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Book rides with 0% commission! Nepali initiative driving fairness & transparency.
Ride-sharing that’s truly fair for everyone. With Sawari, drivers enjoy Zero Platform Commission – A Promise for a Lifetime!
Sawari is revolutionizing the ride-sharing industry in Nepal. We’re more than just an app; we're a community-driven movement built on fairness and transparency. We empower our driver partners through our transparent, Zero Platform Commission model. This creates a ride-sharing experience where everyone benefits. By focusing on direct driver earnings from fares, passengers get great service, and drivers truly take home what they earn on the road.
Why Choose Sawari for Your Rides?
- Ride with Peace of Mind: Know that your journey supports a fair system. When drivers are empowered and keep their full fare earnings, it creates a better, more respectful ride experience for you.
- Your Ride, Your Choice: Easily book a quick Bike for zipping through traffic or a comfortable Cab for your daily commutes and outings.
- Instant Rides with QR Connect: Spot a Sawari driver? Scan their unique QR code, enter your destination, and start your trip instantly! Perfect for busy areas like bus stops and a feature you won't find anywhere else.
- Travel Safely: Your well-being is key. We offer features like an Emergency Call Button to quickly connect with police, Share Your Trip with family and friends, and ensure all our drivers undergo a Strong Verification Process.
- Explore Nepal: Starting with a focus on Kathmandu and Pokhara, Sawari is available nationwide to get you where you need to go.
Why Drive with Sawari?
- Zero Platform Commission: That's our core promise. We take no company cuts from your trip earnings.
- No Middleman, Direct Earnings: Passengers pay you directly for your service. You're free to arrange cash or digital payments based on your preference and what works for your riders. Sawari is your tech partner, not a collector.
- Drive On Your Terms: Enjoy the flexibility of being your own boss. Work when it suits you and manage your rides effectively.
- A Platform Built on Trust: Join a community that respects your hard work. Our transparent system, strong driver verification, and dedicated support are here to help you succeed.
Sawari: A Nepali Initiative, Driving Fairness and Transparency
We're a Nepali company with a deep commitment to our people. "Zero Commission, A Promise for Lifetime" isn't just a slogan – it's the foundation of our bond with you. We're launching with Bike and Cab rides and are excited about a future where Sawari brings you even more, including parcel delivery, city-to-city transport, and food delivery – all built on the same promise of fairness and trust.
Key Sawari Features:
- Revolutionary Zero Commission Model for drivers on all fares.
- Unique QR Connect for on-the-spot ride hailing.
- Bike & Cab options available.
- Direct Rider-to-Driver Payments (Cash or Digital by mutual agreement).
- Safety First: Emergency Button, Share Trip Location, Verified Drivers.
- Fair & Transparent platform for riders and drivers.
- Made with Love in Nepal, serving our nation.
Join the Sawari Movement!
Download the app today and be part of a fairer future for ride-sharing in Nepal. Let’s drive change, together.
Website - https://www.sawariride.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sawariride.nepal/
more SIGNING IN, REBUILT
Signing in now takes care of itself. Your login code can arrive and fill itself in without you switching apps or retyping anything — including straight from the keyboard suggestion. If it doesn't reach you, the screen offers other ways to get one, each with its own timer, so you always know how long the wait is.
EVERY TRIP, IN FULL
Tap any trip in your history for the full route with stop times, the fare, who you rode with, and your rating — which you can now change. You can also remove a trip from your history.
FOR DRIVERS
• Pin a default navigation app — Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze or Organic Maps — and long-press Navigate to change it.
• A new PAN details step completes registration.
• Reset app settings from the settings screen.
FIXES
• Ride requests not reaching some drivers, and delivery breaking after toggling notifications in system settings
• Drivers staying online after signing out
• Being signed out when the connection wavered
• The back button and back gesture across the app, including screens opened from a link or a notification
• Links tapped mid-ride now wait until your ride is done
• Pickup, destination and map pins left over from a finished trip
• Fares vanishing behind an error mid-refresh
• Ride history spinning forever
• Sheets and buttons cut off by the navigation bar
• Ratings showing the review count instead of the score
• Terms and privacy links during sign-up
Faster screen transitions, quicker photo uploads during registration, clearer offline handling, and a long list of crash and stability fixes throughout.
3.11.30 Aug 23
Smarter Profile Setup: Name fields now only accept English or Nepali letters and will automatically capitalise your name as you type to keep your profile looking professional.
Easier Driver Registration: We have replaced manual typing with a new scroll wheel for selecting your vehicle's manufacturing year, easily supporting both B.S. and A.D. calendars.
Helpful Location Alerts: If your device's GPS is turned off, a new banner on the home screen will help you quickly jump to your settings to enable it for a smoother booking experience.
Clearer Driver Alerts: We have updated the driver ride request sound to a repeating alarm so you never miss an incoming trip. Additionally, cancelled rides will now clearly display in red to prevent any confusion.
Smarter Favourites: When adding a new favourite place, the map will now automatically start at your current location rather than a default city centre.
Fixes and Polish: We have fixed an issue where submit buttons could get cut off on certain screens, added new preference options during sign-up, and improved overall app translations.
3.7.91 Jul 4
Auto-Restore Online Status: Drivers will now automatically remain online if the app is accidentally closed or restarts. As long as your device permissions have not changed, you no longer need to manually toggle your status back to online when reopening the app, helping you stay available for rides with zero interruptions.
Performance and Stability: Includes minor behind-the-scenes optimizations for a more reliable app experience.
3.7.79 Jun 26
Louder Driver Alerts: We have introduced a new, louder alarm sound for incoming ride requests and improved how the audio plays so drivers never miss a trip.
Screen Stays Awake: Your screen will no longer go to sleep while you are waiting for a ride, on an active trip, or actively using the app.
Accurate Ride Timers: We fixed an issue where ride offer countdowns would run too fast and expire early on specific phone models.
Better Connection Handling: Improved offline detection with a new banner that smoothly drops down to let you know if your internet connection is unstable or disconnected, without blocking your screen.
Smoother Booking Experience: When a passenger accepts a ride offer, the other available offers will visually fade out to prevent confusion and double-tapping.
More Accurate Driver Locations: Drivers now share a fresh, precise location the moment they send a ride offer, giving passengers a more accurate pickup estimate.
3.7.78 Jun 21
Fresh New Look: We have updated our startup experience with a brand new animated splash screen featuring our updated logo and tagline.
Smoother App Experience: Enjoy seamless, flicker-free transitions when opening the app or switching between driver and passenger modes.
Enhanced Route Previews: The map now automatically adjusts to give you the best view of your route, making sure everything you need to see fits perfectly on your screen.
Redesigned Trip Details: The trip information card has been completely redesigned for clarity, now featuring localized numbers so ride details are easier to read at a glance.
Performance and Stability: We have laid the groundwork for exciting future updates and made several behind-the-scenes optimizations to make the app faster and more reliable.
3.7.70 Jun 16
Arrival Confirmation: Drivers will now see a quick confirmation prompt when tapping "Arrived" to prevent accidental status updates at the pickup location.
Updated Contact Information: We have refreshed our company contact details and social media links in the support section so you can easily reach out to us.
Clearer Navigation: We have updated the icons on the trip screen to make navigation options easier to spot at a glance.
Bug Fixes and Polish: Fixed a minor issue with the ride search screen when using the back gesture, along with behind-the-scenes optimizations for a smoother and more reliable experience.
3.7.66 Jun 13
Smarter Maps & Tracking: We have improved map animations and added new camera controls during your trip. Route previews now show vehicle icons and clearer pickup points.
Clearer Discounts: Spot your savings instantly with improved discount banners and crossed-out original prices on the ride selection screen.
Quick QR Rides: Passengers can now conveniently scan a driver's QR code for instant ride pairing.
Easier Driver Registration: Uploading documents is now simpler with new visual example guides to help you take the best photos. Drivers can also choose their preferred language (English or Nepali) during onboarding.
Improved Forms & Setup: We have added clearer, specific error messages if a field is filled out incorrectly, making profile updates much smoother.
Bug Fixes & Polish: We have added social media links to the sidebar, fixed phone number formatting issues, and improved overall app stability and responsiveness.
3.7.64 Jun 11
Accurate Ride Timers: We have improved our internal time synchronization. Ride countdowns, waiting times, and trip offers are now perfectly accurate, even if your device's clock timezone changes.
Performance and Polish: This update includes behind-the-scenes optimizations and analytics improvements for a more stable and reliable ride booking experience.
3.7.40 Jun 4
• Smarter QR Scanner: The QR scanner button now clearly indicates when you are offline and only activates when your status is set to online.
• Reliable Ride Alerts: We have improved background notification sounds and vibrations so you never miss an incoming request, while also preventing duplicate or stuck alert sounds.
• Faster Account Setup: Signing up is now quicker with a simplified information screen.
• Improved Rating Screen: We have added protections so you will not accidentally close the review screen before submitting your feedback.
• General Polish: Enjoy personalized greetings based on the time of day after your ride.
3.7.37 Jun 1
Premium Trip Experience: Enjoy a completely redesigned trip screen. It is now more responsive, smoother to use, and provides a better view of your ride on the map.
New Map Features: You can now use rotation gestures on the map for easier navigation. We have also updated icons and improved the speed at which routes are displayed.
Support Updates: We have made it easier to get help by moving the support features to a more prominent location and placing your active tickets at the top.
Enhanced Reviews: Sharing your feedback is now faster and easier with our updated rating screens and improved button layout.
Optimized Performance: This update includes significant improvements to the app's responsiveness, making scrolling and dragging through ride details feel much more fluid.
3.7.29 May 30
Smarter Chat: You can now tap chat notifications to jump directly into your conversation. We have also added smart suppression to prevent duplicate alerts while you are already chatting.
Improved Map Tracking: Experience more accurate real-time location updates on the map. The map camera now automatically adjusts to focus on the most relevant parts of your route.
Enhanced Verification: We have updated our driver verification system to ensure all profiles are complete and verified to a higher standard for your safety.
Simplified Notifications: A smoother flow for managing notification permissions, making it easier to stay updated on your ride status.
Bug Fixes and Performance: This update resolves issues with ghost notifications and includes several behind-the-scenes improvements for a more stable experience.
3.7.17 May 11
Smarter Chat: You can now tap chat notifications to jump directly into your conversation. We have also added smart suppression to prevent duplicate alerts while you are already chatting.
Improved Map Tracking: Experience more accurate real-time location updates on the map. The map camera now automatically adjusts to focus on the most relevant parts of your route.
Enhanced Verification: We have updated our driver verification system to ensure all profiles are complete and verified to a higher standard for your safety.
Simplified Notifications: A smoother flow for managing notification permissions, making it easier to stay updated on your ride status.
Bug Fixes and Performance: This update resolves issues with ghost notifications and includes several behind-the-scenes improvements for a more stable experience.
3.7.12 May 9
New Help and Support: A revamped support centre with chat-like messaging to help resolve your queries faster.
Track Your Tickets: Easily view your support history, attach multiple images, and see live status updates.
Reporting Features: You can now report issues or file complaints directly through the app for a safer experience.
Smoother Driver Onboarding: We have improved the account creation and verification process for new drivers.
Enhanced Map Display: The map now automatically clears old markers and routes after booking for a cleaner view.
Performance and Stability: We have optimised network calls and fixed minor bugs to make the app more reliable.
3.7.0 Apr 22
• Quick Ride Suggestions: New location-aware shortcuts on the home screen help you book your frequent trips with a single tap.
• Reorder Favourites: Take control of your saved locations! You can now drag and drop your favourite places to put your most-used ones at the top.
• Responsive Search: We've optimized our location search to be snappier and more accurate, cancelling out-of-date requests as you type.
• Map & Navigation Updates: We’ve resolved issues where map markers could get stuck and added helpful alerts if a specific route is unavailable.
• Enhanced Reliability: This update includes important fixes for startup crashes and improved "Recent Places" tracking to keep your history up to date.
• Performance Polish: Smoother animations and faster transitions throughout the app for a more seamless booking flow.
3.6.0 Apr 13
• Faster Performance: Enjoy a snappier experience with significantly reduced startup times.
• Enhanced UI: New shimmer loading animations provide a smoother transition when you open the app.
• Map Improvements: Navigating the map and viewing your route is now more fluid and reliable.
• Custom Sounds: Listen for our new custom notification alerts.
• Better Reliability: We’ve fixed a bug with contact permissions and improved how the app handles location selection.
• General Stability: Various under-the-hood fixes for a more consistent ride-booking experience.
3.5.12 Apr 6
Version 3.5.6
We are always looking for ways to make your journey smoother and more connected. In this update, we are thrilled to introduce thoughtful new features designed around you and the people you care about.
Book for Others
Need to arrange a ride for a friend or family member? You can now easily book trips on behalf of someone else directly from your app. Simply select a contact, set their pickup location, and we’ll handle the rest. We’ve also introduced a dedicated tracking view so you can follow their trip progress in real-time, giving you peace of mind while they travel safely. To ensure a secure pickup, your guest and their driver will use a simple, secure PIN to confirm the ride.
A Beautiful New Map Experience
We’ve refreshed our maps to look better and feel more responsive. Whether you prefer Light or Dark mode, the map now features cleaner styling, smoother location tracking, and refined animations, making it easier than ever to pinpoint your destination.
Clearer Ride Offers & Upgrades
Your ride offers now prominently display vehicle details. If you're receiving a vehicle upgrade, you will see it right away on the request screen, complete with clear icons and vehicle information so you know exactly what to expect.
Polish & Refinements
• Simplified app appearance settings: We’ve brought back a classic, easy-to-use menu so you can effortlessly switch between System Default, Light, and Dark modes.
• Refined menus and smoother screen transitions for a more intuitive, premium feel.
• Under-the-hood enhancements for faster map loading and overall app stability.
Thank you for riding with us! If you love the app, please consider leaving a rating or review.
3.5.6 Mar 22
What’s New in Version 3.4.0
• Favourite Places: You can now add, edit, and delete favourite places directly from the menu to book rides faster.
• Audio Alerts: Added sound notifications for new ride offers and when your driver reaches the pickup location.
• QR Code Improvements: Updated the QR code screen styling and scanner icon to improve visibility and ensure easier scanning across all app themes.
• Navigation Fixes: Corrected a routing issue so drivers are accurately navigated to the drop-off location only after the trip has officially started.
• Network Reliability: The app now automatically retries loading your profile and data if your internet connection drops and reconnects.
• UI Updates: Standardised button designs, improved text field styling, and adjusted spacing on the home screen for a cleaner layout.
3.4.0 Feb 27
What’s New in Version 3.3.0
We’ve been working hard to polish the experience for both our Riders and Drivers. This update brings a smoother interface, smarter location features, and better connectivity.
For Everyone:
• Smarter Search & Routing: We’ve upgraded our location engine. Search results are now more accurate, and we check route compliance instantly to ensure your selected vehicle type can travel to your destination.
• Dynamic Trip Screens: The ride details screen now adapts its size automatically based on content, giving you a better view of the map without clutter.
• Smoother Connectivity: We’ve improved how the app reconnects after network drops. Your payment methods and vehicle options now load faster when you open the app.
• Visual Polish: We’ve refined the Settings menu, in-app banners, and dialogs for a cleaner look and feel.
For Drivers:
• Payment Icons: You can now see the passenger's payment method icon (Cash, Wallet, etc.) directly on the Ride Request card before you accept.
• QR Ride Upgrades: The QR code and connection screens have been redesigned for better readability, with larger text and improved layout.
• Background Refresh: The app now smarter about updating your trip status when you switch back to it from other apps.
Plus, we’ve squashed bugs related to "No route found" errors and maintenance mode alerts.
3.3.0 Feb 24
Sawari 3.2. Redesigned. Reimagined. Ready.
This isn’t just an update. It’s a completely new way to experience Sawari. We’ve rebuilt the core of the app to be faster, smarter, and more helpful than ever before.
Here is everything new.
Go Online. Instantly.
For our drivers, getting started is now instantaneous. We’ve completely re-engineered the "Go Online" button.
Instant Feedback: Tap the switch, and the app responds immediately. No more waiting or wondering.
Permissions made clear: We’ve designed a beautiful new screen that guides you through exactly what your phone needs to do its best work—like keeping your location active so you get more trips.
Security Check: A silent, automatic check now runs in the blink of an eye to ensure your device is secure before you start driving.
Never Miss a Ride
Sawari now works harder for you, even when you aren't looking at it.
Smart Overlays: On Android, incoming requests can now appear as a convenient pop-up over your other apps. You can accept a trip without missing a beat.
The Floating Bubble: Minimized the app? A subtle, intelligent bubble stays with you, letting you jump back to Sawari with a single tap.
Haptic Alerts: You won’t just hear a new request; you’ll feel it. We’ve tuned the vibration alerts to be distinct and impossible to ignore.
A Fluid New Look
We’ve polished every pixel.
Animated Feeds: Lists doesn't just appear; they flow. New requests slide in smoothly, making the interface feel alive.
Undo is here: Swiped a request away by mistake? It happens. A new Undo button appears specifically to let you bring it back.
Vertical Carousel: When you’re searching for a ride, the status messages now cycle beautifully in a vertical animation. It’s the little details that matter.
Maps that Move with You
Navigation has never felt this real.
Precision Tracking: We now capture your vehicle’s heading and speed with greater accuracy. The car icon on the map doesn't just jump; it glides through turns just like you do.
Smarter Zoom: The map now automatically adjusts to show you exactly what you need to see—whether it’s the full route or just the next turn.
For the Passengers
Searching for a ride is now a seamless experience.
Draggable Search: You can now drag the search window up and down to peek at your trip details while we find you a driver.
Vehicle Auto-Scroll: Tap a vehicle type, and the list centers itself automatically. It feels magical.
QR Power: Scanning a driver’s QR code is faster, with new zoom controls (1x, 2x, 3x) to handle any lighting condition.
You Are in Control
Privacy and transparency are at the core of Sawari.
Account Management: We’ve added a dedicated space for managing your account data, including a clear, guided process for account deletion if you ever choose to leave.
Transparent Location: We now show you exactly when and why the app is using your location in the background, keeping you fully informed.
Built for Nepal
We have refined our language support. The Nepali translation is now more natural, accurate, and consistent across the entire app.
Update today and experience the best version of Sawari yet.
3.2.0 Feb 4
This update brings significant improvements to your ride-booking experience, along with a host of UI refinements and performance boosts to make your journey smoother from start to finish.
A Better Ride Booking Experience
You'll now see a more informative loading screen with a live countdown timer and the estimated arrival time of the closest driver. Plus, a new pulse radar animation on the map provides a nice visual cue while you wait.
UI and Performance Upgrades
- Consistent Design: We've unified the way pickup and drop-off locations are displayed across the app for a cleaner, more consistent look.
- Smoother Image Uploads: Image processing for your profile and documents now happens in the background, preventing UI lag and making the process much faster.
- Refined Sidebar: Navigating the menu is easier with new, clearer icons and simplified logic.
- Improved Date Picker: Selecting a date is now more intuitive with an updated bottom-sheet design.
Convenience & Reliability
- Easier OTP Login: The OTP screen has been upgraded for a better user experience.
- Bug Fixes: We've improved error handling and reduced unnecessary data requests to make the app more reliable and responsive.
Thank you for your continued feedback! We're always working to improve your experience.
1.3.0 09/18/2025
Introducing Favourite Places & A Better Map Experience
This update brings new features and key improvements to make booking and tracking your rides smoother.
What's New:
- Favourite Places: You can now save your most visited spots like Home, Work, or Campus. Access them from the location search for quick, one-tap booking. You can also easily add any destination from your recent trips to your favourites list.
- Smarter Map: We've improved how the map works. It now does a better job of automatically zooming to show your full route and focusing correctly on your pickup/drop-off points after a ride.
- Improved Cancellation Info: When you go to cancel a ride, the confirmation message is now more helpful, letting you know if your driver is already on the way.
- UI Polish: We've updated many of our icons and refined parts of the app for a cleaner, more consistent look. The emergency screen has also been redesigned to be clearer and easier to use.
- Bug Fixes: As always, this release includes performance improvements and bug fixes. We specifically fixed an issue where QR-code rides wouldn't always navigate to the trip screen correctly.
1.2.3 09/03/2025
Enjoy a smoother, more intuitive ride experience with our latest update!
- Improved Ride Offers: Finding your perfect ride is now easier. The total fare remains visible at the top while you browse different ride offers.
- New Rating Experience: The screen for rating your driver and leaving a review has been redesigned for a much smoother and more intuitive flow.
- Polished Settings: We've spruced up the Settings screen, making it simpler to customize app appearance and manage your notification preferences.
- Refresh Your Trip History: Simply pull down on the trip history list to refresh and see your most recent rides.
- Bug Fixes & Stability: This update includes performance enhancements and bug fixes to provide a more stable and dependable app.
1.2.2 08/27/2025
This update brings major enhancements to navigation, map performance, and key rider screens.
All-New Navigation Experience
We've completely overhauled how you navigate to your destination. You can now choose your preferred navigation app directly from the trip screen.
- Navigation App Picker: If you have multiple map apps installed (like Apple Maps and Google Maps), a handy picker will appear, putting you in control.
- Seamless Integration: Launch your chosen map app with a single tap for a smoother start to your navigation.
A More Advanced In-App Map
We've made significant improvements to the live trip map for a more stable and accurate view of your ride.
- Smoother Vehicle Movement: The vehicle marker now updates more fluidly and realistically, with more reliable bearing and direction.
- Smarter Route Tracking: The route line now updates correctly as you travel, preventing the re-drawing of already completed parts of your trip.
- Faster Icon Loading: Vehicle icons on the map now load faster when the app starts.
Revamped Rider Screens
- Pull to Refresh: You can now simply pull down on the Income and Activities screens to instantly refresh your latest earnings and ride history.
- Improved Income Page: We've replaced the old toggle with a clean TabBar to easily switch between Day, Week, and Month earnings views.
- Enhanced Activities Page: The Ride Reviews and Ride History sections are now more responsive and easier to navigate.
Quality of Life & Bug Fixes
- Improved the rider registration forms with better validation and clearer instructions.
- Polished the UI across the app with consistent titles and improved layouts for settings, logout, and account deletion screens.
- Fixed bugs related to the trip flow to ensure a more stable and reliable experience from start to finish.
1.2.1 08/23/2025
This update is packed with new features and improvements to make your experience smoother and more intuitive.
What's New:
- Enhanced Rider Registration: We've revamped the rider registration flow with an improved vehicle selection process and a cleaner interface to get you on the road faster.
- Upgraded QR Rides: The QR Ride feature is now better than ever. You can see user photos and ratings, and we've redesigned the map screen for a more intuitive experience.
- Brand New Profile Page: Manage your user and driver details with ease in our completely redesigned, unified profile page.
- Live Trip Experience: Track your ride with live ETA updates on your trip card and communicate seamlessly with in-app chat notifications.
- Performance & Stability: We've squashed numerous bugs and made significant performance improvements under the hood for a faster, more reliable app.
1.2 08/17/2025
SIGNING IN, REBUILT
Signing in now takes care of itself. Your login code can arrive and fill itself in without you switching apps or retyping anything — including straight from the keyboard suggestion. If it doesn't reach you, the screen offers other ways to get one, each with its own timer, so you always know how long the wait is.
EVERY TRIP, IN FULL
Tap any trip in your history for the full route with stop times, the fare, who you rode with, and your rating — which you can now change. You can also remove a trip from your history.
FOR DRIVERS
• Pin a default navigation app — Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze or Organic Maps — and long-press Navigate to change it.
• A new PAN details step completes registration.
• Reset app settings from the settings screen.
FIXES
• Ride requests not reaching some drivers, and delivery breaking after toggling notifications in system settings
• Drivers staying online after signing out
• Being signed out when the connection wavered
• The back button and back gesture across the app, including screens opened from a link or a notification
• Links tapped mid-ride now wait until your ride is done
• Pickup, destination and map pins left over from a finished trip
• Fares vanishing behind an error mid-refresh
• Ride history spinning forever
• Sheets and buttons cut off by the navigation bar
• Ratings showing the review count instead of the score
• Terms and privacy links during sign-up
Faster screen transitions, quicker photo uploads during registration, clearer offline handling, and a long list of crash and stability fixes throughout.
more Version 3.11.30 Aug 23
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