{"id":10510,"date":"2018-11-29T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apptunix.com\/?p=10510"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:15:29","slug":"on-demand-taxi-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apptunix.com\/blog\/on-demand-taxi-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hailo \u2013 an On Demand Taxi App with $100 Million in Funding Failed in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re planning on developing a mobile app, there are chances of you getting failed.<\/p>\n<p>According to a research by Statista, 21 percent of apps downloaded by mobile app users worldwide were only accessed once during the first six months of ownership.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10511 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.apptunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/11074101\/Hailo-Stats.png\" alt=\"On demand taxi app\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>According to Wall Street Journal, just 60% of new businesses survive to age 3, while just 1 of every 10 makes it for 10 years or more. So, an application failure is without a doubt not surprising. Maybe not, for many. But, for the app developer who invested his hard-earned money in the development and marketing process of the app, it is heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>When an application flops after putting considerable efforts, time and money into its development, everybody is responsible. And possibilities are great that the entire project will after that be canned. Mobile application failure goes a long way beyond a bug or error that can be solved. There can be numerous issues that can cause an application to fail. Finding them out won&#8217;t make your application immune to failure, but it will enable you to proceed wisely and avoid signs that could lead to a disastrous outcome.<\/p>\n<p>To figure out such things, we decide to study the failure story an on-demand taxi app \u2013 Hailo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re planning on developing a mobile app, there are chances of you getting failed. According to a research by Statista, 21 percent of apps downloaded by mobile app users worldwide were only accessed once during the first six months of ownership. 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