The ride app
that works
for you.
Not the other way around.The ride app that
works for you.
Not the other way around.
100% of the fare goes to the driver. Zero commission. Honest prices. The freedom to say no. A ride-hailing protocol built on mutual dignity — starting in Colombo.
Incoming trip
Fort → Bambalapitiya
LKR 520
Lemon's cut of this fare: LKR 0 · paid by flat subscription, never by commission.
Decline freely. It will never count against you.
01 / commission taken
live0%
Fares never taxed
02 / per active day
LKR 100
Capped at LKR 2,400 / month
03 / tips & surplus
100%
Straight to the driver
04 / algorithmic penalties
0
No acceptance score exists
Enforced by protocol, not by a promise
Read the fee policyTwo sides.
One honest bargain.
Most platforms keep drivers and passengers apart. Lemon puts the same arithmetic in front of both — because a fare that is fair to the driver is a fare you can trust as a passenger.
Stop paying 20% to an algorithm that threatens you with deactivation.
You are not a supply curve. You are a person with fuel costs, a family, and a right to refuse a bad trip. Lemon charges a flat, capped fee for the tool — never a percentage of your labour.
On a LKR 1,000 fare
commission 0LKR 1,000
to the
driver
The fare is yours. The day is yours.
The driver's bargain · Lemon v0.9
The month you keep.
Conventional cut
LKR 26,000
lost to a 20% commission
Lemon flat fee
LKR 2,000
LKR 100 × 20 active days
Extra money kept
LKR 24,000
per month
in your pocket
4 more active days until your fee is capped at LKR 2,400.
Illustrative: LKR 6,500 of completed fares per active day and a 20% platform cut. Your results depend on your fares.
Four driver rights, written into the protocol
Non-negotiableThe metabolic floor
You will never be asked to drive at a loss. Fuel, maintenance, depreciation and a living wage are guaranteed before any fare can be offered.
Protected at the protocol layer
Say no with zero penalty
No acceptance ratings. No countdown timer panic. No forced dispatches. Rejection cannot be punished because it is never measured.
No acceptance-rate variable
Payouts with dignity
Instant settlement via LankaQR or CEFTS, straight to your bank. Weekly settlement, with a 7-day dignity grace period if cash is short.
Direct, never held hostage
The Good Samaritan button
Giving a hospital patient a free ride is one tap, not a policy violation. Waive any fare to LKR 0 and it is logged cleanly as a community gift.
Compassion is not an infraction
Same protocol. Two perspectives. No one gets quietly taxed.
See how a trip movesThree moves.
No hidden machinery.
A ride is a small agreement between two people. We keep it that way — visible from the first tap to the last rupee.
Thursday · 6:12 pm
Good evening, Kasun.
LKR 100
today · capped at LKR 2,400 / month
Voice setup
on“No shift. No quota. Rest when your body says rest.”
The driver's bargain
Cost before margin
The floor is computed from fuel, depreciation, maintenance and a living wage. No offer can undercut it.
Consent before match
Drivers accept willingly. There is no acceptance-rate variable in the data model to punish later.
Dignity before growth
A 7-day settlement grace period and a Good Samaritan path exist because people are not machines.
We are not building a better app.
We are changing the bargain.
The gig economy did not invent exploitation. It simply built a beautiful interface for it. Lemon starts from a different premise: the person doing the work owns the value of the work.
Ratified by code · not by slogan
DOF-v2 · protocol v0.9 · Colombo
The fee policy, in one sentence
LKR 100 per active day. Capped at LKR 2,400 per month. If you don't drive, it costs LKR 0.
The fee pays for the protocol — matching, identity, settlement, audits — not for the privilege of accessing your own labour. It is a utility bill, not a tax on your day.
100
LKR / day
only when active
2,400
LKR / month
hard ceiling
0
LKR / rest day
no driving, no fee
Policy object: fee_policy.v1 · enforced at load, not by memo
After day 24 · free for the rest of the monthWho takes a cut of the fare?
0% commission. The driver retains 100% of the passenger fare.
20%–30% commission on every trip, deducted before payout.
What protects the driver's cost?
A strict fuel + depreciation + living-wage floor. Sub-floor offers are structurally rejected.
Arbitrary algorithmic slashing, with no guaranteed break-even.
Can a driver say no?
100% free refusal. No penalty, no countdown, no shadow-ban.
Threat of deactivation, acceptance-rate pressure, and forced dispatches.
Who can inspect the books?
A public Observatory and an append-only, hash-chained ledger.
A black-box algorithm and quarterly investor decks.
Where does surge go?
A capped stress ceiling. Every extra rupee goes to the driver.
Dynamic surge captured by the platform when demand spikes.
The comparison is structural, not a feature list
Source: Lemon protocol invariants · 2026The books are open.
On purpose.
Drivers, passengers and regulators can inspect the protocol's books and invariant audits at any time. Not a quarterly summary. Not a trust-us dashboard. The live ledger and its rules, in public.
100%
fare retained
0
forced dispatches
24
day fee ceiling
Fee decoupling
fee is not a function of fare
∂RΠ / ∂F = 0Metabolic floor
no sub-cost dispatch exists
F_offer ≥ F_floorAcceptance tracking
nothing to punish later
variable not foundSurge capture
100% pass-through
platform share = 0%Closed books are how extraction hides. Open books are how a protocol earns the right to ask for your trust.
The app in your hand.
The terms in your favour.
One protocol. Two calm interfaces. Large touch targets, plain language, and no dark patterns dressed up as convenience.
Wednesday · 7:18 pm
Good evening, Kasun
LKR 4,820
Fort → Kollupitiya
You earn
LKR 520
Fort → Kollupitiya
settledNext payout · Friday
LKR 18,240
Driver
earnings · consent · no timers
one protocol
no middleman
Pickup in 3 min
Amara is coming
Plate match verified
Toyota Aqua · white
LKR 420
commission 0
Passenger
clarity · safety · fair fares
Interactive web prototype · live simulation, no sign-up
Open the full prototypeColombo pilot · cohort 01
Your next ride can be
a small act of repair.
Drive for a platform that doesn't tax your labour. Ride with one that doesn't hide its maths. Be part of the first honest mile.
No commission · no deactivation threats · no algorithmic leash
Built in Colombo · for Colombo