Keeta Clone | White Label Food Delivery App

Keeta clone: launch your own white label food delivery app

A Keeta clone is a ready-made food delivery platform built for a challenger: a customer app full of deals, a rider app, a merchant app for restaurants and an admin console that sets prices, delivery fees and on-time promises. It follows Keeta's business model, not its brand or design. Ours costs $6,900 one-time, comes with full source code included, and goes live in 15 days under your name, after you have tried a live demo.

We built this white label Keeta app for founders who believe a delivery market can still be won by a newcomer that is cheaper and more punctual than the leaders. That is exactly what Keeta set out to prove in the Gulf. On this page you will find our full Keeta clone app development scope, every feature on every side, how the platform earns, the honest work you still own, and the exact price. If you want an app like Keeta for Dubai, Riyadh, a US metro or a mid-sized city nobody serves well, keep reading.

Why a Keeta clone is a smart business to own

Keeta is Meituan's food delivery brand outside mainland China, and its Gulf run shows how fast a challenger can climb. We checked Apple's public charts on 9 November 2026. On the UAE top free iPhone chart, Keeta sat at #19, one place above noon at #20 and ahead of talabat at #29, Careem at #44 and Deliveroo at #64. Its UAE App Store listing shows a 3.74 average from 13,299 UAE ratings, while the same app carries 4.68 from more than 662,000 ratings in Saudi Arabia, its older Gulf market. Keeta does not appear on the US chart, where DoorDash ranked #23 and Uber Eats #62 that day.

The Dubai launch was loud on purpose. Keeta's own launch announcement set 27 September 2025 as the start date and offered new users 50% off their first orders, free delivery and an on-time guarantee with compensation for delays. Days later, Gulf News reported that the UAE Ministry of Investment had signed an agreement for Keeta's UAE headquarters, with the company committing hundreds of millions of dollars over three to five years, more than 350 skilled jobs and a plan to bring over 5,000 local small businesses onto the platform. And in its results announcement of 28 August 2026, Meituan said Keeta kept growing across markets, reached stable profitability in Hong Kong, kept improving efficiency in the Middle East and stayed focused on Sao Paulo in Brazil. The lesson for a founder: a crowded delivery market is not a closed one.

What actually makes the Keeta model work

Keeta competes on two promises customers feel on every order: it should cost less, and it should arrive when the app said it would. The customer listing leads with daily deals, free delivery and discounts, and an on-time promise. Behind that sit three separate apps from the same developer: the customer app, Keeta Rider for couriers, who get orders in real time with route guidance, and Keeta Partner for restaurants, who manage menus, store hours and sales data. The deals buy the first order. The punctuality promise earns the second, because a late meal now costs the platform money, which forces dispatch to be good. Merchants join because a new platform brings them new customers. Copy the promises and the three apps that keep them, and you have the model.

Who this Keeta clone is for

Four kinds of founder buy this product from us. A Gulf operator in Sharjah, Ajman, Al Ain or a Saudi secondary city who sees the national leaders charging high fees and wants to undercut them locally. A restaurant group or cloud kitchen brand in Dubai that wants its own delivery app with its own rules instead of paying marketplace commission on every order. A US founder targeting a college town, a suburb or an immigrant food scene that the big apps treat as an afterthought. And an existing courier or logistics company that already has riders and wants a consumer brand on top. If you want the full incumbent playbook with every DashPass style perk, look at our DoorDash clone. If your customers ask for anything from any shop, the Mrsool clone fits better. Every delivery product we sell is listed on the food delivery apps hub.

What you get with the white label Keeta app

Four apps, one dispatch brain and a pricing engine, all carrying your brand.

We set everything up on your cloud account, publish the apps under your own developer accounts, hand over documentation and walk your team through the admin.

All the Keeta clone features, by side

All of this ships in the base product. The screens, icons and copy are our own design, and we never reuse Keeta's logo, artwork or wording.

Customer side: features for people ordering

• Deals home screen that puts today's discounts, free delivery restaurants and new user offers at the top.
• Restaurant search and filters by cuisine, rating, price level, delivery time, halal, vegetarian and offers.
• Promised arrival time shown before checkout, with an automatic voucher if the order lands late.
• Live rider tracking on a map, with status updates from kitchen to door.
• Coupons and promo codes including first order discounts, minimum spend offers and bank card deals.
• Flexible payments with cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, wallets and cash on delivery where you allow it.
• Saved addresses with pin drop for villas, towers and compounds where street addresses fail.
• Reorder and favourites so a regular lunch is two taps away.
• Ratings, tips and in-app support with chat for missing items and refunds.
• Arabic and English with right to left layout, plus any other language you add.

Rider side: features for couriers

• Online and offline toggle with shift booking for busy hours.
• Job offers with a countdown showing pickup distance, drop distance and the fee before accepting.
• Turn by turn navigation to the restaurant and the customer, with building notes.
• Order batching so one rider can carry two nearby orders on one route.
• Photo proof and PIN handover for contactless drops and high value orders.
• Earnings wallet with per job pay, tips, peak bonuses and payout history.
• Document upload for licence, visa, vehicle and insurance checks.
• SOS button and support chat for accidents, road issues and customer problems.

Merchant side: features for restaurants

• Order tablet mode with loud alerts, accept or reject, and adjustable prep time.
• Menu manager for items, photos, add-ons, combos and out of stock switches.
• Store hours and busy mode to pause or slow orders during a rush.
• Self-serve offers so a restaurant can fund its own discounts and join platform campaigns.
• Sponsored placement to pay for a higher spot in search and on the home screen.
• Sales and payout reports by day, item and campaign, with commission shown clearly.
• Multi-branch control for chains running several kitchens from one login.
• Customer review replies to answer feedback in the app.

Admin side: features for you, the operator

• Zone builder to draw delivery areas on a map and set fees, minimum orders and radius per zone.
• Campaign engine for new user discounts, free delivery days, flash deals and budget caps per campaign.
• On-time promise rules to set the promised window, the voucher value for late orders and who pays for it.
• Commission settings per restaurant, per category or per city.
• Live operations map with every rider, every open order and the ones about to run late.
• Rider management for onboarding, document checks, pay rates, bonuses and suspensions.
• Refunds and support desk with ticket history and one-click credit.
• Fraud controls that catch coupon abuse, fake accounts and repeated refund claims.
• Analytics for orders, cost per acquired customer, promo spend, late rate and repeat rate.

How a Keeta clone makes money

A challenger spends on deals to buy customers, so it needs several income lines working at once. These are the ones built into the product.

The admin tracks what each campaign spends against the repeat orders it creates, so you know when to pull back on discounts in a zone that no longer needs them.

Tech stack for the Keeta clone

Delivery lives or dies on the minutes between "order placed" and "at the door", so the stack is built around real-time data.

• Apps: React Native or Flutter for the customer, rider and merchant apps on both stores.
• Web: Next.js for the customer website, merchant dashboard and admin console.
• Backend: Node.js services on PostgreSQL for orders, wallets, payouts and the promotions ledger.
• Real time: WebSockets and Redis for rider locations, order status and the live ops map.
• Dispatch: a scoring service that weighs rider distance, current load and prep time, then predicts arrival.
• Maps: Google Maps or Mapbox for geocoding, routing and zone drawing.
• Payments: Stripe, Checkout.com or a local gateway, chosen for your country, plus wallets.

Fully customized and truly white label

When we hand it over, nothing in the product says Keeta or Make An App Like. Your name, logo, colours, app icons, store listings, domain and email templates are on every screen. We configure your launch cities, currencies, languages, tax rules, delivery fee tables, commission levels and the exact wording of your on-time promise. Want a halal only marketplace, a grocery tab next to food, a corporate lunch account for offices, or riders on bicycles in one district and cars in another? We set it up. Because the full source code is yours, your own developers can extend it long after launch.

Pricing for the Keeta clone

The complete white label Keeta app costs $6,900 one-time. That covers the customer app and website, the rider app, the merchant app and dashboard, the admin console, the dispatch and ETA engine, the campaign engine, your branding, deployment and store submission, plus 3 months of free support and maintenance. Full source code is included. There is no monthly licence and no cut of your orders.

Your running costs are servers, maps and SMS usage, payment processing and store fees. Rider pay and campaign budgets are business costs you control from the admin.

Keeta clone vs building from scratch

Four apps, a dispatch engine, a promotions ledger and an operations console add up to roughly 2,600 to 4,200 hours of work from zero. At our planning rate of $50 an hour, plus 20% for testing and 20% for project management, that is about $187,200 to $302,400 before the first order. Put your own scope through our app development cost calculator to compare.

Why founders buy their Keeta clone from us

Delivery software breaks in predictable places: riders sent to the wrong tower gate, coupons stacked into negative baskets, restaurants missing orders because a tablet went silent, and ETAs that are pure guesses. We have already solved those in this product, so you are not paying to learn them. You order from the demo yourself before any money changes hands. Gulf details such as Arabic menus, cash on delivery, pin drop addresses and VAT invoices are built in. And when you ask whether free delivery is worth it in your zone, we give you a straight answer with numbers.

How the build and launch works

1. Demo and scope: you try the live product, then we agree your brand, cities, fees, commission and launch offers.
2. Branding and setup: we apply your identity, connect payments and maps, and load your first zones and restaurants.
3. Testing and submission: we run test orders end to end with real riders and devices, then submit to both stores on your accounts.
4. Launch and support: you go live in 15 days, with 3 months of free fixes and launch advice.

The honest part: the software is ready, the city is your job

An app does not deliver food. You will need restaurants signed before launch, riders hired or contracted with the right permits and insurance, a support team for missing items, a payment provider that has approved your business, and a budget for deals, because a challenger that skips launch offers rarely gets noticed. In Dubai and the wider UAE, check trade licence and delivery rider rules with the authorities in each emirate, and in the US, check how your city and state classify gig couriers. This is general guidance, not legal advice. We help you plan all of it, but we will not pretend it comes in the box. Keeta is a trademark of its owner; our product is an independent white label build and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Keeta, Meituan or Kangaroo Limited. To compare our other ready-made products, browse the white label app catalogue, or ask for a full walkthrough of the Keeta clone script on your demo call.

Written by the Make An App Like build team. We build delivery and marketplace apps, and we let you order from this one before you pay.