Comparison

BIT vs E

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

Head to head
About

BIT

Rent emission-free electric scooters for convenient and fun urban travel. Save money compared to other services while contributing to a cleaner environment. Simply download, register, find a scooter, and ride to your destination.

Highlights
  • Emission-free vehicles
  • Cost savings
  • Easy to use
  • QR code scanning for rental
  • Flexible parking options
  • Environmental contribution
Features
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Download the app Bit mobility and contribute to clean up the environment! Using one of our emission-free vehicles, you can also save money compared to other sharing or public services and all in a easy and funny way. How it works: -Download the BIT Application. -Create you account by providing all the required data. -Find a vehicle and scan the QRcode. -Travel and reach your destination. -Park wherever you want, following certain rules. -End the rental. Become one of us! Travelling smart.. For more information and to find out in which cities where we are present, visit our website www.bitmobility.it

About

E

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E-dway App ti permetterà di scoprire i Territori in completa autonomia immergendoti nei luoghi grazie a tutte le informazioni dettagliate presenti per ogni Punto d'interesse. Con la Navigazione 3D integrata si possono raggiungere i siti più famosi e importanti ma anche tante curiosità e luoghi nascosti scoprendo le loro caratteristiche enogastronomiche,culturali e storiche. Video, Foto e Testi ti immergeranno emozionalmente nel Tour che potrai personalizzare scegliendo i Punti di interesse e salvarli in un tuo personale Itinerario e se Viaggi Green troverai tutti i punti di ricarica anche gratuiti se presenti.

Screenshots

BIT4 screens
E4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BIT at weekly against E's fortnightly. E's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BIT ships an update weekly, E fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BIT versus E: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBITE
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (66 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBit MobilityE-DWAY SRL

Bugs and requests

BIT

Reported bugs

130 issues
  • Camera doesn't focus
  • Documents don't upload
  • App UI is hard to use
  • Loads slowly
  • Requires too much information
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  • Hard to add funds
  • Hard to get signed up
  • Difficulty closing out rentals
  • App designed to overcharge
  • Does not support half of the world's couriers
  • Doesn't send OTP
  • Takes very long time to load
  • Mine took 3 tries to sign up
  • App is extremely glitchy
  • Will not load properly
  • Scooter had mechanical issues
  • No trust
  • First 15min ride free? Nah, charge 1 EUR for unlock
  • Pay as you go? Nah, automatic top-up of a useless app wallet
  • Customer support? Nah, app deflection & “go study our articles” in emails
  • Report “fraudulent chargeback” to your bank about the app operation
  • Kept charging debit card even after leaving country
  • Won’t let me open without an SMS code, yet it won’t send me the code
  • No way to get help or support
  • Will not let me log in to my own account
  • Says I already have the phone number in use
  • Will make you late, not fit for purpose!!
  • Spent 15 minutes setting up and desperately trying to get to work
  • Gave up, and just accepted we where going to be even later
  • Too hard to sign up
  • Requires you to take a picture of yourself
  • AI will judge if you match your ID
  • Super painful to use
  • Takes way too long
  • Lost the scooter I was waiting to use
  • Spent the whole journey with it blaring out some random Italian phrase at full blast
  • Tried to use again the next day. It was exhausting to try and get a scooter to work
  • Gave up and was then late for my connecting water bus
  • Will not accept Canadian phone number
  • Takes entirely too long to set up
  • You shouldn't need a DL to rent a scooter
  • Any other rentable scooter takes seconds to start up
  • Impossible to rent
  • Was here for the sale. GP event was unable to move the scooters are pointless
  • Doesn’t work don’t event try
  • No clear description of what the requirements are
  • Setup repeatedly fails with obtuse reasons
  • Won’t even let me sign up
  • Tried to get around Florence for the past day and a half this app won’t even let me register my information
  • Tried multiple different emails and trying to use a different phone number nothing will work
  • Took ages to set up an account
  • Was charged €20 for 61 minutes in Florence - avoid!
  • Constant bugs
  • Updates to fix bugs create more bugs
  • No faulty scooter button
  • Jumped on a slow/faulty scooter
  • My partners scooter was fast and mine wasn’t
  • Tried to find a button. To alert faulty scooter and swap for different one- there isn’t
  • Had to pay €2+ time spent on partner scooter to swap
  • The second scooter was also faulty so has to swap back on to first scooter- another €2
  • Now spent at least $6 on swapping FAULTY scooters and there is no refund button
  • Ridiculous
  • Needed too much information
  • Why does it need my social security number that is absurd
  • Burocracia extrema para fazer o cadastro
  • Pedem um milhão de informações inclusive fotos de documentos que ficam pendentes de avaliação e não libera o equipamento na hora!
  • Os concorrentes são muito mais simples de se utilizar!
  • None of the screens work
  • Every error message you could get keeps popping up
  • It was a waste of time to enter in all my information and documents just to have this not work at all
  • App worked great, and bike was super cheap
  • The app should definitely display the cost you’ve accrued during your ride
  • Can’t sign up
  • The reviews are unfortunately right, can’t sign up
  • Won’t allow UK license
  • Was really excited to use these on our holiday but wasted so much time trying to get it set up to finally realise it won’t accept any UK documentation
  • Too many questions
  • You have to jump through so many hoops to get started
  • Gave up and downloaded Dott instead which takes seconds to get started on
  • Can’t get refund
  • App asked to charge first and only then disclosed that you must be a citizen of the EU to access the bikes
  • What’s worse is that you were able to skip this process before only for it to be required later
  • Can’t get refund
  • Does not work
  • The app doesn’t work, most likely a scam to get your info
  • Do not waste your time
  • Can’t use with the US phone number
  • It allows to enter a number prefix +1 but the confirmation sms never arrives
  • Completely useless
  • Too complicated to sign up and full of bugs
  • Horrible
  • Won’t let me sign up
  • Can’t receive text confirmation code
  • A terrible, and I mean truly terrible, app!
  • Sign up flow is an absolute disaster
  • I wasted 20 minutes of my nice vacation trying to receive a verification SMS, when it was the app’s fault all along
  • Waste of life
  • App won’t let you create account
  • Only one person on the phone with no customer service
  • Call a taxi or walk or use any other scooter app
  • Absolutely waste of time
  • Can’t confirm acct with system
  • Horrible app…will not even allow for account verification
  • Takes all personal info, accepts ph#, email , and name (everything they need to spam you) but will not allow creation of account and usage
  • Get Byrd, Lime, or Link instead and save yourself the headache!
  • HORRIBLE - Don’t use this app
  • Worst micro mobility app that I’ve ever used
  • Ridiculously horrible sign up process, buggy
  • Their phone stand didn’t even hold my phone properly
  • My iPhone 11 Pro fell out of the holder in the middle of the ride and I smashed the entire screen
  • For your own sake, don’t use this app - you’re better off walking than using this garbage
  • Bad
  • Impossible to complete set up
  • Didn’t receive sms confirmation code and no way to ask to resend
  • No choice but to delete
  • Terrible app
  • Customer service
  • A real shame that their customer service let them down big time
  • Scooters were great but they wouldn’t give me my money back for unused money in my wallet
  • Difficile da trovare... e scala tanti soldi anche se la usi 10 minuti
  • Difficile da trovare e scala tanti soldi anche se lo usi poco
  • L’ho usato 30 minuti e mi ha segnato 3 ore
  • Top Quality
  • Amazing service, cheap prices, good scooter s
  • These things are amazing and bit is the best one so far
  • Highly recommended
  • Faster to walk
  • Was looking forward to riding the scooter so downloaded the app
  • The app description is in English so great should be easy to setup
  • But no the app is only in Italian with no english language option so couldn’t sign up nor use the scooter

Requested features

9 requests
  • Display cost accrued during ride
  • Add more courier support
  • Improve AI for ID matching
  • Add a button to report faulty scooters
  • Provide a refund option for faulty scooters
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  • Allow users to choose lower initial charge
  • Offer more flexible payment options (e.g., pay as you go)
  • Improve customer support response time
  • Add English language option to the app

E

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BIT

No in-app purchases

None

E

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BIT free?
BIT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is E free?
E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BIT or E have ads?
Neither BIT nor E shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BIT or E?
BIT ships an update weekly, and E fortnightly. Most recently, BIT was updated on September 23, 2026 and E on September 19, 2026.

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