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Jewber

Uber, but just for me and a handful of friends.

I drive my friends around a LOT, and it always went the same way: a text, then "where are you?", then "I'm outside", then nobody remembering who owes who for gas. So I made Jewber, which is basically Uber with exactly one driver (me) and a few riders (my friends). It does everything a ride app does, a live map, turn-by-turn with a voice, real payments, but it's Jewish all the way through. It closes itself for Shabbat, a ride can be paid in babka, and the ratings go from Oy to Tzaddik.

Sign in The code Docs Get the app My own Jewber is just for me and my friends, so signing in needs my OK (there's a "Sign up" on the sign-in screen, and I approve it). The code is free to use if you want your own.
Four phones: the home screen with the driver seven minutes away, choosing between Schlep, Mensch, Shhh, Bubbe and the other rides, the driver on the way with an ETA ring, and the driver's night screen with turn-by-turn
Home, choosing a ride, the driver on the way, and the driver's side.

Asking for a ride

You search a real address or drop a pin, and pick the kind of ride. Schlep is the usual, Mensch carries your bags, Shhh means no small talk, Bubbe drives slow and asks if you ate, Simcha has the music up, Shadchan comes with free dating advice, and Chutzpah cuts the line (it really does jump my queue). Then you watch my car come to you, with the minutes in a ring, and the same minutes in Jewish Standard Time.

Searching for Desert Botanical Garden, setting the pickup with a pin, asking the driver with a joke while you wait, and the ride with the arrival time and Simcha mode
Where to, a pin for the pickup, a joke while it asks me, and the ride.

Paying, in money or in babka

PayPal is real checkout, with a PayPal account or just a card, and the ride marks itself paid. Cash App and Venmo open with the amount filled in. And then there are the friendlier ways: cash, the tab, a babka, a Shabbos meal, or a mitzvah. Tips can be dollars, rugelach, or a bracha ("May all your lights be green"), you can round up for tzedakah, and every 18th ride (chai) is on the house. Reviews go from Oy to Tzaddik, with badges like "Car smelled like challah", and if you don't feel like writing one, "Ghostwrite it" writes something funny for you.

Rating with Oy to Tzaddik, compliment badges and a ghostwritten review, the Tab with the chai ride progress, and the driver is here
Rating and paying, and the tab.
The driver's profile with ratings and a review, the Account page with kugel and music choices, and the home screen in dark mode
Profiles (with your kugel), and dark mode.

My side

A request rings on my phone like a phone call, with Accept and Can't right on the notification. Then turn-by-turn with a voice, a map that turns with me, rerouting when I miss a turn, and "You've arrived" at the pickup. The ledger has the money and the babkas, who owes what with a Nudge button, PayPal payments with refunds, and a tzedakah jar.

The driver's night screens: a Bubbe request with a countdown, turn-by-turn to the pickup, Arrived with a glowing I'm here, and dropping off
A request, the directions, arriving, and the drop-off.

Shabbat and the calendar

Jewber closes 30 minutes before candle lighting and opens at havdalah, Yom Tov included, with candles and a countdown and a button to book for Motzei Shabbat. The Hebrew date and the parsha are on the home screen, and the holidays change the greeting and the look. On Chanukah there's a little menorah on my car.

The Shabbat screen with candles, the countdown to havdalah and the parsha; Chanukah on the home screen with Night 3; and asking to join from the sign-in screen
Shabbat, Chanukah, and asking to join.
The Android app: a request ringing with Accept and Can't, picking up a friend, and a friend's notification saying the driver is here
The Android app, which keeps going with the screen off.

Basically, it's Uber with one driver who might ask if you ate. The pictures are from a demo with a made-up driver and made-up friends.