Cab-hailing app Hitch is to relaunch today with changes to improve service and iron out technical problems.

The company said the app has been redesigned.

Sergio Virgil, cofounder of the firm, said: “There is no question that the Hitch app has faced some challenges over the past year as we have experienced a few outages which negatively impacted driver and customer satisfaction.”

Mr Virgil added: “Additionally, due to the fact the application has not been substantively upgraded since our launch three years ago, the app was not performing well on some devices.

“We took the decision to completely rebuild the application on a new platform to ensure future stability of the application.”

A total of 15,000 registered users have ordered more than 75,000 rides since its launch in 2015.

Customers may experience limited availability today.

• For more information visit www.hitch.bm