k.ride - taxi, cab, korea trip

What k.ride is for

k.ride is the travel version of the taxi service run by Kakao Mobility, which the developer describes as the largest mobility provider in South Korea. It is aimed at people who want to call a cab in a city they are visiting without signing up to a separate local service first.

The developer's pitch is one app covering many trips rather than a different taxi app in each country. Anyone who moves between countries and needs rides in each one is the reader this is built for.

Requesting and paying for a ride

You request a ride from wherever you are, in any of the listed countries. The developer says this works without installing a separate local taxi app for every trip. The listing's summary describes the app as a way to hail and pay for taxis.

Searching destinations and messaging drivers in your language

Destinations can be searched in any of 133 languages, so you can type a place name in the language you read most easily. The same language support is used when you communicate with the driver.

The app's own interface is offered in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

Countries and regions where the app works

The listing names 35 service countries. In Asia and Oceania these are South Korea, Japan, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Guam. In North America they are Canada and the United States.

The European list runs from Austria to the United Kingdom and includes Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, among others.