Knot vs Vélhop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knot
Access shared electric scooters and bikes from docking stations. Download the app, create an account, find a station, unlock a vehicle, and enjoy your ride. Return the vehicle to a station to end your trip.
- Access shared electric scooters and bikes
- Dock-based system
- Sustainable transportation network
- Find and unlock vehicles
- Ride responsibly guidance
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KNOT app gives you access to the dock-based shared electric scooters and bike. How it works? Download the app Create your account Find the KNOT station and unlock your scooter or bike Enjoy your ride! Bring your scooter or bike back to the station to end the ride. Stay safe and ride responsibly: Please visit the ‘Safety’ section in the app or on our website before your first ride (et don’t forget the common sense!). You will notice that all our scooters and bikes are docked. Thanks to the docking stations we can avoid the sidewalk anarchy and charge our vehicles 24h/24 whiteout daily trucks’ raid for vehicle / battery charging. That’s why we can provide a truly sustainable shared transportation network! Please share your ideas with us, through mail or comments! Don’t forget to rate the app if you like it – it’s like Christmas before time for our soft team. Have a good ride and see you soon in new locations!
Vélhop
This app allows users to rent shared bikes from over 30 stations across Strasbourg. It offers a quick and intuitive way to access sustainable transportation 24/7. Users can sign up, add payment, and scan a QR code to unlock a bike for hourly rentals.
- Rent shared bikes
- Over 30 rental stations
- 24/7 availability
- Quick and intuitive rental process
- Sustainable mobility option
- Hourly rental plans
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Rent a shared Vélhop bike! Discover the new Vélhop bike-sharing system, a service provided by the Strasbourg Eurometropole! Choose from more than 30 Vélhop stations throughout the Eurométropole of Strasbourg, allowing you you to rent a Vélhop anywhere in the Eurométropole de Strasbourg. Quick and intuitive, rent a Vélhop 24/7 within the Vélhop bike-sharing system! Download the app, sign up, add your payment method, scan the QR code on the bike and off you go! Ride a healthy & sustainable form of mobility from €0.30 per hour! Vélhop bike-sharing is an A-A system: the bike has to be returned to the starting station. The maximum period of rental is 24 consecutive hours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Knot at 5.0 against Vélhop's 3.5. Knot also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (72% vs 64%). Vélhop's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Knot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Knot's written reviews are positive against 64% of Vélhop's.
Knot ships an update every 8 days, Vélhop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knot | Vélhop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.5 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.0% of reviews — better | 63.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KNOT | Strasbourg Mobilites Velo |
Customer experience
Knot
Vélhop
In-app purchases
Knot
No in-app purchases
Vélhop
No in-app purchases
