Bluebikes vs Colby GO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bluebikes
This app provides access to a public bike share system in Metro-Boston. Users can find nearby stations, check bike and dock availability in real-time, purchase passes, and unlock bikes for convenient, one-way travel. It's ideal for commutes, errands, and exploring the city.
- Find nearby stations
- Real-time bike/dock availability
- Purchase passes
- Unlock bikes
- Track ride time
- Save favorite stations
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Bluebikes is metro-Boston’s public bike share system. With thousands of bikes available 24/7 at hundreds of stations throughout Metro-Boston, Bluebikes is one of the most popular bike shares in the country. Use the app to find your closest station and purchase a pass. Then unlock one of Bluebikes' safe, sturdy, easy to ride bikes, and get riding right away. When you’re done riding, simply return the bike to an available dock at any station in the network. The app will show you all station locations, with real-time bike and dock availability, and you can save your favorites for later reference. Tap a station pin or location and the app will show you the best route to get there. Ideal for one-way trips, commutes to work or school, running errands, meeting friends for dinner, going to a game, or just cruising around metro-Boston to see the sights. All trips under 45 minutes are included for members (the app will track your time for you). Take as many rides as you want during the term of your pass. Enjoy the ride!
Colby GO
Track real-time bus locations, schedules, and estimated arrival times for select transit agencies. The app also facilitates vehicle tracking and passenger counting for transit operators, tagging data with GPS coordinates and time.
- Real-time bus locations
- Schedules and ETAs
- Vehicle tracking
- Passenger counting
- GPS data tagging
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With Passio GO you have the ability to see real time bus locations, schedules, and ETA. This is available for select agencies and different agencies choose to show or not show the schedules, but you can always see where the buses are and on which routes. As an operator of a system that moves people (transit buses, shuttles, vans, etc.), you need to count them and track them. Passio applications quickly and seemlessly track your vehicles and easily count passengers tagging them with GPS coordinates and time/day as they enter and exit, including different passenger types or groups. N.B. You can run Passio GO without any registration, use for free. Please contact us at: sales@passiotech.com to setup a Passio Account to operate your own bus system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bluebikes at 4.5 against Colby GO's 2.0. Bluebikes also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Colby GO's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bluebikes holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluebikes has 2.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Bluebikes's written reviews are positive against 0% of Colby GO's.
Bluebikes ships an update weekly, Colby GO every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bluebikes | Colby GO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.9K ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lyft Bikes and Scooters, LLC | PassIO Technologies |
Customer experience
Bluebikes
Colby GO
Bugs and requests
Bluebikes
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to log in or create account
- Incorrect bike and dock availability information
- Unreliable bike locking and unlocking
- Unexpected charges and billing issues
- App crashes and freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Improved bike and dock availability tracking
- Better route planning and navigation
- Integration with Apple Health/Fitness apps
- Ability to report issues with bikes and docks
- More user-friendly app interface
Colby GO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bluebikes
No in-app purchases
Colby GO
No in-app purchases






