Hola Barcelona User Reviews

Hola Barcelona
Hola Barcelona
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

Customer Experience

Positive experience17.0% of reviews
Neutral4.3% of reviews
Negative experience78.7% of reviews

~ Based on 47 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Hola Barcelona Safe?

Hola Barcelona appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Hola Barcelona is 80/100.

This assessment is based on 105 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.1/5.

Safety Analysis

80.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
19.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 105 App Store ratings for Hola Barcelona.

Is Hola Barcelona Legit?

Hola Barcelona appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hola Barcelona is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

A fuir

À fuir, j’ai acheté des ticket pour le téléphérique en décembre 25,pour mon séjour à Barcelone en février 26. j’ai écrit pour me renseigner car j’avais vu travaux sur le téléphérique, on m’avait répondu que c’était bon une fois arrivé sur place le téléphérique en panne maintenance et maintenant pour me faire rembourser une galère car j’avais acheté les billets de bus qu’on a utilisé et il me répond des réponses bateau par mail donc surtout à fuir je ne sais pas comment je vais me faire rembourser!!!!
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Response from developer

We are sorry that your experience was not satisfactory. The information you were given about the Cable Car must have been accurate at the moment you asked. To request a refund, please contact us at +34 93 465 53 13 or through the contact form available here: https://www.holabarcelona.com/fr/contact.

Not Tourist Friendly at all

We used the Hola Barcelona app to purchase metro tickets and the Cable Car to Montjuic. Both come as vouchers that need to be redeemed. We wasted hours walking around trying to find where to exchange the voucher for physical tickets. The kiosk is not at every metro stop so of course the first one we tried did not support Hola. Fortunately a stranger stopped and told us which metro stop we could find. The right machine. Would never use this site again
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Anbaulotte mess

Why do I need the VAT ID for purchasing? Are you kidding me?

Update: I got the answer that it's because of the "full invoice" box. So, it would be very user friendly of your ad those information at three box. Thanks.

Response from developer

You don't need a VAT number to make a purchase. To buy, you only need to provide your basic information during user registration: your full name and email address. The VAT number is only required if you want us to issue an invoice.

Useless

Useless, just use a kiost. You still need to visit a kiost to get your physical ticket even if you buy and pay through the app.

Response from developer

It is true that Hola Barcelona Travel Card tickets must be collected from a vending machine, but the rests of the tickets do not. This restriction is imposed on us by the restrictions of the current integrated ticket validation system. Despite this, we are working to try to offer you users a better experience in the future.

Ticket

nicht hilfreich, wenn der Ticketimport nicht funktioniert

and of course I used the order number as well as the correct email mentioned in the order confirmation mail. I have deleted the app during my stay as it was unusable for me.

Response from developer

We understand that you are referring to importing purchases made on the website into the app. In this case, you can do this from the "Electronic wallet" section by selecting the option "Add your website purchases". You will need the purchase order that you will find in the confirmation email and the same email address with which you made the purchase.

5 Day Transportation Pass - Don’t buy anything through app or website.

Ordered a 5 day transportation pass and couldn’t redeem it. App is buggy and it charged my card. Called the main phone number and they couldn’t take care of it over the phone, but instructed me to send a form through the app and they’d get back with me.

I walked the entire family to a train station and was trying to use it…we’re stuck. The phone advisor said this would be fast, but when you’re sitting at a train station, it’s not fast. Should have worked from the start. if not, it should have been resolved quickly over the phone.

Don’t buy anything through this app. The other part, I can’t cancel the purchase, so I’ll have to go through my credit card company.

What a PITA
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Response from developer

When you purchase a Holabarcelona Travel Card transportation pass, you receive a voucher that can be redeemed at any ticket machine in the Metro network. On the other hand, if you haven’t redeemed the voucher yet, you can request a refund through the Holabarcelona app. Go to the 'Shopping history' section, select the transaction, and request the refund.

Ticket Problems

Very unsatisfactory app and ticket system.
-> Online pickup was not working.
-> Not able to import the ticket to the app afterwards.
-> And why not get the ticket right away after purchase?

Response from developer

Most travel tickets can be carried in the app's electronic wallet, either in final ticket or voucher format, and can be used directly to access the service. The only ones that need to be exchanged at Metro vending machines are the HolaBarcelona Travel Card. You can check it in the details of each ticket and in the purchase confirmation email.

Erzählen nicht die ganze Story

In diesem Ticket sind nicht alle vorhandenen Zonen und Stationen drin, die wichtig für einen Touristen wäre. Es wäre viel billiger wenn ihr euch vor Ort ein Monatsticket holt, der nur 25€ kostet. Mit dem Hola Barcelona Ticket habt ihr ein Discount auf Attraktionen, aber das wurde nirgends auf der Website erwähnt. Regelrechter Scam.
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Response from developer

The definition of each transport ticket explains where it is valid to use it. In the case of the Holabarcelona Travel Card ticket, is a non-transferable travel card that allows you make as many journeys as you like using: metro and bus (TMB), Montjuïc funicular, urban railway (FGC, Zone 1), tram (TRAM) and regional railway (Rodalies de Catalunya, Zone 1).

No compres el ticket de metro en el app.

Compré tres tickets de metro en el app, y solo me dieron dos. Además decía que incluía el autobús, y me dieron el más económico. Quiere decir que pagué más de lo que costaba en realidad y te dicen que te dan un %10 de descuento, lo cual es mentira.
No hay servicio al cliente, trate de mandar un email y no funciona el link.
El servicio del autobús es conveniente, te da chance de bajar y montarte en el siguiente bus que pase. En el primer bus la silla que me toco no servía el audio, pero en el siguiente si, y fue muy chévere escuchar la información.
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Response from developer

Entendemos que lo que compraste fueron títulos Holabarcelona Travel Card para poder viajar en metro y en Bus, si alguno de los tickets era para menores de 4 años es normal que no te lo tuvieses físicamente porque no lo necesitan. Por lo que se refiere al 10% de descuento se aplica en todas las compras digitales para los productos que lo indica. El descuento es en referencia al precio en presencial. Finalmente, tienes un apartado de Contacto en el menú de la app que te ofrece un teléfono y un formulario para expresar tu opinión.

Import for ticket not working!!!

Not that options what descript

Response from developer

You are right and we apologise because the import function is not working now, but we are working to fix it and have it back again soon.

won’t let you import tickets

this app is horrible. don’t even consider buying it. you’re better off using the website. i purchased tickets off the website and wanted to import them into the app (since every single email and advertisement from them says that you can actually import the tickets into the app for easier access). spoiler alert: the app doesn’t even let you import tickets! it’s all a lie and it’s a stupid app with horrible programming.
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Response from developer

First of all, we would like to say that we are sorry that your experience with the app was unsatisfactory. The app normally allows you to do everything that is defined, but we have had some temporary problems that did not allow the import of purchases made on the website. They will be resolved shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Can’t Create an Account

I bought a 5 day pass online and have tried several times to create an account after downloading the app. Every time it gives me some password error. So I tried to create an account online via the tmb service they use and then logging into the app but that failed too. Seems like I’ll just have to rely on the email they sent me and hope for the best once we get there.
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Response from developer

We are sorry that your experience was not entirely satisfactory. The error you are reporting has not been reported to us by other users. If you send us more details we will try to find out what may have happened. Don't worry, with the email we sent you, you can exchange your tickets to travel.

Get your card at any METRO sration

Excellent card, very practical. I read many complaints about the difficulty of getting it with the code at underground stations. We had problems initially because we went to an underground RAIL station thinking RAIL and METRO were one and the same. Their ticket distributors are different and ONLY IN METRO STATIONS you access the distributor for the Hola card. After that, it’s a breeze to get it.
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Nothing seems to work

Bought a 5 day Hola Barcelona travel voucher using the app, used the validation code at a red terminal to get a physical ticket, then promptly had it rejected by the first bus I tried to use. Tried to report the problem using the contact form in the app and got a crashed webpage with:

“Oops! An Error Occurred
The server returned a "405 Method Not Allowed".
Something is broken. Please let us know what you were doing when this error occurred.”

Well I was trying to report an error, so this is going nowhere fast….
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Response from developer

We are sorry that you had problems using the Holabarcelona Travel Card. To report the problem through the app you can use the channels shown in the "Contact" option in the menu (Form or Phone). Additionally, in the contact option you also have a link to a Facebook chat.

Way too slow, not worth dealing with

EDIT: I was on wifi, no VPN, and had a solid internet connection. Also what? An app that is used underground to make payments for a subway needs impeccable internet to even open the app? Did you even think through that response?

Downloaded the app, opened it, and it took literally 45 seconds to get past the preload screen. Then clicking anything, including ticket purchase, took at least 20 seconds. I’m not dealing with this. Maybe the app works well and it would have been useful, but I’m not going to find out. I seriously doubt that I would have dealt with anything but a buggy, stressful app, which is why I uninstalled this app 10 minutes after downloading it.
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Response from developer

Our answer was aimed at providing a possible solution to your problem. We repeat that we have no complaints regarding the operation of the app in the sense that it is slow. Anyway, as we do continuously, we will try to review the app to see if we can improve any aspect. We are sorry that your experience was not satisfactory. Comment that our users have not reported to us that they have problems like the one you had. The app needs an internet connection for the correct operation of some functions, if this connection does not work satisfactorily, the app may not operate optimally.

Way too slow, not worth dealing with

Downloaded the app, opened it, and it took literally 45 seconds to get past the preload screen. Then clicking anything, including ticket purchase, took at least 20 seconds. I’m not dealing with this. Maybe the app works well and it would have been useful, but I’m not going to find out. I seriously doubt that I would have dealt with anything but a buggy, stressful app, which is why I uninstalled this app 10 minutes after downloading it.
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Absolute Katastrophe

Die Erfinder diese App sind wohl der Meinung, dass nur Spanier verreisen und sind nicht auf ausländische Touristen eingestellt. Bei den Daten Eingaben, und bezahlen zu können, muss man eine spanische Mehrwert Steuernummer angeben. 100 versuche ich später, dass irgendwie zu gehen wird, hab ich dann irgendwann aufgegeben.
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Response from developer

We are sorry that your experience was not satisfactory. The app is used by tourists from all over the world and they have not reported us any problem making payments. If you tell us the specific step where you got stuck, we will try to give you a solution.

Nicht zu empfehlen!!

Viele Buslinien sind nicht inkludiert! Die hola App zeigt aber bei der Navigation alle Möglichkeiten an auch die Linien die nicht inklusive sind. Daher entstehen oft doppelte Kosten!!

Response from developer

It is necessary to differentiate between the service offered by the app and the services that can be used with the purchase of each ticket. In the definition of each ticket, you can clearly see which services can be used. The app shows you the best options for getting around the city.

Nothing works

I registered me with My AppleId. I bought a Hola Card but I never get any email with further information. The only thing which is working was to get the paper ticket from the ticket machine.

To buy a ticket works partly (I got a number which works at the ticket machine), but the import of the ticket into the app does not work. Only an error message was shown that number and mail address does not fit together. And as said, no registration mail was send nor the buy of the ticket was send.
My expectations: activation and use of hola card is possible with this app.
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Response from developer

You can buy the Hola Barcelona Travel Card tickets with the app, and for now, you need to collect them from the vending machines in the Metro network. In the detail of the title there is all the information.

Complètement inutile

La localisation est foireuse.
Pour vous perdre l appli est parfaite.
Pas de choix le moins marcher possible.

Response from developer

We are sorry that your experience was not satisfactory. Comment that most users find the app very suitable for traveling and visiting the most prominent points of interest in Barcelona.