take Me.
Reported bugs
33 issues- Payment failed
- Randomly adds tips
- Fixed price changes
- Unable to log in
- Pickups cancelled last minute
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- Slow to update
- Misleading arrival times
- Drivers drop bookings
- Drivers cancel for better jobs
- Scheduling feature glitchy
- App doesn't let user on
- OTP issues
- Number blocked
- App not finding drivers
- Assigning driver for infinite time
- App chucked out
- Broken app support
- Card declined
- Changes pickup location
- Fraud check on every booking
- Defaults to 4 passengers/3 luggage
- Vendor not available
- Terrible systems
- Unusable
- Drivers drive unsafely
- Drivers use phone while driving
- App impossible to use
- No confirmation text
- Not user friendly
- Drivers don't know where they are going
- Cancels bookings last minute
- No refund for cancelled trips
- Bad service, lies from company
Requested features
10 requests- Option to book wheelchair accessible taxis
- Improve scheduling feature
- Fix pre-authorization bug
- Fix pre-booking functionality
- Improve search for pickup location
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- Allow alteration of passenger/luggage defaults
- Fix OTP delivery and number blocking issues
- Improve app support contact
- Fix card decline bug
- Improve dispatching for preorders
Need
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Take Me.
No in-app purchases
Need
No in-app purchases
