The Car Next Door app

Download the app

You'll need the app to take a trip with Car Next Door. It is available from the Play Store for Android and the App Store for iOS.

Get the app for Android Get the app for iOS

You will need to have an Android 7.0 (Nougat) or iOS 12, or newer. Once you've downloaded the app, log in with your email address and the password that you set when you signed up. 

Borrowers: using the app

The app gives you all the info you need to take a trip with a Car Next Door. You can:

• search for, and book, cars near you
• find the car's exact location when it's time to pick it up
• generate the code that gets you into the lockbox and lets you return the keys at the end of your trip
• get all the instructions you need for your trip, including special usage instructions for the car
• contact the car owner
• extend your trip
• see the parking instructions to drop the car back to the right location
• review the car and the owner at the end of your trip 
• view your transaction history

Owners: using the app

The app currently has some functionality for Owners. You can:

• Quickly book your car for your own use
• Generate a code for your car's lockbox
• See the current location of your car (when it's not in a booking)
• View your car's calendar
• Create and manage blockouts
• View details of your car's past, current and upcoming bookings
• View booking photos uploaded by Borrowers during past bookings
• Review your borrowers and see your car's reviews
• Edit your car's profile details
• Update your car's parking (homezone) details
• Change your car's rates

Some functions aren't yet available in the app

• you can update your profile photo through the website only
• you can set your notification preferences through the website only
• you can update your credit card details in either the website or app, but bank account details (for us to pay you your car's earnings) can only be updated in the website
• invoices and financial year summaries can only be viewed in the website, not the app
• owners can upload service records through the website only
• borrowers can cancel their account through the website only