Uber
FreeUber's full ride-booking flow as a lightweight web app at m.uber.com — request rides, compare fare options, track your driver and pay, all without installing the native app.
Bonus: install Uber from your browser
Why we recommend Uber
m.uber.com is one of the great PWA case studies: Uber rebuilt its entire request flow as a web app measured in kilobytes so that someone on a $40 Android with no storage left, or a tourist avoiding an app-store download on hotel Wi-Fi, can still book a ride. The core loop — set pickup, compare UberX vs alternatives, request, track the car on the map — is all there. Is it free? The app is; you pay for rides, with the same account, prices and payment methods as the native app.
Best use cases
How to use it: open m.uber.com in any mobile or desktop browser, sign in with your Uber account (or create one), type pickup and destination, and request — live driver tracking works right in the tab. It ships a PWA manifest, so you can install it from the browser menu as a home-screen app that launches standalone. Best for borrowed or storage-starved phones, desktop booking before you leave, and countries where you'd rather not install a local build.
Honest limitations
Does it work offline? No — booking and tracking are real-time by nature, so a dead connection mid-request is a real failure mode; there is no offline capability beyond the app shell. Some native-app extras (Uber Eats integration depth, certain promotions, advanced safety features) arrive on the PWA later or not at all, and push notifications depend on your browser's support.
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