FREENOW

Germany Ride-hailing

Hamburg-founded mobility app for licensed taxis and private hire across European cities. Now US-owned after Lyft's 2025 acquisition.

Quick facts

Headquarters Hamburg, Germany
Company Intelligent Apps GmbH
Founded 2009
Ownership Acquired
Hosting 🇩🇪 Germany
Infrastructure Amazon AWS
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Free · from Free app
Free tier Yes
Platforms iOS, Android
Languages
ENDEFRESITPL
48 · Mixed Origins

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Why does it score 48?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
Why this score?

FREENOW is headquartered in Hamburg and legally domiciled in Germany.

30/30
Ownership & control
Acquired/corporate, non-EU parent
Why this score?

FREENOW has been owned by Lyft, a US company, since its acquisition completed in July 2025, and now operates as "FREENOW by Lyft".

0/25
Data sovereignty
US cloud, EU-region hosted
Why this score?

FREENOW's infrastructure runs on AWS with EU data hosting.

10/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant
Why this score?

FREENOW isn't open source and hasn't published independent audits.

8/15
EuroPoints total
48/100
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FREENOW
EuroPoints
48 Mixed Origins
63 Mostly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
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Ownership & control
Acquired/corporate, non-EU parent0/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
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Data sovereignty
US cloud, EU-region hosted10/30
US cloud, EU-region hosted10/30
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Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant8/15
GDPR compliant8/15
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Independence bonus
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Headquarters
Hamburg, Germany
Tallinn, Estonia
Founded
2009
2013
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Open source
No
No
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Infrastructure
Amazon AWS
Amazon AWS
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GDPR
✓
✓
Free tier
✓
✓
Pricing
Free · from Free app
Free · from Free app
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Platforms
iOS, Android
iOS, Android
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Languages
en, de, fr, es, it, pl
en, et, fr, de, es, pl, pt
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