BLOOM vs WaitWise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLOOM
Access and manage your shared bike or scooter program. Find nearby vehicles, unlock them with a QR code, and ride. Supports dockless and docked systems for various smart mobility assets.
- Join bike/scooter share programs
- Locate nearest rides
- Reserve rides
- Unlock docked/dockless vehicles
- Pause rides
- Pay for rides
- Park in geo-fenced zones
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BLOOM Mobility Sharing App Is your company, campus or community sharing with BLOOM? Download the BLOOM Mobility Sharing App to access your bike or scooter share program. Use the app to join public or private sharing networks. Then find the ride nearest you, scan the QR code, unlock and ride. BLOOM is designed for dockless and docking programs, bike and scooters, or any smart mobility asset. In fact, each BLOOM program is tailored to its community. So follow your program’s guidelines to ride and share responsibly. With the BLOOM mobility app you can: * join a BLOOM bike or scooter share * locate the nearest ride * reserve your ride * unlock docked or dockless bikes and scooters * pause your ride * pay for your ride * find and park in geo-fenced zones * keep track of your rides Want to create your own bike share or scooter sharing program? BLOOM is a unified mobility sharing platform. Recognizing complex, organic mobility programs require solutions designed to grow alongside them, BLOOM is an open sharing ecosystem where a seed of an idea can grow into a robust mobility network. BLOOM is a platform for sharing diplomacy -- software that mixes open hardware, smart mobility assets and transit infrastructure. Bikes, electric vehicles, scooters, lockers, and more can blend together seamlessly, creating a cohesive system from disparate technologies -- all with an eye toward how a user envisions it. BLOOM offers a user first approach and best in class experience. BLOOM is designed to integrate with existing systems and to be flexible to accommodate growth. With BLOOM, you can develop a completely custom integration for your current hardware or create an entirely custom solution, conserving past and future investments, while creating a sustainable mobility ecosystem. For organic and evolving transit environments where custom, flexible solutions are integral to growth, BLOOM makes mobility flourish. To learn more, visit https://www.bloomsharing.com
WaitWise
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WaitWise is a free crowdsourced wait time app that helps you know before you go. Search for any place — airports, restaurants, coffee shops, dining halls, libraries — and see how long the wait is right now, reported by real people on the ground. HOW IT WORKS Search for a place, check the current wait, or report what you see. It takes seconds. The more people report, the more useful it gets for everyone. AIRPORTS Flying out soon? Select your airport, pick your terminal, and see what the security line looks like right now. WaitWise covers major hubs including Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), O'Hare (ORD), LAX, JFK, DFW, Denver (DEN), Charlotte (CLT), Orlando (MCO), Seattle (SEA), San Francisco (SFO), and more. With TSA wait times more unpredictable than ever, WaitWise gives travelers a way to share real conditions in real time — no algorithms, no outdated averages. RESTAURANTS & MORE Heading to lunch? Check if your spot has a wait before you leave. WaitWise works for any place — fast food, sit-down restaurants, cafes, campus dining halls, libraries, DMVs, anywhere people wait in line. FEATURES - Real-time crowdsourced wait times from actual visitors - Airport terminal-level reporting for domestic and international checkpoints - Search any place powered by Google Maps - See nearby places and their current wait status - Report wait times in seconds - Estimated wait times when live reports aren't available yet - Works at any place, not just airports Built by a college student tired of showing up to long lines with no warning. Download WaitWise. Know before you go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: BLOOM at 1.7K against WaitWise's 1. On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BLOOM against 5.0 for WaitWise. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLOOM has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | BLOOM | WaitWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BLOOM SHARING TECHNOLOGY LLC | Toni Jafojo |
Bugs and requests
BLOOM
Reported bugs
3 issues- Bikes not where app says
- Nothing is load, it keeps saying error
- Bikes aren't showing up, and you can't scan the system's QR code to join it
Requested features
1 request- Better instruction on how to lock and finish the ride
WaitWise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BLOOM
No in-app purchases
WaitWise
No in-app purchases









