No surge, ever.
The fare you pay is the fare the meter reads. Five things to know before you tap your first ride.
The fare is the meter.
Every car on FairTaxi is a licensed taxi running an NTA-approved meter. The app shows you an estimate up front; the final fare is what the meter reads when you arrive. The same number you’d pay for the same ride hailed off the street.
- No surge multiplier on a wet Friday in Rathmines.
- No "peak window" because there’s a match in Croker.
- NTA standard tariff, on every car, every ride.
Know who's coming.
Photo, name, plate, vehicle, live ETA — before you accept the ride. Every PSV licence is checked against the live NTA register at onboarding and again on every login. You can tap the plate from the rider app and verify it for yourself.
- Driver photo, name and rating on the booking screen.
- Plate verifiable against the public NTA register.
- NCT, insurance and Garda Vetting on file before ride one.
Talk to your driver in-app.
Voice your driver about the side gate, the buzzer, the entrance round the back. We mask both phone numbers so neither of you swaps personal mobiles for the sake of a nine-minute trip.
- Both numbers masked — yours and the driver’s.
- Live transcript saved to your ride receipt.
- Speaker, mute and hang-up — no chatbot in the way.
Pay how you want.
Saved card in the app, cash in the car, the driver’s SumUp on arrival — or have someone Sponsor the ride from another phone. The fare on the meter is the same number either way.
- Saved card · default for most trips.
- Cash · driver gives change, no app fee added.
- Tap the driver's SumUp on arrival.
- Sponsor a ride — send the charge to a friend’s card.
Re-book who you trust.
After a good ride, tap the heart on the receipt. Favourites lets you keep the drivers you liked — next time one of them is on shift in your area, the dispatch tries them first. A good local rank, rebuilt in software.
- Tap the heart from any past ride to add a favourite.
- Dispatch tries your favourites first when they’re nearby.
- Build a private rank of drivers you’d ring directly.
You pay the meter. We don't add a thing.
No surge. No peak window. No commission. The same fare a hailed taxi would charge, with the conveniences of an app on top.
The fare is the meter.
Tap install and prove it.
Native Android, ready today. iOS in due course — drop your email in the rider Android app and we'll write the day it ships.
Or browse the driver page if you're considering both sides.