ECOBICI Reviews

by Yacahute

I was looking forward to using this app. My friends and I visiting the city tried to download ECOBICI and it would not allow any of us to purchase a pass. I visited a support kiosk and they said ECOBICI wasn’t processing foreign cards and didn’t know when it would work again.

by Loucharb

I went to Mexico City with my parents and we decided to use the bikes. However our accounts immediately got suspended only because we exceeded the time limit. That is total nonsense.

by Lexiii92

When we put our bikes back in the correct docking station after our ride (and it locked), the timer wouldn’t stop and we continued to be charged for another 4 hours… there is no customer service to help either. I would not recommend using this unless you’re okay paying much more.

by Mikeoh92

I was in Mexico City, rented a day pass and couldn’t get a bike because I could only purchase a red bike and every bike near by was green! I wasted around an hour and a half of my day trying to figure out why I couldn’t get a bike! Wish it would had told me it was only for red bike before I paid. I Try calling the number to get my money back and nothing! Worst bike rental experience!!!

by Becoming Bad Day By Day

They should rename it to customer enemy. I purchased an annual membership and the bike failed to dock for some reason and they overcharged me 150$ extra after the first ride itself. It is such a shame that a company working in this industry has such a bad customer support experience.
They give a bad name to the whole transit industry.
I am sure no one in this company cares to listen to their customers

by Itsjeyjeylav

I used this app last year without any trouble when visiting cdmx, this year it days error check your card.. wasn’t able to enjoy Sunday bike ride and wasted a few hours trying to figure it out.

by CycleGirlie1

This is a really poorly organized bike share. You HAVE to use ECOBICI but they canning accept foreign credit cards and will only give info in Spanish so I had no idea what was going on. Had to call where they told me I had to go to a random shopping mall (LOL) to pay and ride.

by Paul Hatcherian

Go through the whole sign up, get to payment, finally get a generic “an error occurred” with no explanation. Tried multiple cards multiple times with no effect. Why can’t app developers consider anything besides the “happy path”? This try-catch-open dialog pattern is horrible.

by Edwneu

I was in a pinch with traffic so downloaded ECOBICI to hop on a bike and move a little faster. However, the bikes didn’t work and everyone trying to unlock bikes at the station were not able to. Since I didn’t use any bikes I asked for my money back and was refused.

by Lomohai

Can’t even get past the payment screen. Every payment method rejected every time.

For shame.

by SteveAmigo

This apps doesn’t work at all. There is any empty map and every attempt to rent a bike fails.

by JimC In CDMX

I took a black bike not realizing most of the stations were for red bikes. Wasted 1/2 a day. There was no phone support at all. Terrible experience. Bd I still cannot get ECOBICI to work

by Pablo1705

Como todo lo que toca Sheinbaum. Los de servicio al cliente son unos malditos INÚTILES.

by 1234RACR

Unreliable. Logins fail, credit card rejected, lots of glitches. Not good for tourists

by Eric Weldern

Bought a day pass. Used it once. Second time I got an error in ECOBICI (and so did the person I was with who had an android) it wouldn’t let us get bikes even though we payed for 24 hours. Sent the screenshot to customer service. Customer service gives the run around and won’t refund. Scam!

by TaleNYC

Apparently they are in the middle of switching to a new system and ECOBICI only works with Black bikes (not red) you use to get a code that you enter into kiosk to get your bike, but support NO LONGER issues those. Why does a company think it’s acceptable to allow users to use only 10% of the system is beyond me.

by Superdewey

It sometimes takes up to 5 mins to unlock a bike if you’re using the QR code feature. When clicking the scan to unlock button it just sits there forever trying to load the scanner.

by Harrisonfm

You only get access to a small selection of bikes with ECOBICI, the majority of the city is on an obsolete system that is incompatible.

I made the mistake of buying a full year pass, but even then I still use ECOBICI alright getting across Condesa or up and down some of Av. Insurgentes.

ECOBICI & new bikes work great; it’s just a failure to not consider backwards compatibility. Suggest viewing the map or buying the shortest term membership to see if the selection works for you.

by Miersma

It works like 95 percent of the time. When it doesn’t, it’s a huge pain. Hard to rely on this as an alternative transportation system to cars/transit when it can cost you time/money if you’re trying to get somewhere on time and docks won’t unlock bikes or tell you you’re over the limit of uses (??) when you have an annual membership.

by Agts10

Las bicicletas y estaciones son nuevas y la nueva app funciona muy bien. El problema es que en hora punta, si la usas para ir o regresar del trabajo de lugares céntricos (ejemplo en Reforma) casi no se encuentran bicicletas al final de la tarde para regresar a tu casa y si es de mañana no hay donde estacionar y tienes que dar mil vueltas y alejarte de tu destino para estacionar la bicileta. En hora punta a veces es mejor usar otro tipo de transporte.

by AmericanoPapiViaje

Buy a year. It’s brilliant and will take you everywhere.

by Thpayne2

First time user visiting from Seattle and wish most US cities had bike infrastructure like this—both physical and a simple great app like this.

by Drive886

ECOBICI is user-friendly, and works better than any bike app I’ve used in the United States or South America.

by C Andres

Really enjoyed using ECOBICI while in CDMX! It was a great way to get around and see the city thanks to the addition of so many amazing bike lanes. ECOBICI could use some additional improvements with in-app navigation on bike lanes. It was most effective to use Google Maps or Apple Maps instead of ECOBICI to navigate thanks to their play by play directions. Would definitely recommend ECOBICI and trying the service.

by Victoria119900

ECOBICI is reliable, easy to use, hardly has any bugs. this app is my go-to way to travel around the city.

by Mrgnw

This version of the bikes is different than the last, but it’s far easier to access. You can use ECOBICI or link your metro card. It’s been out like a month and they’ve added a ton of stations in that time.

The reviews that say there are no stations were written right when they launched the transition, I’d guess they’ve already doubled the stations since then.

by SparkyDevilMaster

Easy and convenient! Totally with it if you’re n México City any period of time and you want to get around on your own.

by Dhernan01

Getting around the city is a breeze with ECOBICI. Five stars!

by Reneserrano_

Works perfect! They’re always improving. The new bicycles are great.

by Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrocky

Very nice app. Very good map. And the bikes are OK too.

by Morris.75

Muy buena y provechosa

by TaliaF.B.

Con mi esposo hemos viajado por muchos países y siempre utilizamos las bicis compartidas en cada ciudad, la App de this app es muy conveniente, para hacerla mejor quizá agregaría la opción de “reservar” porque hay zonas donde se ocupan muy fácilmente. Me gusta que solo necesitas atorar la bici en la estación para terminar el viaje sin tener q usar el teléfono, también me gusta que desde Google maps puedes ver en tiempo real la ruta y las estaciones cercanas. Ojalá en algún futuro regresen las bicis eléctricas.

by Gus Bello

Excelente aplicación, ojalá hubiera mas ubicaciones en toda la CDMX.

by Yokaloca

La mejor forma de viajar entre sitios en CDMX! el app lo hace muy fácil manejar las paradas.

by PMtz67

Gran Esquema para la Ciudad Felicidades

by Dchaudh

Used this bike share service when traveling to CDMX for vacation. Got it up and running within minutes on both of my phones, am iPhone and an Android, no issues on either.

by Raz_faz

I wanted to rent a bike while in CDMX and couldn’t figure out an easy way to do so. Luckily I passed by one of the this app docks. I used the QR code on the bike to download ECOBICI , filled out my details (worked well even with an American phone number) and was off.

Returning the bike is a little confusing. Once you get to the dock you have to shove the bike in so the metal triangle on the front of the bike clicks into place. It took me a few tries - there’s no instructions in ECOBICI so if you don’t get it at first just try a couple times. Other than that it was a great way to get around town.

by J0hnluke

Get ECOBICI - get the exercise and save money on Uber