JapanTaxi Reviews – Page 7
5/5 rating based on 124 reviews. Read all reviews for JapanTaxi for iPhone.
JapanTaxi is free iOS app published by Mobility Technologies Co., Ltd.
A friendly way for foreigners to taxi
lukeknep
This is friendly for foreigners to use, as it eliminates the language and payment barrier, as well as the cultural barrier of hailing a taxi. Note that there is sometimes a few imposed on top of the regular fare; so if you’re able to hail a taxi without the app, it will probably be cheapest. Has some issues in Kyoto, where certain areas appear to be unreachable by regular taxi. Also, some taxi companies require you to call them should you need to cancel your ride.
Unable to register
Tarty pop
Could never register. It would never validate my name to continue the process.
Not thrilled
GulliverFoyle
So far, I think this app isn’t even worth “free”. I cannot get past the registration. It won’t accept strong passwords created for me and it won’t accept passwords I create. I tried a password reset with a 19 character password, and it wouldn’t accept because it needs 6-20 characters. So I tried 6 and got the same message. I give up and I’ll just stick to hailing cabs on the street while I’m here.
No fares displayed! What?
a good resident
It used to display taxi fare when ordering taxi but it doesn’t anymore so you don’t know the price in advance. What’s the point?? Terrible.
Never any taxis available
emi17384826
I’ve tried to book a number of rides both immediate and scheduled. Every single time, I get a message that there are no taxis available - even when I’m trying to book an immediate ride, I still get this no taxis available when I can clearly see taxis driving nearby on the map view!! Great idea, but the app is nowhere near on par with other ride hailing services. I hope this can be fixed, or the availability of taxis (using this app) can be increased so one day I’ll finally be able to book a ride. Until then, I sadly can’t recommend this app.
Iryne
iryne t
I’m traveling with my children for the first time to Japan. Although we take the train system most of the time, we would take this taxi service to get to train station when we don’t feel like walking in the heat. This service was so helpful. The app was easy to use. All the drivers were extremely nice. They gave exact time of pick up arrival time. Definitely a must have app when you are in Japan.
Meh
SDJuL
This app basically turns Taxis into an Uber (as the Japanese gov. screwed up that company pricing them higher than local cabs). On the drivers side not much to say, if you know about Japan’s taxi drivers, complete hit or miss, the app however... it’s pretty much stone age. The only positive about it are: -Direct pay -Not having to give direction Other than that it’s pretty terrible: You could be standing at a full taxi stand downtown Tokyo/Sapporo/Kyoto (from personal experience) and the app tells you no one is available. You literally have to re-do the search selecting every taxi company independently... I won’t go into the details but it’s same, accuracy, interface, eta, etc. Crap. Basically current Japanese tech: Stuck in the 70’s and completely outdated
Great Taxi
Cayleeboo
I’m from the USA. I know no Japanese so it’s hard to get around. I love that I can map where I want to go and then click on the taxi icon and it goes straight to call a taxi.