Lyft Driver

Name: Lyft Driver
Rating: 4.3 (110887 reviews)
Author: Lyft, Inc.

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111K Ratings
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Years
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Business
Developer

Lyft, Inc.
Language

EN
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362.6
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iPhone

WHY LYFT? Earn good money and meet great people. EARN FAST Get paid quickly with options to cash out instantly, daily, and weekly. Plus, earn bonuses, rewards, and keep 100% of rider tips. SEE YOUR PAY UPFRONT View earnings and trip details before accepting every ride. HIGHEST-RATED RIDERS Lyft has the best riders in town. They’re friendly, generous, and highly-rated. FLEXIBLE Earn money on your schedule. Choose where you drive—and where you don’t—with location filters. GET 24/7 SUPPORT With on-demand help and safety features, you can hit the road with peace of mind. APPLE CARPLAY Lyft Maps connects to your in-car system so your directions, ride details, and music are all in one place. GET STARTED Apply today to start earning with Lyft. — Apple CarPlay is a trademark of Apple Inc. For Lyft drivers, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. By downloading the app, you agree (i) to receive communications from Lyft, including push notifications; and (ii) to allow Lyft to collect your device's language settings. You can opt out of receiving push notifications through your device settings. You may see a different experience in select cities. If Upfront Pay is not available in your city, then you will be paid for each minute and mile of the trips you complete, based on your city’s per-minute and per-mile rates. Upfront Pay is not available in Washington state, New York City, Portland or Toronto.

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

111K Ratings

Dashboard /GPS UPDATES
Jul 18

Bubblezmoe
As a recent Lyft driver, your driver app could use some updates on the dashboard: Today I had 7 trips and 6 of those trips every were the wrong navigation directions. I would turn when the Navigation advised & then the app would update & re-route to a different direction in the middle of driving to the destination. Yes, I did looked in the App Store to make sure the app was updated. However, this is unacceptable having this many wrong directions on this many trips. One trip the navigation wanted me to turn over the top of a median and the rider witnessed the app showing me the GPS. Direction. Your dashboard could use some helpful updates for drivers. Examples: An icon that references a coffee cup or man/woman restroom so that you don’t have to “Go Offline” but to pause for a short time. This allows the app to momentarily pause for a possible snack or restroom break. Additionally, on your dashboard, you could include a traffic cone icon and when selected it would come up with other icon choices, such as accident, traffic, wrong direction, road closed, speed enforcement, would definitely help out the drivers. Also, when connecting with CarPlay, it would be beneficial on the GPS if it would include stop signs and traffic lights because some of the roads are hidden and you can’t see them so therefore you bypass them and have to go around the block. Please consider these updates/changes! Thank!
Dashboard /GPS UPDATES
Jul 18

Bubblezmoe

As a recent Lyft driver, your driver app could use some updates on the dashboard: Today I had 7 trips and 6 of those trips every were the wrong navigation directions. I would turn when the Navigation advised & then the app would update & re-route to a different direction in the middle of driving to the destination. Yes, I did looked in the App Store to make sure the app was updated. However, this is unacceptable having this many wrong directions on this many trips. One trip the navigation wanted me to turn over the top of a median and the rider witnessed the app showing me the GPS. Direction. Your dashboard could use some helpful updates for drivers. Examples: An icon that references a coffee cup or man/woman restroom so that you don’t have to “Go Offline” but to pause for a short time. This allows the app to momentarily pause for a possible snack or restroom break. Additionally, on your dashboard, you could include a traffic cone icon and when selected it would come up with other icon choices, such as accident, traffic, wrong direction, road closed, speed enforcement, would definitely help out the drivers. Also, when connecting with CarPlay, it would be beneficial on the GPS if it would include stop signs and traffic lights because some of the roads are hidden and you can’t see them so therefore you bypass them and have to go around the block. Please consider these updates/changes! Thank!
Upset with pay
May 28

SomethingsBroken
So usually you know your worth, you know what your going to put in, to get back out etc. those that get my vibe- this is you. Not right now with Lyft. Idk why they have to make more than us per call I’m tired of 4-6 daily rides! $4 knowing these people don’t have a car and don’t tip!? It’s so unfair to us to get try; I only do this bc I’m disabled- I’m not worth $4 on a $20 min ride. That’s harsh my time my gas my day my car my wear and tear, your program running itself thru us, and please just .. why not have the Best Rep in the game? Instead of the cheapest? Pay us bettter. It isn’t a video game! I’m here here to play and roll dice! I like “my job” I despise greed and knowing your hitting us too hard. Now insurance too?! But don’t worry only our riders prices will go up 🤮🙄-used up number/car. ten rides at $4 is $40 they know they don’t won’t tip just don’t let anyone convince you that you’re worth it based on your tip because people who take ride chairs do not have a car. Hopefully they are saving for one right or who knows either way they are not tipping you on a daily basis (they do it’s very rare and sometimes a smile or standing out helps yall) I always give my best. Then take my time to let them ^^ At the top know they’re just “wrong.”
Upset with pay
May 28

SomethingsBroken

So usually you know your worth, you know what your going to put in, to get back out etc. those that get my vibe- this is you. Not right now with Lyft. Idk why they have to make more than us per call I’m tired of 4-6 daily rides! $4 knowing these people don’t have a car and don’t tip!? It’s so unfair to us to get try; I only do this bc I’m disabled- I’m not worth $4 on a $20 min ride. That’s harsh my time my gas my day my car my wear and tear, your program running itself thru us, and please just .. why not have the Best Rep in the game? Instead of the cheapest? Pay us bettter. It isn’t a video game! I’m here here to play and roll dice! I like “my job” I despise greed and knowing your hitting us too hard. Now insurance too?! But don’t worry only our riders prices will go up 🤮🙄-used up number/car. ten rides at $4 is $40 they know they don’t won’t tip just don’t let anyone convince you that you’re worth it based on your tip because people who take ride chairs do not have a car. Hopefully they are saving for one right or who knows either way they are not tipping you on a daily basis (they do it’s very rare and sometimes a smile or standing out helps yall) I always give my best. Then take my time to let them ^^ At the top know they’re just “wrong.”
They take too much!!
Sep 22

BettyG89
I’ve been a driver for years now. I do feel this app makes the most out of any of the ride share apps I’ve used. However, they take so much money from customers and drivers it’s ridiculous!!! Half of the fee the customer pays goes to Lyft, then on top of Lyft taking half the customers money, they are still taking a quarter of the drivers earnings on top of that!! I made over 600 dollars the other week, and only got to see about 400 of it!! That 200 could have gotten my insurance, or paid for my car to be detailed, or used to save to fix my vehicle. I make 25-35/hr from the app’s calculating, I should not be struggling at all!! However due to the large amounts the app takes for “fees” I am more or less making nearer to 20 an hour, while putting hundreds of miles on my car a day. I have back issues, so getting a normal labor focused job is not going to work for me. Driving is one of the only options I have to be able to pay my bills… it’s insane how much this app takes from customers and drivers. On top of that the prices are always changing for my customers, literally by the minute. I’ve had many people tell me that Lyft tried to charge them 60 dollars for a ten minute ride when they had just paid like 20-25 the day before. Then the driver doesn’t see any of that difference, it all goes to Lyft!! I’m grateful for the app, but also feel like if Lyft took less from each driver and customer they would still be alright!!
They take too much!!
Sep 22

BettyG89

I’ve been a driver for years now. I do feel this app makes the most out of any of the ride share apps I’ve used. However, they take so much money from customers and drivers it’s ridiculous!!! Half of the fee the customer pays goes to Lyft, then on top of Lyft taking half the customers money, they are still taking a quarter of the drivers earnings on top of that!! I made over 600 dollars the other week, and only got to see about 400 of it!! That 200 could have gotten my insurance, or paid for my car to be detailed, or used to save to fix my vehicle. I make 25-35/hr from the app’s calculating, I should not be struggling at all!! However due to the large amounts the app takes for “fees” I am more or less making nearer to 20 an hour, while putting hundreds of miles on my car a day. I have back issues, so getting a normal labor focused job is not going to work for me. Driving is one of the only options I have to be able to pay my bills… it’s insane how much this app takes from customers and drivers. On top of that the prices are always changing for my customers, literally by the minute. I’ve had many people tell me that Lyft tried to charge them 60 dollars for a ten minute ride when they had just paid like 20-25 the day before. Then the driver doesn’t see any of that difference, it all goes to Lyft!! I’m grateful for the app, but also feel like if Lyft took less from each driver and customer they would still be alright!!
All kinds of problems
06/15/2019

BradMacd
Just came back to using Lyft to drive. Generally speaking, I like the Lyft GPS system much better than Uber, but I just started driving again last night after a long break of about a year and there seems to be a lot of things broken. Several times, for instance, I had someone in my car but could not start the trip because I was not parked in the exact location they had set their pickup - like within feet. There was one ride where I was parked at the end of the driveway instead of pulling in. After 2 minutes of stammering my way through “this never happens” I figured I’d try to pull in the driveway. I backed up and didn’t even have my back wheels over the driveway entrance yet and it pinged saying I could let them know I arrived. This was embarrassing and I was super lucky they were so understanding (and happy drunks). And it cost me valuable time during peak Saturday night ride hours. For less than 10 feet.Another time, the same thing happened but it gave me the option to “arrive early” but said I would lose out on any wait time and would not be compensated if the rider cancelled. Of course, this ended up being the ride that I waited and waited and called the rider several times and he never showed up. So then I had to be the one who cancelled the ride (hope this doesn’t reflect poorly on my record so quickly after returning from a long absence). Lots of problems to fix here.
All kinds of problems
06/15/2019

BradMacd

Just came back to using Lyft to drive. Generally speaking, I like the Lyft GPS system much better than Uber, but I just started driving again last night after a long break of about a year and there seems to be a lot of things broken. Several times, for instance, I had someone in my car but could not start the trip because I was not parked in the exact location they had set their pickup - like within feet. There was one ride where I was parked at the end of the driveway instead of pulling in. After 2 minutes of stammering my way through “this never happens” I figured I’d try to pull in the driveway. I backed up and didn’t even have my back wheels over the driveway entrance yet and it pinged saying I could let them know I arrived. This was embarrassing and I was super lucky they were so understanding (and happy drunks). And it cost me valuable time during peak Saturday night ride hours. For less than 10 feet.Another time, the same thing happened but it gave me the option to “arrive early” but said I would lose out on any wait time and would not be compensated if the rider cancelled. Of course, this ended up being the ride that I waited and waited and called the rider several times and he never showed up. So then I had to be the one who cancelled the ride (hope this doesn’t reflect poorly on my record so quickly after returning from a long absence). Lots of problems to fix here.

Thanks for driving for Lyft. We update our app regularly to make your driving experience better. Every update of our Lyft app includes improvements in speed and reliability. Lyft Driver supports devices using iOS 15 or higher. While you will still be able to install Lyft Driver on an older device or OS, you will be using an old version of the app and may miss out on support or new features.

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