{"id":67047,"date":"2020-09-23T21:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T13:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=67047"},"modified":"2022-09-23T21:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:39:01","slug":"3-helpful-apps-for-commuters-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/09\/23\/3-helpful-apps-for-commuters-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Helpful Apps for Commuters in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/passengers-e1491378119368.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commuting is an everyday struggle for workers, students, and even tourists in the Philippines. In fact, according to Waze Global Driver Satisfaction Index of 2015, Manila had the &#8220;worst traffic on Earth.&#8221;\u00a0This is why, in order to deal with traffic difficulties in the country, these helpful apps for commuters were made available for FREE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4346\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/grab-e1491376694681.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grab is a smartphone taxi booking and dispatching service that provides different types of vehicle options including taxis and cars with base fares priced at P30 and P70, respectively. Grab is convenient to use when you are stuck somewhere and cannot find any alternative vehicle to ride on. Commuters can simply use the Grab mobile application and enter his\/her pick-up and drop off locations, then Grab will find the nearest available driver in the area. It also ensures that passenger\u2019s safety as it provides the driver\u2019s details and it can be shared to family and friends to track the ride.<\/p>\n<p>Download on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.grabtaxi.passenger&amp;referrer=af_tranid%3DhlUZMOYxLlf6YMqRLXFEHg%26pid%3DPH-Website-ADR-Install_Button%26c%3DWebsite_Download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/sg\/app\/id647268330?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Payment Options: Credit Card or Cash<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uber<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/uber-e1491376731817.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Uber is also a mobile booking app that provides different types of vehicles options like Sedan, SUV, and other premium cars. Its fares may vary due to traffic, weather, and other factors. Commuters can use the Uber app to find a ride easily as it also sends the nearest available driver in his\/her pick-up area and drive him\/her to the desired drop-off location. They also have the option to send the status of their ride to their contacts to ensure their safety.<\/p>\n<p>Download on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.ubercab&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/uber\/id368677368?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Payment Options: Credit Card or Cash<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wunder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4349\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/wunder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wunder is an Urban Carpooling App that lets car owners share the empty seats in their cars with commuters who need a means of transportation. The payments between passengers and drivers are handled in cash at the end of the ride. The amount the passenger has to pay is shown to them prior to the ride in the Detail View of their Request or by pressing the + button in the Riding Tab, after the driver accepted the ride.\u00a0Wunder carpoolers use the chat option to coordinate details.<\/p>\n<p>Download on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.wundercar.android&amp;referrer=adjust_reftag%3DcniFDEa0q17eU%26utm_source%3DWebsite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a>\u00a0or Download on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ph\/app\/wunder-carpool\/id808868615?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Payment Options: Cash only<\/p>\n<p><em>Images grabbed from pexels.com and the apps&#8217; respective Facebook pages.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.waze.com\/2015\/09\/global-driver-satisfaction-index.html\">blog.waze.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/ph\/\">grab.com\/ph\/<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/en-PH\/cities\/manila\/\">uber.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunder.org\/\">wunder.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commuting is an everyday struggle for workers, students, and even tourists in the Philippines. In fact, according to Waze Global Driver Satisfaction Index of 2015, Manila had the &#8220;worst traffic on Earth.&#8221;\u00a0This is why, in order to deal with traffic difficulties in the country, these helpful apps for commuters were made available for FREE. Grab Grab is a smartphone taxi booking and dispatching service that provides different types of vehicle options including taxis and cars with base fares priced at P30 and P70, respectively. Grab is convenient to use when you are stuck somewhere and cannot find any alternative vehicle to ride on. Commuters can simply use the Grab mobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/09\/passengers-e1491378119368.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67049,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67047\/revisions\/67049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}