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3.8 158 ratings · App Store

1. 3/5Tourists be careful

   Bixis billing practices are quite dodgy and make you end up spending much more than expected. It’s easy to signup for BIXI unlimited but almost impossible to cancel you have to do it from the website, not the app and they make it confusing, the electric bikes are very expensive and not included in BIXI membership, and most important of all be careful to make sure the bixis properly dock as the docks are finicky or you’ll continue to be charged for hours and hours, I ended up spending nearly $50usd just for a few short rides would have been way better off just renting a bike from the hotel. The rides also bill you after 45 minutes. It’s easy to end yo spending much more then you expected you have to make sure you 1. Cancel on website minute you leave Montreal 2. Make sure all rides are under 45 min and 3. Make absolute sure when you dock your bike you see the little green light, sometimes it “seems” docked but it will actually blink red and keep billing you. Buyer beware

   Freddy Lansky · 7 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Don’t forget to rehook your bike

   The bike borrow works well. I only had two issues with it. For some reason you can’t go beyond an half an hr at a time or it changes you 3 dollars every 15 min. So, you have to use it in half hr increments, which makes trips broken up as your looking for bike stations before you reach your destination. On the other hand, they are all around the city. Number two, there are no bike stations at St. Joesph’s. So we almost made the mistake of taking our loaners all the way to St. Joseph’s Oratory. That would have been a big mistake. We forgives the reason for no bikes is because they would have to continuously bring bikes to the top of the Moutain, as St. Joseph’s is up a rathe large hill. Chow for now

   Richard from NYC · 7 Aug 2026

3. 1/5Glitchy app, unreliable service

   Bixi continues to go downhill every single year. It really only works for people working office jobs who travel to downtown in the morning and leave in the evening- if that’s not you you will frequently be late because you either won’t be able to find a bike in “off” hours or you won’t be able to find a place to dock a bike since they refill the stations to FULL, instead of half which is what would make sense. This is a known issue that they consistently fill stations or leave them empty, so it’s often impossible to find a place to dock your bike especially outside of downtown after 7pm. Every time you take a Bixi you also risk having an issue with the bike, such as the bike not registering when you try to dock it, and you end up stuck with the bike sometimes for HOURS until a technician can come help. I am so often late because of all the Bixi malfunctions that I would rather walk or metro at this point. They raised the prices too and it’s so overpriced for this poor quality. DO NOT recommend.

   annelistens · 7 Aug 2026

4. 1/5Worst app ever

   This is seriously one of the most frustrating apps to deal with. It is VERY sketchy about connecting with a credit card, so much of the time the app is unusable. I thought it may have been user error last year when I set it up, but it’s even worse this year. The app will only let you rent 2 bikes at a time (when it’s working correctly, which isn’t often) so getting a family up and running takes 2 accounts. We tried to link it to 3 different phones, with multiple viable cc’s. It worked one time, then my husband’s account absolutely would not work a second time. By the 2nd day, the one account we had that would still scan would only do one bike (despite being set up for 2 on the account). It is unbelievably frustrating. The bikes were great when we got them to unlock. Worst worst worst app. Honestly. Save your time and sanity…. just rent bikes privately when visiting Montreal.

   ilamanx · 7 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Been loving Bixi for a decade

   I went to university in Montreal years ago and we used to take Bixi everywhere and now a decade later whenever I visited Sylvia primary way we get around and it is so convenient and fun and the best way to get around this town. Great system and availability of bikes and docking stations. Highly recommend!

   Adelle A · 7 Aug 2026

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