Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps on Android in Kenya: Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the carpooling and ridesharing market in Kenya showed varied performance trends among the top apps on the Android platform. Here's a closer look at the key players, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Bolt: Request a Ride had a noticeable increase in weekly downloads, starting from around 19.9K at the beginning of January and reaching approximately 22.5K by the end of March. Active users for Bolt saw a steady increase, beginning at about 970K and peaking at over 1.2M mid-quarter, before stabilizing around 1.18M.

Uber - Request a ride maintained a consistent download rate with a slight rise, starting from 10.7K and peaking at 13.3K in the last week of March. The app's active user base showed an upward trend, starting from around 549K and growing to approximately 634K by the end of the quarter.

Faras - Request a Ride experienced a decline in downloads, beginning at 8.6K and decreasing to 6.1K by the quarter's end. Despite this, active users showed resilience, peaking at around 347K in early February before settling at 270K.

Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver saw a steady pattern in downloads, ranging from 2.7K to 2.3K throughout the quarter. Active users remained relatively stable, starting at 21.3K and ending at 21K.

Lastly, Uber Lite showed a gradual decline in downloads from 1.2K to 660 by the end of March, with active users fluctuating slightly, maintaining a range around 3.2K to 2.4K.

For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower.