One car does not mean no administration
An owner-operator has no driver balance to settle, which removes the single most tedious task in a multi-driver company. What does not go away is everything else: the service record for the vehicle, the split between cash, card and platform revenue, the expenses, and the figures the accountant needs at the end of the quarter.
Most owner-operators handle this with a notebook, a shoebox of receipts, and the platform apps' own earnings screens. It works, in the sense that a return eventually gets filed. It does not work in the sense of telling you, during the year, whether the work is actually paying.
The gap between gross fares and what is left after platform commission, fuel, maintenance and the car itself is where an owner-operator's real income lives, and it is invisible in a notebook.
The same model, at the scale of one driver
Nothing changes structurally. You open a shift against your vehicle with the kilometer index, encode races with amounts and payment methods as you go, log expenses when you incur them, and close with the final index.
What you get back is the same set of derived outputs a fleet manager gets, applied to one person: road sheets assembled from your shifts, kilometers per period, revenue split by cash, card, Bolt, Uber and invoices, and expenses set against it.
Because it is the same system, growing out of it is not a migration. Adding a second car and a second driver is adding a taxi and inviting a member; the history you have already built stays where it is.
Knowing what a week actually earned
The number that matters to an owner-operator is not gross fares. It is what remains after the platforms take their share, after fuel, after the wash, after the parking, and after the standing costs of the vehicle.
Recording the payment channel on every race is what makes the first part of that visible: platform work at the same nominal fare returns less than a cash fare, and knowing by how much across a real week is what tells you whether a given source of work is worth taking.
Logging expenses against the shift closes the loop. Over a quarter it turns "the car costs something" into a figure, which is the input to the only decisions an owner-operator actually gets to make: which work to accept, and when to change the car.
What it costs at this size
Setup is free, which is the relevant point for a single operator: you can create the company, add your vehicle, and record real shifts before deciding whether it is worth paying for.
Paid plans are €20 per month (Plus) and €50 per month (Pro) for active fleets, priced per company rather than per vehicle, so a one-car operation is not paying a fleet-shaped bill.
There is no hardware to fit and nothing to install beyond adding the web app to your phone's home screen.
FAQ
Is Tomcabs overkill for a single vehicle?
It depends what you need. If you only want a mileage log, it is more than that. If you want kilometers, revenue by channel, expenses and road sheets in one place, it is the same tool a small fleet uses, at the same price.
Do I need to create a company to use it?
Yes, the company is the container for your vehicle and records — but for an owner-operator that is simply you, and setup is free.
Can I add drivers later?
Yes. Adding a taxi and inviting a member extends the same setup; your existing history is unaffected.
Does it replace my accountant?
No. It gives your accountant structured operational data instead of receipts, which is a different thing from doing the accounting.
Can I try it without signing up?
Yes. The interactive demo runs the real interface with sample data and requires no account.
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