Food apps use is rising daily among people of various age groups. Due to our busy life routine, we often depend on food apps to deliver delicious food to our doorsteps. Apart from that, binge-watching is also responsible for an increase in food apps as we love movies and popcorn.
Food delivery apps have made our life easier than before. If you plan to develop a food delivery app, read this blog. It will guide you in building robust food delivery apps for your food business.
Things to consider while developing a food delivery app
Many things have to be kept in mind while building a food delivery app such as:
1. Types of start-up models
There are two kinds of start-up models: Aggregator model and Food delivery with logistic support. The aggregator model is very basic and includes the traditional way of ordering food from the menu. This model needs customer-side and restaurant-side apps to give and receive orders.
Under the second model, the restaurant will join hands with the company and offers logistic support. It is a more advanced option than the basic aggregator model.
2. Online payment mode
These days, people prefer making payments through online modes. You must add online payment options to your food delivery app like PayPal, e-wallet, and UPI for the comfort of customers.
3. Access to information
Customers must find all the data related to hotels, food items, dishes, and ingredients on the app. Apart from that, the app must also show live tracking of food with other data such as calorie count and ingredients used in the dish.
3. Reviews and feedback
Ratings and feedback help the customers to choose the best restaurant. Your food delivery app must show the correct ratings and reviews to the customers so that they can order food anytime from the best restaurants.
4. Delivery time
Your app must show how long is the distance of the restaurant from your home and the time it will take to deliver the food to your home. In this way, the customers will know how long to wait for their food.
5. GPS tracking
Through GPS tracking, one can know where the food delivery guy has reached. It also helps a delivery person to track your home address.
Types of apps in food delivery app
The food delivery app must have 3 kinds of apps namely customer app, business app, and delivery guy app. Let us have a look at the features of all 3 kinds of the app:
1. Customer app
- Registration feature- Easy registration process with basic features such as email ID and password
- Place an order- Feature to add and remove orders from the cart
- Feature to search restaurants– Feature to make it easy for customers to find the restaurants in the vicinity
- Online payment- Your food delivery app must have different payment options
- Tracking feature- Customers should get the tracking details of the food and delivery person.
- Simple UI and UX- the app must have a nice user interface with easy navigation
2. Delivery Personnel app
The delivery personnel app must have the following features:
- Registration feature
- Feature to manage food orders
- Statue of the order
- App navigation and emergency services
3. Partner restaurant app features
- Registration
- Feature to manage food orders
- Payment methods
- Admin panel
Final words
You can get all the features incorporated in your app by informing to your mobile app development company. Listing down all the essential features will let you get the best-customized app for your business which will enhance your customer experience.
