Gone are the days of picking up the phone to order what you need. Banished to the annals of history are the weeks spent waiting for a workman to have a slot free in his diary to fix your faulty plumbing. The on-tap service economy has arrived and it's about to change the way you live. Offering the power of flexibility whilst cutting the fixed overheads associated with traditional service-based businesses, everyone from handymen to couriers, beauticians to bakers can benefit from the consumer-focused approach of on-demand apps. Sure, it can take away the "I know a guy" niceness of personal referrals and oust the significance of experience in favour of per-ride reviews just look at Uber in London but these always-there apps put service provision at your fingertips in a way never before possible. Think the best you can do is hail a cab from the comfort of your sofa? Think again. Here are ten of the best on-demand apps for instant life improvement.
Honourable Mention: Borrow My Doggy
Pining for a pooch but just too busy to adopt one of your own? Try borrowing one. No, don't go pinching a pug from the park give BorrowMyDoggy a whirl, instead. Sure, it's not quite a service app so much as a mutually beneficial exchange of canine pals, but it's a godsend for hound-owning holidaymakers and those after a short-term fluffy friend alike. Flying faraway without your beloved Buster? Forget the faff of finding someone responsible enough to take care of your four-legged companion BMD has a vetted (sorry) profile-based system for matching your needs with would-be borrowers. It's as easy as arranging a meet and greet and leaving your dog with a trusted dog lover who's bound to be happy housing your hound. The Uber of pup-sitting, BorrowMyDoggy is a properly pawfect 21st Century subscription-based solution to otherwise expensive dog supervision.