Comparison

Helsinki Bikes vs Eckerö Line

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Helsinki Bikes

Discover HSL City Bikes in Helsinki with real-time station locations, available bikes, and parking space updates. Receive timely notifications about your ride duration and potential extra charges.

Highlights
  • Find city bike stations on map
  • Real-time bike availability
  • Real-time parking space availability
  • Notifications for ride end
  • Notifications for extra charges
  • Extra charge calculation
Features
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Helsinki Bikes is an easy to use app that helps you find HSL's City Bikes around central Helsinki. It shows all the bike stations near you or anywhere in the map with a realtime update of available bikes and free parking spaces in the stations. Helsinki Bikes can also give you notifications when your free ride time is about to end or when you are charged certain amount of extra money. In addition to that it also calculates the extra charge that is due depending on the time. The app is made using the open data provided by HSL and is not in anyway affiliated with HSL. More info about city bikes from https://www.hsl.fi/en/citybikes .

About

Eckerö Line

Manage your ferry bookings and access digital boarding passes directly on your mobile device. Streamline your travel experience by checking in easily and adding onboard services.

Highlights
  • Digital boarding cards
  • Advance boarding
  • View upcoming bookings
  • Add onboard services
  • Book new trips
  • Finland-Estonia routes
Features
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Fetch your ferry booking into the app and receive the boarding cards in advance. Go straight to boarding gates in the terminal. All the passengers in your booking can load their own boarding cards by loading the app to their mobile phones. MY BOOKINGS Sign in with Eckerö Line customer account and view all your upcoming bookings in the app. You can also fetch bookings where you are booked as passenger by entering the booking number and your date of birth. EASY CHECK-IN Find your boarding card in the app and go straight to boarding gates at the terminal. BOOK A TRIP OR ADD SERVICES Create a new ferry booking or add onboard services like meals, cabins or seats in lounge to an existing booking. ROUTES Travel smoothly between Finland and Estonia on M/S Finlandia or M/S Finbo Cargo.

Screenshots

Helsinki Bikes4 screens
Eckerö Line4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Eckerö Line at 5.0 against Helsinki Bikes's 3.0. Helsinki Bikes's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Eckerö Line holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Helsinki Bikes versus Eckerö Line: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelsinki BikesEckerö Line
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnteneh SahledengelRederiaktiebolaget Eckero

Customer experience

Helsinki Bikes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Eckerö Line

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Helsinki Bikes

No in-app purchases

None

Eckerö Line

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Helsinki Bikes free?
Helsinki Bikes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eckerö Line free?
Eckerö Line is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Helsinki Bikes or Eckerö Line?
Eckerö Line is rated higher. Helsinki Bikes averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Eckerö Line averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Helsinki Bikes or Eckerö Line have ads?
Neither Helsinki Bikes nor Eckerö Line shows ads.

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