100 Mobile App Ideas You Should Invest In Today

Want to become an aspiring entrepreneur?

But struggling to find a unique and trending, yet challenging mobile app idea that can fetch millions of dollars for you!
As every day the number of Android and iOS apps deployed is increasing, making it difficult and highly competitive for apps to gain customers.
Thus, making it a great challenge for budding entrepreneurs to come up with unique ideas for mobile app development. However, to your rescue and guidance, we are here with a list of some unique and edgy business ideas that the market is craving for.

Here we go with 100 mind-blowing app ideas that you can invest in and build a successful startup:

1. Real-time Car Sharing Mobile App

What if you are riding from point A to point C and a rider nearby wants to go to the same point C or in between B? This way riders can earn and save resources. No deny the carpooling mobile application is the parent of this unique concept. But this time let’s get finicky. Prioritize your passenger’s safety and ride-sharing experience to be the new Uber of your city, country, and the world.

2. Star Gazing App 

Amaze your target audience by allowing them to check out the celestial bodies and star clusters in real time. The star gazing app has a built-in gyroscope and compass that helps in exhibiting and pointing a virtual map of any part of the sky on mobile devices. Users can easily travel in time to see skies from the past and future. Build an AR-featured star gazing app to offer some exciting and calming experiences of the galaxies that one might not be able to see.

3. Goods Exchange App

A Goods Exchange social network app to find people in a nearby location who can exchange goods like clothes, electronic devices, furniture, mobile phones, etc. Such apps link and assist users to develop a social network between people who are willing to exchange.

Wish to build an exchange app with multiple features? Send your basic details and we will share a quick demo with you.

4. On-demand Car Wash App

Not everywhere. Does your city have one? If not, you’ve to take the lead. The choice is yours. We have a demo ready for the car wash app. Take a quick look. It will hardly take 10 minutes. The car wash mobile app will help car owners easily find the nearest washing station, or order a car wash within their house at their convenient time.

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5. An Instant Messaging App

An all-in-one simple messaging app with the features of Skype, Whatsapp and FB Messenger. Build an instant messaging application with no ad distractions, enable features like video/audio calling, file sharing, emoticons and formatting, screen sharing, message editing (since no such feature is available in WhatsApp/Messenger), quoting, and more.

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6. Parking Finder App

Facilitate your customer by allowing them to track GPS details and helping them in finding the nearest parking location in real-time wherever they are present. This parking finder app can help motorists find, reserve and pre-pay for public parking space around the city or near their destination. You can partner with a slew of professional sports leagues, stadiums, and family attractions, collect data from parking lots and work out more.

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7. A Home Security App

An app solution to provide security features like sensing activities on doors, windows, and safes. Track pets, kids, and other valuable products. Monitors the temperature of the house is a good idea to invest in. This way you can serve customers by increasing their home security and putting their home under surveillance 24×7, in their absence as well. So, this year build a universal app that can connect with their security devices easily.

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8. Grocery Delivery App

Contract with local stores in your city and aggregate them on a grocery delivery mobile app. Your customers will give you their orders, you place them and then sell your service at a profit. You can also charge to deliver customer orders for a fee.

Know the fastest method to launch and validate your grocery app. Contact us.

Fresh grocery delivery ideas-

  • Deliver meal kits with ingredients pre-measured for specific meals
  • Deliver nutritional and organic farm fresh items
  • Fresh fruits, salad and sprouts delivery

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9. Online Food Delivery App

With no signs of slowing down, online food delivery app development has become timeless in the food marketplace. The mobile application will help you to manage your restaurant business on the go, such as accepting orders online and tracking order delivery status, etc. How about leveraging this fad by bookmarking more specialties? Here are ten profitable online food delivery app ideas to follow. Click here.

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10. Pickup & Order Delivery App

With more than 350,000 restaurants, retails shops, grocers, and more all across your city, there stands a dire need of delivery agencies. Courier delivery or pick and drop delivery app can be your cup of tea.

Order delivery at doorsteps is highly demanded among customers, whether it is food, grocery, packed items, electronics, vehicles, and more. It’s like whatever the company can deliver, customers would like to get it delivered to their convenient destination.

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11. An AR-based Real-estate App

Be the early AR grabber. The future of home findings and home showings lies in Augmented Reality. Fuse AR in an existing real-estate app and allow your customers to instantly view any of the chosen properties, and test out furniture placements in their real spaces by aiming a smartphone or tablet on a condo building or home. The Augmented reality apps for real estate also allow realtors to present a complete floor plan and 3-Dimensional view ensuring clients meet their business needs.
In this digital world, an AR-based real-estate app can definitely take your real-estate business to a whole new level.

Learn more: How Augmented Reality Is Reshaping Real Estate Industry?

12. On-demand Taxi App Solution

The trend of taxi app development will be unstoppable. Launching a taxi app with your novelty can help you stand out in the online taxi space. At Codiant, we’ve developed a couple of customized taxi apps with unique features to facilitate customers and drivers at the same time. Check the case study.

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13. User Reviews & Recommendations App

A user rating and review app of the best restaurants, food, shopping, nightlife, entertainment, and other service providers in the town. This app would help users to know the credibility of various service providers available in the town and outside as well. Such ratings and reviews help businesses to gain ranking and acknowledgment among customers to gain recommendations.

14. A Media Sharing Network App

A media-sharing network app to find and share photos, videos, and live videos, and build brands. Such apps can be made a little advanced by integrating tools that help the users to edit images and videos, add effects to images, and a lot more.

15. A Sharing Economy Network App

Build a platform to advertise, find, share, buy, sell, and trade products and services between peers.

Fresh Possibilities Are:

  • Apartment sharing app where travelers can rent a room or a home to your app.
  • Dog owners can leave their dog with a host as its caretaker.
  • An app where people can borrow cars from neighbors or people can rent cars by the hour or by the day.
  • Rent a bike from a neighbor.
  • A peer-to-peer marketplace for people to provide services for others. Allow sellers to create online stores to market their services.

16. A Marketplace Mobile App

An online marketplace app for people to hire people to do their jobs and tasks. To minimize the hassle and promote convenient communication remote and freelance hiring apps are ballooning in the market. In the rapidly elevating remote world, such types of apps are in great demand to increase efficiency and explore global talent with ease.

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17. A Money Lending App

A peer-to-peer network to borrow cash at better interest rates as compared to investors or savings accounts. Users can keep track of all those to whom they owe money and who owe them the money with all relevant information and contact details.

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18. A Wifi Sharing App

Remember the barter system? Reinvent it with anything say like enable people to share their Wi-Fi network in exchange for anything they would like to share in return. Without sharing the Wi-Fi password, user can share their internet connection simply by scanning the QR code from the app. It allows the internet user to connect for a definite period of time or until they disconnected once.

19. A Cloth Resell App

Everyone likes to upgrade their wardrobe every now and then, and by saving a few bucks who wouldn’t like that? Let people sell their branded clothes and accessories online and recoup their investment in luxury items. Wish to see how it happens? Contact our business developer for a quick demo.

20. Remote Tuition Platform

These types of eLearning apps are best for people to learn from volunteer teachers where professionals and non-professional educators can teach with their expertise and personal experiences. The user connects with native speakers who want to master that language. This one-to-one online language lesson would be super-hit and highly valued.

21. Learning Apps For Disabled People

A special education app that helps children with autism spectrum disorder develop skills and learn. We have developed a social networking app for autism affected people in the UK which helped their family members to share their stories, post status, send messages, read and write blogs, ask questions, do event listing to attend or invite.

22. A Crash Course App For Exams

Make an exam prep app that prepares students for their upcoming exams by covering the key highlights of important topics and helping them memorize quickly. Their learning and test practice can be promoted with study tools, help, guides, discussion, study material, quizzes, frequent tests, and many more.

23. A Reminder App For Adults

Integrate plug in’s for reminders like medicines, meetings, deadlines, home care, etc. These apps integrate with users’ calendars and send reminder notifications on their phones at the set time. The user can even organize their to-do list to manage every activity efficiently.

24. Online Dating App

An online dating app to discover, date, meet and socialize with compatible singles and divorcees. Users can also find the date on their special interests like geeks, nerds, comic lovers, adventurers, and many more.

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25. Discussion Forums

An open discussion platform to find, discuss, and share news, information, and opinions, gain and share knowledge and connect with people who contribute to sharing their insights and recommendations.

26. Social Shopping Networks

Support creators, artisans, and artists. Make a network where people can spot them and shop their handmade items, share great finds, and make purchases. The users can also share the pics with others to seek suggestions on a style. Such shop apps are in trend and will be a great business idea for budding entrepreneurs.

27. Fantasy Sports App

Tap the growing obsession and stimulating play, build a daily fantasy sports platform where users can play fantasy cricket, football, rugby, basketball, and other games and win excessive money. AI-equipped sporting apps are revolutionizing the gaming industry and are the right time for entrepreneurs to build a great business with esports apps.

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Related Reading: How to develop a fantasy sports mobile app like dream11?

28. Events & Ticket Booking App

Get developed an online events ticket booking app that helps users book eTickets of movies, musical events, seminars, sports events, recreational and cultural events just like Book my show.These mobile apps fasten and ease the online ticket booking process.

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29. A Traveling & Hospitality App

Make an app like Airbnb and allow your customers to book stays, and find nearby adventures and places around the world. Include a guest and host app in it that allows hosts to list their property, set prices, and receive bookings. And for guests to easily find rental properties, make bookings, and payments. With these apps, customers face less or no chances of being cheated and enjoying their tour.

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30. A Workout or Exercise App

In this busy world, it is becoming very difficult to take care of your fitness. So, let your users experience a full-body workout through Workout or exercise apps. Whether it is running, functional training, yoga, suspension training, or cycling, train your users in real-time or give them demos.

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31. A Meditation & Yoga App

Bring your yoga instructor everywhere you go. Make a meditation and yoga app to give a wide variety of video demonstrations with vocal instructions to your users with a daily dose of inspirational quotes. The app will help you to gain mental stability, and a healthy lifestyle, enhance your attention span, and many more.

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32. Diet & Weight Loss App

Poor diet and bad eating habits are becoming a major concern among people with untimely and unmanageable weight gain globally. So, it will be a great business idea to make a weight-tracking tool app that tracks diet and suggest exercise, and offers a huge food database in the most user-friendly option for losing weight.

33. Logbook Apps

A logbook app that consists of pre-set libraries with exercises and a wide choice of workout routines available for the users. It works as a to-do list and stores information about workouts. It is like a task scheduling and motivation app that reminds users about their daily to-do tasks and motivates them to perform in a timely.

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34. A Graphical Restaurant Reservation System

A reservation system for restaurants and pubs would allow users to see a graphical layout of the formation and see what tables are available. It gives an exact idea of the restaurant ambiance and helps customers to make the right and instant decision while making reservations in the restaurant. Every customer prefers quality food, and services along with surroundings, so it would be a great and profitable business idea for you to indulge in it.

35. Food Donation From Restaurants App

Many restaurants, catering, and event companies often end up with plenty of leftovers, but resist the cost or taking the liability of figuring out how to donate and deliver them to those in need. Making an app that delivers leftover food from all the restaurants to the hungry, instead of to the trash can be worth it. This will help save the wastage of food and feed those in need

36. On-demand Doctor App

Why not scale up your healthcare business by developing an on-demand doctor app that connects caregivers, physicians and Doctors with patients suffering from chronic diseases and other people in need through video calling (telemedicine app) or an audio call. Such mobile apps are quite handy for doctors and patients as well, who like to make an instant appointment or schedule their doctor’s appointment in advance.

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37. On-demand Beauty App

Get built a beauty and wellness app to make girls’ life a little easier and prettier. Be it nails on-demand, fitness on-demand, or make-up on-demand, let your app serve girls of all ages through an expert beauty app. Through this app, the user can easily find and hire the right stylist anytime with an on-demand beauty services app.

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38. On-demand Alcohol Delivery App

Let your customers get their daily or occasional shots of a favorite wine, beer, or liquor delivered to them in an hour. Bring a variation by offering cool offers like a feature of splitting a bottle between their friends and paying for quarters, tracking the amount of beer they had taken in a day/month and so on. There are many ways to make your app stand out.

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39. Blockchain-based Supply Chain Management App

Increase the efficiency and transparency of SCM with blockchain technology. Various ideas for this vertical can be real-time tracking of food staples, in-clothing supply chain, and Pharma supply chain app. The supply chains that use blockchain technology can increase speed, and transparency, and reduces errors in businesses.

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40. A Corporate Voting App

Make a polling or voting app for enterprises or organizations that help them record, track and ensure that each eligible person uses only one vote. This app can help make key decisions by polling and selecting an appropriate person for any desirable designation. The users can even carry out surveys through the app by creating attractive mobile-friendly surveys, forms, and polls with ease.

41. Logistics & Warehouse Tracking App

This app can help track the products in real-time from the supplier to the shelf by tracking drivers, vehicles, shipments, and clients all in this all-in-one app. Your mobile app will help the logistics company to manage their business without losing income, handle warehouses, track driver’s locations, and ensure maximum truckloads. It infuses ultimate transparency into the entire business process.

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42. Business Registry & Licensing App

Plan an Asset Registry app to help increase the efficiency of transaction processing and aid in preventing property fraud. The user or would-be business owner can register their proposed business idea through the app in a hassle-free manner. Contact us for more details.

43. Identity Management App

Blockchain-based identity management app helps in enabling fully secured password-less experiences for your customers and employees. You can include features like password management, lifecycle management, single sign-on, and group automation.

44. A Social Networking App For Tokers

Build an app where tokers can safely share their cannabis activities, post photos and connect with fellow tokers. You can also add a tint of uniqueness by making a tinder like app for tokers where they can find tokers in the nearby area with whom they can smoke.

45. App, Swipe, Go- eCommerce App

Leverage the super hit idea of Amazon Go where you can just pick up an item from the store and walk out with it and the cost will be automatically deducted from your e-wallet. The Amazon Go convenience stores utilize a complex network of sensors on shelves, cameras, and A.I. to track what people pick up and place in their bag.

46. An AR Based Interior Design App

Develop an AR-based real-estate app to help clients with a 3D viewing experience to visualize the furniture or decor elements in the surrounding space with the help of AR. Give them the ability to switch from different colors, fabrics, patterns and styles.

47. An On-demand Expert Provider Solution

An app to allow users to instantly connect with service experts of any type. Be it family consultation, legal advice, fitness consultation, real estate, e-learning or any other users can always connect with service experts.

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48. A Freelancer App

An app to hire freelancers on the go. Let users across all domain specialties register themselves and offer their services at affordable prices. Such an app idea could be a great support for those individuals and students who look for a part-time job to earn something without hampering their ongoing tasks. .

49. A Public Transit App

An app that will give users all the crucial information about public buses, metros, trains, and taxis city-wise and area-wise. User can access their time, schedule, and routes, and can also track them on the live map. It is a GPS-assisted app in which the user can enter their destination on the public transit app and can find all the possible routes and trip options available on the app with price details and journey time as well.

50. A Photo Saving App

An encrypted photo saving app that allows users to create their albums on app where they can save their photos, lock them, and even share privately with their friends or family by custom viewing mode like who can see this album.

51. A Money Saver App

This app will record the daily investments made by the users’ category wise like shopping, dining, medical, grocery, fuel, etc. and send him alerts on surplus expenditure on any particular category to limit the expenses.

52. A Reading App

In the mobile age, everyone wants to go digital. Be it novel, magazines, newspaper or anything else users want an all-in-one app for the same. Make a reading app that covers all these stuff and users can subscribe monthly for accessing them. The user can even purchase the digital reading rights of the available book as well.

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53. A Short Video Sharing App

Just like we have Instagram for photo sharing, you can make any videogram app for video sharing that allows users to make short DIY or any other professional videos with features like adding lower-thirds, text, background sound, etc.

54. An NGO Collaboration App

An app where you can connect all the NGOs city wise on a single app and help them raise funds through people who want to make a significant contribution through a trusted platform. You can also include in-app features like event or activity creation to engage with people who can support volunteers for some major causes.

55. On-demand Babysitting App

Register experienced sitters in an app and help parents find sitters and nannies around with a tap of a button. The parents can search for the relevant fit based on their skills, educational background, and other required features.

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56. A White Glove Delivery Service App

White-Glove Services are transportation services beyond usual delivery expectations. We all face issues when it comes to transporting fragile items or things that require extra care. Building an on-demand pickup and delivery app platform to help users transport their items with proper padded packaging and security can come as a rescue.

57. An Eat Together App

No need to eat alone when you have Eat Together app. Design an app that allows people in a campus, office, restaurant or any other social place to find a company to eat based on their preferred time, location, and schedule. This way they can break their loneliness, build new connections and enjoy we time.

58. A Person Rating App

Imagine an app where anyone who connects with you in daily life and gets impressed or upset by your behavior, work, service, habit or anything else can rate you on the app. This way you can build your profile and built authentic credibility which can help you at the time of interviews, meetings, or any misfortune where you have to validate your behavior.

59. A Fashion Club App

This app will help fashionistas to club and sport the best dress they wish to wear occasion wise like parties, formal meetings, weddings, travels etc. Fashion savvy people can get opinions based on it they can shop. This way you can turn it into a smart eCommerce app.

60. A Personal Consultant App

This app will help users to find the right or best solutions to the problem they’re confused about. You can classify experts based on their field and users can seek a solution on message, video or voice call by giving a nominal fee.

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61. A Part-time Job Finding App

Here users can register their interests, hobbies, and expertise and seek part-time jobs with certain deadlines and earn extra income.

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62. A Real Estate App with Virtual Tours

Get built a next-generation real estate app that helps property buyers to take a virtual tour of the property on the app i.e. Live broadcasting and allows them to chat with brokers or sellers in real-time.

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63. Spot Nearby Places

Develop an AR-based app that helps users to spot nearby restaurants, hotels, pubs, parking, hospitals, etc. just by hovering the phone on the buildings or nearby places.

64. A Water Alert App

An app that interactively tracks your daily water intake and motivates you to drink water periodically by the means of inspiring quotes, necessities, warnings etc.

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65. Employee Feedback App

An anonymous employee feedback app that consents employees to share their opinions on improving the company environment, share feedback and ideas. This will solve the problems of companies internally without going to Google.

66. A Chauffeur Hiring App

An on-demand app to hire professional, reliable and licensed car chauffeurs and drivers for your private local and outstation drives. Features include real-time tracking, checking drivers’ profile, insurance, packages, etc.

67. A Housing Society App

Create an app for housing societies and townships where all members of the society can join the group and the admin can post all upcoming events, collect contributions, discuss and share problems with solutions, include the feature of polling and voting, take decisions based on the majority and more features can be added.

68. A Water Sharing App

Many a time it happens a building/flat or a house has excess water and some adjacent areas are devoid of water supply. This app will help identify needy homes and people with abundant water can drop them a message and communicate for water sharing.

69. An Online Kitty App

Often women are fond of kitty parties but some do not get time to contribute, gather and party hard. An online kitty will help ladies to contribute money to a central pool which will essentially be a mobile wallet and the lots can be drawn turn wise through a built-in feature.

70. Stop Procrastinating App

This app will help people stay focused and boost their productivity from time to time. Features include sending notifications, blocking social media apps after a fixed time (as decided by user), cutting distractions.

71. A City Guide App

This app will help tourists and travelers explore places, restaurants, hotels (with ratings and reviews), famous shopping points, and historic places in the city with their brief significance. It would act as a personal guide to any new traveler. The mobile application could be a great and handy solution, especially for travel freaks, who like to explore every new place on their own.

72. A Budget App

A budget management app that helps users to track and manage their money from a list of banks, credit card issuers, brokerages, lenders and other financial institutions. Additionally, it should also have the feature to help guard users against spending too much.

73. Online Medicine Delivery App

Create an online pharmacy app where users can purchase medicines, get it delivered to home. The app should also assist users with medical queries and treatment plans, usage information, side effects and safety warnings.

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74. Lost & Found App

This app can help users find their lost things. Users can report lost, stolen or found items here. It can also be used to report missing people, children and pets.

75. A Graphic Design Tool App

Allow your users to design, share and print business cards, logos, presentations, social media images and more.

76. Animated Videos Maker App

Enable your users to create animated video, make professional presentations and video ads by giving them a library of readymade templates and styles, characters and backgrounds.

77. Language Learner App

This app can have a beginner, intermediary and expert level language learning content to help people learn new languages along with their pronunciation.

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78. Brain Training App

Create an app that helps users to improve memory, problem-solving capability, attention, speed of processing and thinking.

79. Uber for Trucking App Solution

Create an on-demand trucking app solution to match carriers with shippers. This will help shippers find the potential carriers or transport companies that fits in their budget and delivery criteria. It will also help truckers and carriers to find shippers so that they don’t face empty truck problems anymore. Want to know the features in detail? Click here.

80. Custom Gift App

There are people who do not get time to buy a gift for their loved ones. This app will help them customize a gift and make a hamper in the app itself which can be later delivered on their doorsteps.

81. Dating + Matrimony App

Create an app that makes the journey from dating to wedding seamless. It will allow only potential match seekers to login by taking their unique identity and other important information.

82. Chatbot App Development

Build AI Powered chatbots for automated communication and virtual assistance. You can foray in any industry for unleashing its power and bringing in intelligent conversation in your business.

83. A Wish List App

We all have seen eCommerce apps having the option of wishlist(ing) the items or marking them favorites. Why not redefine the concept and make a separate app where we can save all the items, products, desires category wise. And tick the checkbox right when the wish is completed. This will further help achieve milestones, fulfill the desires in an organized fashion.

84. A Taxi Aggregator App

We all have used different taxi apps and have faced one common problem of late taxi arrivals. So the idea is to club all the existing taxi apps like Uber, BlaBla, Meru, Ola and all the ones popular in your city. This app will show the nearest taxi, pricing, and information of the drivers accepting your rides; you can compare and call the one that suits your choice.

85. A Digital Receipt App

This app will record all the transactions that you have done in the month. Whether it be on shopping, grocery, fuel, restaurants, travel and others. It will divide your monthly spending categorically. This will give a fair idea of where the expenditures are done most. It will also save the digital receipts in the app for tracking the total spends.

86. An AR App to Scan Any Object

Create an app that enables users to scan products, images and illustrations and discover hidden content using augmented reality.

87. AR Gaming App

Create an app that allows users to use their actual surroundings in the gaming zone and create an immersive experience.

88. A Virtual Makeup & Hairstyle App

It gets expensive trying looks on oneself by applying in real and then get distressed by undesirable results. Having an app where individuals can have a virtual facelift can turn out to be a money, resource and time saver.

89. Astrology & Horoscope App

If you’re an astrologer, tarot card reader you can take your profession online by foretelling the fortunes, revealing insights and career trajectories about people.

90. On-demand Home Services App

Create an app like TaskRabbit, Handyman, Thumbtack that provides convenience to customers to search and book for on-demand home service solutions at their doorstep. The services can include on-demand home cleaning, repairing, spa & salon, plumbing, car washing services, laundry and more.

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91. On-demand Babysitter App

Finding a last-minute professional sitter for your baby is no simple task. Having a custom nanny finder app or an on-demand babysitter app in your local city could prove to be a big relaxer of many working mothers.

92. A Family Locator App

Create an app that allows users to stay in sync with their entire family located remotely. This app can have features like creating a group, viewing the real-time location of circle members, receiving real-time alerts, sharing texts, images, private video calling, etc.

93. Child’s GPS Watch & Phone Tracker

Create an app for child safety and parental control. It can have features like GPS locator, family chat, app control, battery control, GPS watch.

94. On-demand Fuel Delivery App

Don’t you feel buying fuel should be as easy as buying a dress on Amazon? Fuel delivery apps will let users buy fuel, track the delivery on a real-time basis as well as help prevent adulteration. No more need to drag the vehicles to the nearest petrol pump!

95. Media & Entertainment App

Develop a custom broadcast app that helps in post-production project management, live streaming media and other media workflow.

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96. Music Discovery & Lyrics App

A music discovery and recognition app will allow users to identify music in seconds that he might not have information of but he likes it. The app will also allow the user to watch its video and check lyrics.

97. Water Quality Monitoring App

An IoT powered app that assists users in monitoring and sharing water quality parameters, collecting data for simple comparison and analysis.

98. Smart Office Monitoring System

An IoT based smart office system which knows or can determine office users’ needs, and acts according to this knowledge.

99. Smart Trash Bins Software

IoT based waste management using smart dustbin will reduce human resources and efforts along with the enhancement of a smart city vision. This software assures to send mail notification and status on the dashboard of dustbins when the garbage level reaches its maximum. If the dustbin is not cleaned in a specific time then alert would be sent to the admin who can take appropriate action.

100. An Online Restaurant Reservation System

This app would allow users to see a graphical layout of the establishment. The users would be able to see the filled and vacant tables. It will work the same way you book seats in the book my show app.

101. AR App For Healthy Food Checker

An AR-based nutrition checker app that will check which nutrients are in your meals in an easy to read format and their benefits for your health.

102. AR App for Tourism

There can be many apps that can be developed using AR in the tourism industry. Some of them being helping travelers find their way, educating customers about the places they visit, AR geo channel to break the communication barrier and improving customer experience.

Bottom line :

Being an entrepreneur, what’s your take on ideas execution, rapid mobile app development, app launch, and digital marketing, ultimately driving ROI? Have you got something fabulous with our exclusive digital map of the best mobile app ideas?
What we discussed above are timely and timeless mobile application ideas sitting on the most urgent seat of development and execution.
A shrewd businessman is one that addresses the needs on or before time by crushing the solutions.

Everything You Should Know About Online Cannabis Delivery in the United States

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The growing legalization of online cannabis delivery in the United States has stirred up questions in all its aspects and wonders.

The global legal marijuana delivery market size was estimated at USD 13.8 billion in 2018 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 23.9% by 2025.

According to reports, a total of 33 states have legalized marijuana for medical use, 10 of which allow adults to legally use the drug for recreational use. And that number may continue to rise, as more people are accepting the idea of legalizing marijuana across the United States.

This blog is dedicated to medical cannabis providers, particularly those living in New York, Massachusetts and Canada where only medical cannabis delivery is allowed with the following regulatory structure.

California- Permission Granted For Recreational and Medical Cannabis Delivery

  • During delivery, the deliverer shan’t engage in any other activity other than necessary rest, fuel and vehicle repairs. He/she should have a retailer’s license, govt. issued ID and badge by the employer.
  • Cannabis must be in secured storage and opaque.
  • Vehicles must be outfitted with a GPS tracking system attached to vehicle; licensee must own a dedicated GPS device used for delivery only.
  • No more than $10,000 value cannabis is allowed at any time.
  • Driver must maintain a log that includes all stops.
  • Delivery receipts must contain the details of the retailer, deliverer, employee who packed along with details like description of cannabis, date & time of delivery, customer signature, etc.

New York – Permission Granted Only For Medical Cannabis Delivery

  • A registered organization has to take a prior authorization from the New York State Department of Health (“Department”) to sell dispense or distribute approved medical marijuana products via a delivery service.
  • They will have to get approved the delivery service plan with written approval from the department.
  • Also, vehicles have to go through the approval and identification process including make, model, year, vehicle, vehicle identification number (VIN) and plate number.
  • Delivery organizations must secure the storage compartment of the vehicle and describe the precautions against any theft or accidental loss of marijuana.
  • No transport or delivery outside of New York State’s border, to any Native American reservations, or federally owned properties within New York State is allowed.
  • Organizations should have the method to validate the patient’s certification information and designated caregiver’s registry identification card.
  • Description of a clear process for receiving and fulfilling delivery requests from certified patients or designated caregivers only, including a method to validate only they will be available to personally accept delivery.
  • Transport vehicles must be staffed with a minimum of two agents, at least one of whom must remain with the vehicle at all times.

Massachusetts – Permission Granted Only For Medical Cannabis Delivery

– Must-Follow Regulatory Structure of New York + Below Mentioned Points

  • Delivery times and routes must be randomized.
  • The registered marijuana dispensary (RMD) must retain shipping manifests for at least one year.
  • Each vehicle used for transport must have a GPS monitoring device that is monitored by the RMD during transport.
  • Each delivery agent must have access to a secure form of communication with personnel at the sending site at all times.

How Much Does It Cost to Develop a Taxi Booking App

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It has been several years since taxi booking apps have forayed and their popularity is massively mushrooming. Conventional taxi service providers couldn’t agree more their market is diminishing.

Cab refusal, overcharging and nuisance were just some of the problems addressed by on-demand taxi apps like Uber. And from this day forward, there rolled out a train of taxi apps meeting the budding passenger’s needs.

Of many reading this blog to reckon the taxi app development cost let us make it clear the cost has its total dependency on the feature set and third-party integrations. And before developing an app like Uber, one needs a deep understanding of its business & revenue model, technical considerations and competitors as well. So, let’s explore in detail the diverse taxi app development essentials.

Business Model of Taxi Booking App

There are three major types of business model of taxi app-

  • Aggregator Model
  • Ownership Model
  • Revenue Generation Model

Aggregator Model

Under this business model, the cab aggregators partner with cab operators to provide rides on request. The aggregator receives a commission from operators on each ride that occurs and apart from this, the cab operator also pays a fee for leveraging the conveniences of the technology platform. Popular taxi-hailing companies like Uber, Gett, Ola works on the same model.

Ownership Model

This model works best for taxi fleet owner-operators. Riders can book the taxi from their taxi booking app by entering the pick-up and drop-off location and enjoy the ride as the taxi operator arrives and take them to the destination. This model does not have any middlemen like Uber. The taxi operator is only liable for paying drivers and other operational costs like fuel, maintenance charges of cabs and technology platforms.

Revenue Generation Model

Other than the two models discussed above, the additional source of revenues that can be taken into consideration by app development companies are:

  • Surge pricing at peak demand
  • Different prices for the range of car models
  • Extra service charge for chauffeurs and premium cars
  • Costs for extra luggage on the trip
  • Charging a certain rate on per mile basis
  • Imposing charges on waiting time of the driver

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How To Create A Taxi Booking App: Steps To Follow

  1. Conduct A Market Research

Foraying into the market without gathering the insights is no less than shooting arrows in the dark. Ensure that you study the market, gather facts and figures, analyze them, and ultimately draft your own conclusion. While exploring the market for a taxi booking app, pay heed on the following checkpoints:

  • What is the actual demand of your target audience?
  • Have you chosen the right geographical area?
  • Will you be able to gather the required resources?
  • What payment mode will be suitable for your target audience?
  • Is your taxi booking app idea capable enough to beat the market competition?

And there can be a huge list of questions that you need to figure out at this stage. Ensure that you are simplifying the idea and making your app stand out in the market. In case, if you are standing on the same lines as your competitors then you won’t be able to pull out desired market results.

  1. Choose A Suitable Business Model

Selecting the right business model will decide the performance of your app in the market. It will include a decision on a few things like the type of monetization strategy, the structure of the app, the type of services offered, integration of third-party platforms i.e. payment, GPS, and more.

Deciding on these many factors will help you to streamline your taxi app development process. Pre-planning your strategies and having an idea of what can be done is always a good decision that eliminates unnecessary errors and things.

  1. Consider Technical Requirements And Specifications

Now, when you are done with the business model, you need to decide on the list of technical tools that will be used in your development process. Consider deciding the technical structure and architecture that you are going to integrate with your app. This decision will be done in the presence of a technical team who have thorough knowledge and experience or either you can also go for outsourcing a few resources to decide. After this stage, you will be able to understand the cost estimation, the development time, and the success rate of your taxi app.

  1. Decide The Best Resources To Work

This stage is again a critical phase because selecting the resources that would be carrying out the whole development process is not easy. You need to understand your team size, expertise, experience, and geographical location. Moreover, prepare a list of technical requirements and select team members like no. as developers, UI//UX designers, QA testers, project managers, etc. Ascertain that selecting people will be the most critical stage of the whole process because individual experts charge their own costs on an hourly basis. Best option is to hire a mobile app development company where you will get bundled expertise in transport and automotive industry.

  1. Supervise UI/UX Team With Your Brand’s Motive

This stage is essential because here you can actually visualize how your taxi booking app will look and how the design should align as per your vision. You need to start this process before moving on to the actual development. The UI/UX designers will understand the brand vision, goal and strategy and come up with different mock-ups and wireframes. So, you need to make pre-discussions and plan every minute detail of the design beforehand.

  1. Stepping Up With Backend Development

As the name suggests that backend process means the backbone of the whole development strategy. The developers are responsible to bind all the functions of the app and their outputs. This stage has to be perfect because the whole foundation is dependent on it. Most languages used in the app development process are JavaScript and Python. But there can be other languages as well based on the app requirements.

  1. Directing The Testing Process

This is probably the last stage of the app where the QA testing team will use various tools to understand the performance of the apps. The usability, functionality, efficiency, quality, and effectiveness will be checked in multiple environments. This step must be part of the development process because launching without going through the testing process can create blunders and a single error can ruin your efforts.

  1. The App Launch

After testing, you are good to go! Now you can easily release and launch your app in the market. Take the feedback from your customers and work on it. Also, the post launch maintenance and updates should not fall from the cracks.

Core Technologies Used

  • SMS Adaptor – Cloud communication providers like Twilio, Nexmo, Plivo, Sinch
  • Push Notifications – Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) and Apple Push Notification Service
  • Payment – Braintree, Stripe, Paypal
  • Email – Mandrill, SendGrid
  • Analytics – Google Analytics
  • Geo Location (Navigation) – Google Maps, Mapkit
  • Device Location – CoreLocation framework, Google’s Location APIs
  • Cloud – Amazon S3, Amazon Cloudfront

Competitor Analysis & Risk Factors

  • Lyft – Lyft was founded in 2012 in San Francisco, California. Like Uber, Lyft also operates in the Application Software space. It offers its services in areas nationwide and in roughly 220 cities, which includes Vietnam, The Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
  • Gett – Launched in London 2011, GetTaxi an Israeli on-demand mobility company is backed by Volkswagen and currently operates in more than 100 cities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and Israel.
  • Grab – Founded in 2011, Grab is famous for offering its services in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. They aim to make the taxi industry a safe and efficient transport medium.
  • Ola – Initiated in 2010 in Mumbai as an online cab aggregator, Ola has an extensive network that spreads across India, Australia, New Zealand, UK (169 cities) and with over 100,000 cars. Ola is famous for offering a diverse range of cab services through its mobile application.
  • Didi – DiDi was founded in 2012, and its headquarters is in Beijing, Beijing Municipality. Like Uber, DiDi also works within the Application Software sector and is known in the Chinese market. It has confirmed its partnership with Lyft, Ola, Bolt, and Grab to expand its global footprint in Australia, Mexico, Japan and Brazil.
  • Bolt (Taxify) – Headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, Bolt operates in 34 countries and more than 150 cities. Bolt is hailed for offering the best commission to drivers and reasonable charges to its customers allowing it to earn over plentiful passengers and drivers.

Related Reading : Top Ridesharing Apps Worldwide and Lessons to Be Learned

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Revenue Model of Taxi Booking App

  • Dynamic Pricing – When the demand for taxi is higher than the availability like on bad weather days, strikes, traffic congestion, peak hours and public holidays, taxi aggregators can apply the dynamic pricing strategy by multiplying the cost per mile.
  • In-app Advertisements – In-app advertisements like video ads, banner ads, and interstitial ads can be another effective monetization strategy to earn money through app.
  • Promotional partnerships – By making partnerships with brands looking for marketing strategies can prove to be a win-win situation for both the parties. Such type of collaborations give a huge audience base to the brands and owners can earn money through it.
  • Premium Rides – Besides running the ordinary cabs, app owners can also give the option of premium rides and include luxury sedans, SUVs in their fleet and charge extra for the amenity. Like Uber gives a premium segment of UberBLACK, UberSUV, UberLUX and so on.
  • Commission – The commissions earned on each taxi ride the passenger books comes as a direct source of income for taxi aggregators. Like for e.g. Uber charges for a ride per km and the time spent and earns the commission on every kilometer.

Cost to Develop a Taxi Booking App

The total cost of taxi app development depends on the following factors :

  • App Platform – Do you want to develop the app on the iOS platform or Android or both? The cost varies platform wise.
  • App Design – The user interface and user experience is the essence of any app that grabs users’ attention and keep them glued. So, you should not compromise with the design for saving some bucks and hire the best UI/UX development company after checking their portfolio.
  • App Development – The development cost of a taxi booking app depends on the geographic location of the mobile app Development Company you’ve hired. Though the companies have different hourly rates, still app development market in India is relatively cheaper than that of the US market.
  • Third-Party Integrations – Apart from the development of features and functionalities in the Customer App, Driver App and Dispatch panel, if you go for any third party integrations it will add to the cost more as its development is time-consuming and require extra efforts.

A Ballpark Figure:

Still, if you want a ballpark figure for taxi app development or taxi dispatch software it may range from $20,000- $30,000 USD (Cost is subjected to change country-wise).

FAQ

1. How Much Does It Cost To Develop A Taxi Booking App?

The total cost to create an online taxi booking app ranges from $20,000- $40,000 USD. The app cost includes stakeholders like Rider App, Driver App, and the Admin Panel.

2. How Much Time Does It Take To Develop A Taxi Booking App Solution?

It roughly takes 4-6 months to develop the MVP or preliminary version of a taxi app operative on single mobile platform (iOS or Android). This includes rider app, driver app, Admin panel development and back-end development.

3. How to Create an Online Taxi Booking App?

Follow these steps:

  • Do a strong competitor research to study their business model and marketing strategies.
  • Identify a taxi app development business model you want to work on.
  • Research your target market and understand the current market situation.
  • Search for the best taxi app development company or a team of taxi app developers.
  • Select the technology stack and kickstart the app development process.
  • Develop a solid marketing plan and release the app in the market with solid campaigns.

4. What are the top taxi booking apps to get inspired from?

The top taxi hailing apps are Uber, Lyft, Didi Chuxing, Gett, Ola, SeeWay, GoCatch to name a few.

Blockchain Technology in Healthcare : Use Cases, Benefits & Challenges Unlocked

The blockchain revolution has forayed into the healthcare ecosystem, and it has come a long way to notable transformations. Unlocking the true value of interoperability, blockchain technology creates unique opportunities to eliminate the friction, cost and complexities, enabling trustworthy collaboration, and creating secure and immutable information.

Hiring a Blockchain App Development Company for forcing digitalization strength to strength in your healthcare app has become a driving necessity. With the overall vision of blockchain to disrupt healthcare, there are many potential use cases where it has enhanced healthcare operations. Let’s explore and understand. But before that, let’s take a cursory glance on what blockchain is all about.

What is Blockchain?

Blockchains are distributed systems that log transaction records on linked blocks and store them on an encrypted digital ledger. In other words, a block is a record of new transaction (medical data like medical device logs, patient’s sensitive information, temperature-sensitive medicine info during transport TTSPP time, or the location of cryptocurrency). When a new block is completed it gets attached with the old previous blocks carrying information and this way blockchain is created.

Use Cases of Blockchain in Healthcare

  • Supply Chain Management : Seamless supply chain management comes as a challenge in every industry but in healthcare it comes with complexities and risks attached which can directly impact patients’ safety and health outcomes. Blockchain technology secures and optimizes health supply chain for the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of pharmaceutical products. It offers solution to keep a track on drug ingredients, temperature of medicines while shipping, product tracing and verification, detection of counterfeit, unapproved and dangerous drugs.
  • Secure Patient Healthcare Records : Blockchain technology can allow patients to access their care records by providing them with a security key that matches their provider’s security key. Blockchain helps in gathering massive amounts of patient data and facilitates patient data sharing and improving interoperability to help population health initiatives. It also ensures the integrity of medical record by keeping it safe and unaltered.
  • Making Patients Aware of Clinical Trials : Research has shown that 85% of patients were unaware of the relevant clinical trials during the time they were considering treatments which debarred them to benefit from treatments that the trials offered. Also, the inability of healthcare providers to recruit patients in need led to major loss of time and money spent on developing drugs. Distributed ledger in blockchain technology helped in increasing the quality and quantity of patients recruited for clinical trials by storing the medical data of patients anonymously and making it visible to trial recruiters which helped them to reach out qualified patients.
  • Makes Claim Processing Easier : Today, there is no transparency and visibility between both the parties i.e. the healthcare stakeholders and the patient. Smart Contracts in blockchain improves data accuracy for providers, regulators, and other stakeholders, and give them more control of their own data which makes the processing of claims and payments efficient, secure and frictionless.
  • Identifying and Matching Patients : In healthcare solving patient-matching is no less than a challenge. Blockchain is certainly a technology that can be used to track the unique patient identifier.

Related Reading: Meet the Top Five Industries Unlocking New Values From Blockchain

Unlocking the Benefits of Blockchain Technology

  • Data Security: Blockchain is equipped with the latest cryptographic features that safeguard patient sensitive information and all medical data. It helps in checking the data authenticity with the help of digital signature and provides full protection to data.
  • Cost Savings: This ledger technology eliminates third-parties and banks by enabling peer-to-peer transactions which aid in lowering the transactional cost at a greater extent.
  • Increase in Patient Satisfaction: A blockchain platform coordinates patient records, a history of procedures, and insurance claims to reduce redundancies and prevent losses. This helps healthcare providers to access medical history and insurance information and make quick decisions. This helps in improving the patient experience as well as the healthcare business model.
  • Accessing Distributed Data: Distributed ledger technology stores all the data in the nodes of a blockchain platform which allows hospitals, insurance companies, and patients to access the medical records from a single point which is secured enough and has full control that who should and shouldn’t see the patient’s data.
  • Healthcare Data Management: As aforementioned, if all the data has to be stored on a single point with open access will certainly add to woes and a severe threat to confidentiality. In such cases, permission blockchains such as Hyperledger Fabric or Corda set rules for giving permissions to companies to access the data.
  • Immutability: Data stored in the blockchain cannot be altered by anyone. Not even the admin, owner or third party.

Challenges of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare

  • Healthcare industry lacks structures to collect, share, and analyze information resulting in a lack of interoperability.
  • Existing systems are managed in an off-line architecture, with centralized, local databases, whereas blockchain technology is decentralized and in the cloud.
  • The inflated presence of healthcare units operating in off-line architecture, with centralized, local databases, makes it hard for existing systems to switch on blockchain, as the technology is decentralized and in the cloud.
  • Interoperability challenges among various healthcare professionals and hospital systems result in a lack of coordinated data management and exchange, resulting in fragmented health records.

With that said, blockchain can help improve interoperability, security, compliance, management, shareability, and accessibility of patient data in many ways. When are you going to adapt the ledger technology in your healthcare app? Our blockchain app developers have all the needed experience to meet your requirements and expectations.