60
BU Score
Solid
k.ride - taxi, cab, travel
✍️ bumetric analysis
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k.ride - taxi, cab, travel is an iOS app from Kakao Mobility Corp. in the Travel category, currently rated 4.6★ across 636 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Our BU Score puts it at 60: Solid (established niche player). For a Travel app, that means established niche player.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Early-stage install base (636 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Growing app (1y old)METRIC | +$200 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 137 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v1.8.3🔄 updated 3w ago🌐 EN, JA, ZH, ZH📂 Travel💰 Free🚀 Launched 2024 (1y old)
📝 About this app
k.ride is the global platform of Kakao Mobility, the no. 1 mobility service provider in South Korea.
Now with k.ride, you can request a ride anywhere in the world without installing a new app for every trip!
Service countries (35 in total):
- Asia & Oceania: South Korea, Japan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Guam
- North America: Canada, United States
- Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Multilingual support
k.ride supports 133 languages so users can easily search for destinations and communicate with drivers in their preferred language. Plus, our app is available in four languages—English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese—ensuring a seamless experience wherever you go.
Cashless payments
Easily register your payment method using a credit or debit card, or take advantage of simple mobile payment for a hassle-free experience. Rest assured—with our safe payment system, your rides are automatically processed right after your ride ends using your registered payment method.
* Supports Alipay+ & WeChat Pay
* Alipay+ supported wallets: Alipay, AlipayHK, Touch 'n Go eWallet, Boost, TrueMoney Wallet, Rabbit LINE Pay, and GCash
Easy sign-up and app security
Sign up effortlessly by authenticating your mobile device or linking your social media account. Plus, enjoy peace of mind with our high-level security, including two-factor authentication, keeping your account safe and secure.
Customer support is available year-round from 9 AM to 2 AM (KST), and easily accessible within the app. (App menu > Support)
For more information, please visit the k.ride website.
Now with k.ride, you can request a ride anywhere in the world without installing a new app for every trip!
Service countries (35 in total):
- Asia & Oceania: South Korea, Japan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Guam
- North America: Canada, United States
- Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Multilingual support
k.ride supports 133 languages so users can easily search for destinations and communicate with drivers in their preferred language. Plus, our app is available in four languages—English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese—ensuring a seamless experience wherever you go.
Cashless payments
Easily register your payment method using a credit or debit card, or take advantage of simple mobile payment for a hassle-free experience. Rest assured—with our safe payment system, your rides are automatically processed right after your ride ends using your registered payment method.
* Supports Alipay+ & WeChat Pay
* Alipay+ supported wallets: Alipay, AlipayHK, Touch 'n Go eWallet, Boost, TrueMoney Wallet, Rabbit LINE Pay, and GCash
Easy sign-up and app security
Sign up effortlessly by authenticating your mobile device or linking your social media account. Plus, enjoy peace of mind with our high-level security, including two-factor authentication, keeping your account safe and secure.
Customer support is available year-round from 9 AM to 2 AM (KST), and easily accessible within the app. (App menu > Support)
For more information, please visit the k.ride website.
🆕 What's New · v1.8.3
Explore BTS THE CITY with k.ride
Travel across Seoul freely with k.ride, without language barriers or payment concerns.
We also have special discounts just for fans.
The k.ride team is continuously updating the app to provide you with a smoother experience.
This update includes the following new feature:
- The app has been further stabilized.
Travel across Seoul freely with k.ride, without language barriers or payment concerns.
We also have special discounts just for fans.
The k.ride team is continuously updating the app to provide you with a smoother experience.
This update includes the following new feature:
- The app has been further stabilized.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- k.ride - taxi, cab, travel
- Developer
- Kakao Mobility Corp.
- Bundle ID
- com.kakaomobility.kride
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, JA, ZH, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
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- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
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- AI revenue estimate / mo
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- AI annual estimate
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- ML model estimate / mo
- $399/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
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- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
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- Listed on
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- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
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Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
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- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/story/id1648916522
📈Ratings growth636 ratings+2665% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (48 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (23 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for k.ride - taxi, cab, travel: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.