Velo Antwerpen vs LINKA GO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Velo Antwerpen
Access a network of shared bicycles throughout the city for convenient travel. Purchase day, week, or annual passes to enjoy 30-minute rides, with options to find bikes and return them at numerous stations. The app helps you manage your subscription and report any issues.
- City-wide shared bike access
- Day, week, and annual passes
- 30-minute ride inclusion
- Find bikes and free slots
- Route mapping
- Subscription management
- Report defects
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Travel smoothly through Antwerp: Everywhere in the city there is a shared bike waiting for you! Use Velo for a day (€5), a week (€12), or take an annual subscription (€58). All your 30-minute rides are included. After each ride, return a bike to one of the more than 300 Velo stations in Antwerp. After 5 minutes, you can borrow a bike again at any Velo station. Download the Velo app, so you always have Velo in your pocket: • Consult the rates and read how it works. • Buy a day pass, week pass or annual subscription. • Find a bike or free slot nearby & map out your route. • Get help taking or returning a bike in a station or report a defect. • Annual subscription? Borrow bikes, manage your subscription and receive a confirmation after every ride. Customer service is available every day on 0032 (0)3 206 50 30. Email: info@velo-antwerpen.be www.velo-antwerpen.be
LINKA GO
This app facilitates the rental of dockless bikes from participating programs worldwide. Users can locate, reserve, unlock, and pay for rides directly through the application, eliminating the need for physical keys. It also allows for ride pausing and provides trip details like distance and cost.
- Find available bikes
- Reserve and unlock bikes
- Pause rides
- Navigate to destinations
- Pay through the app
- Report issues
- Track ride stats
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The team behind the award-winning keyless bike lock LINKA is working with dockless bike share programs to make bike rentals fun, easy and more efficient with LINKA GO. This one app allows riders to find, rent and pay for bike rentals from participating bike share programs around the world. Simply download the app, scan the QR code on an eligible bike, ride, and return the bike to one of many designated bike parking zones throughout the city. No bulky keys are needed! LINKA GO lets you manage all aspects of your bike rental and more: -Find an available bike near you -Reserve and unlock bike without a key -Pause ride so you can make stops on your route -Directions to your destination -Navigate to the nearest bike drop zone where you can lock the bike and end the ride -Pay through the app -Report bike or trip issues -View calories burned, distance traveled and cost of ride
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Velo Antwerpen at 4.4 against LINKA GO's 3.1. Velo Antwerpen also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). LINKA GO's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Velo Antwerpen holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Velo Antwerpen's written reviews are positive against 20% of LINKA GO's.
Velo Antwerpen ships an update every 5 weeks, LINKA GO every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Velo Antwerpen | LINKA GO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (52 ratings) — better | 3.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | LINKA |
Customer experience
Velo Antwerpen
LINKA GO
In-app purchases
Velo Antwerpen
No in-app purchases
LINKA GO
No in-app purchases
