Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps on iOS in New Zealand - Q4 2021

In the fourth quarter of 2021, the carpooling and ridesharing app market in New Zealand saw varied performance metrics across the top five iOS applications. Below is a detailed overview of their weekly downloads and active user trends, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Uber - Request a ride experienced a steady climb in weekly downloads, starting at around 2.1K in late September and peaking at approximately 6.2K in the final week of December. Active users also followed an upward trajectory, increasing from 70.7K at the end of September to a high of 130.8K in mid-December, before leveling off to around 108.9K by the end of the quarter.

Ola: Book Cab, Auto, Bike Taxi showed a gradual rise in weekly downloads throughout the quarter. The app started with about 482 downloads in late September and reached a peak of 1.3K downloads by the end of December. Active users, however, displayed a slight decline, beginning at 20K in late September and decreasing to around 16.8K by the end of the year.

Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver saw consistent weekly downloads, ranging from 448 to 838, with a noticeable spike in the final week of December. Active users for this app remained relatively stable, hovering around the 9K mark for most of the quarter, before a slight increase to 10.4K at the end of December.

DiDi Rider: Affordable rides had modest weekly downloads, starting at 203 in late September and gradually increasing to 400 by the end of December. Active users for DiDi Rider remained fairly consistent, averaging around 3.7K throughout the quarter, with minor fluctuations.

Ola Driver showed a slow but steady increase in weekly downloads, starting at 148 in late September and reaching up to 193 by the end of December. Unfortunately, data for active users was not available for this app.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower, and further details and more comprehensive analytics can be found on their platform.