Brompton Bike Hire User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience8.7% of reviews
Neutral4.7% of reviews
Negative experience86.6% of reviews

~ Based on 149 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Brompton Bike Hire Safe?

Brompton Bike Hire has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Brompton Bike Hire is 54/100.

This assessment is based on 69 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.5/5.

Safety Analysis

36.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
62.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 69 App Store ratings for Brompton Bike Hire.

Is Brompton Bike Hire Legit?

Brompton Bike Hire appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Brompton Bike Hire is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Hard to use

It’s pretty clunky. Needs sorting. Also can’t just look without putting in card details (when signing up)

Terrible UI & Authentication

Simply doesn’t work

Unusable app

As any others have pointed out this app is unusable I’m not even able to register

Dreadful. Still not working

Can’t login, can’t hire a bike. Just a blank screen when I try. Just a complete waste of time. Avoid.

Good idea poorly executed.

I like the idea and I can see the advantages; widened transport possibilities for users and expanded exposure for the Brompton brand. Down side is the iPhone app, which plain just will not load due to difficulties with the registration process. This needs fixing and soon.

Terrible service

Such inconvenient and inefficient app. I’m soooo fking disappointed

poor design app lot of bug

When I do the identification, the camera doesn’t work even I already give the permission to use my camera

Terrible app

Absolutely terrible experience using the app / hire service / resulting in wasted time / missed appointments etc

Request denied

App kept saying Request could not be completed when I asked to hire after I registered. Frustrating.

Terrible app

The app is glitchy, didn’t get my first submission of details and customer service isn’t the best, not sure it’s worth the bother.

Very bad experience

Don’t click on the support menu button because you will never be able to see the home menu afterwards. The support button opens up a large pop up that never goes away unless you uninstall and reinstall app. Hiring bike service works but app experience is bad. Also, would be nice to clearly show how many bikes/ return spots are available so that can coordinate with friends where to hire and return them instead of guessing.
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So slow and buggy

Had to submit my id 4 times before is went through. The app is self is very laggy. I have old screens that are just stuck which makes no sense. I dropped off the bike and wanted to pick up a new one 3 hours later and the app is still showing that I haven’t dropped off the bike.
The app is not encouraging for users at all, I’d rather get a limebick at the point
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App does not work

App does not work

So not user friendly

The app is quite rubbish, keeps jumping to the payment page while I was suspecting if I should put my payment detail there

Terrible app, terrible customer service

I used the Brompton bike hire, and as far as the bike itself, it was great. Almost new condition, £5 for 24 hours is cheap, however, the app itself doesn’t load fully (half the screen is white), customer service is terrible too; I had difficulty unlocking the bay, so called the emergency helpline, however, it had opening hours 6-8am and 6-8pm if I remember correctly? Very strange. There is a customer helpline but that number didn’t work on my phone or my partners phone. The lady on the phone was so rude to me when she was explaining how to operate the bay and made an assumption that it was my fault. Brompton have amazing bikes, and I have now bought one myself, but the hire system is appalling.
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Unusable

Everything about the app is designed to make it difficult to hire a bike. It takes dozens of attempts to move through each step, if you’re lucky.

Faulty App

Several attempts to install App blighted by a blank page and an ever present chat page when trying to report it. Bin the the App!

Unpleasant experience

This app needs to improve:
- Bike docks should be listed even when no bikes are available, otherwise it is confusing.
- Colour code of the availability could be explained. It would also be helpful to know the number of bikes in the dock.
- It is difficult to use the chat function. A big white square appears and block most of the space. Then the space to write is tiny with minuscule character size.
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The App just doesn’t work

I’ve tried to register a dozen times. The app tells me it can’t continue or simply freezes on the page that would offer an opportunity to submit ID. I hope the bikes work better than the IT.

When you open a support chat you can't get rid of it

The app is incredibly frustrating if you open a chat for support, there is no way to close it even if you restart the app and click end chat.