Cycle Hire Widget

I sometimes blend London's Boris Bikes into my commute. I buy train tickets without tube and then use the bike on the way to work, and an Oyster trip on the Tube back to the railway station. This app allows me to see where bikes and return slots are.

I use this app daily. I often feel that the data is not up-to-date even though the app says it has been refreshed the last two minutes. I would like a time stamp on the data. Also it is still showing a bike tank at Cardinal Place although it was removed a couple of months ago

DO NOT BUY! This was formerly the very best cycle hire app (at least for London, but also supporting many, many other cities) but as of a few weeks ago the developer and their domain (littlefluffytoys.mobi) have disappeared and as a consequence the app just displays "Comms Failure" and is no longer capable of updating docking station details.

Apart from this 5stars

Essential for Boris biking around

The widget and app display are clever, although the red/green colors are difficult for colorblind people to discern. However, it's all but useless for the systems I've used in the USA (DC, Mpls), as it never has up to date dock counts.

Should allow map to be cached/saved. Too slow loading. Also the map layer showing docking stations doesn't "stick" to the underlying map when scrolling /zooming, which is very annoying.

My favorite bike share app by far, a tiny widget you can put on your main screen to tell you practically everything you need about the status of stations near you.

Very useful for planning the day's commute.

does not update to dc locations. just shows Portugal locations

Good app, I use it every day in London. Needs 4G or wifi though or too slow to update status of docking points

Stations closed or temporarily removed still appear as available.

Everything an android app should be.

I just want the simple stuff, the map and the 'nearest', this app does those better.

Lovely software and the map interface is far better than the official Santander app

Really excellent

Consistently displays incorrect availability status for Dublin Bikes. Use something else instead.

Very useful for planning the day's commute.

Makes Boris bikes the favoured form of transport. Superb.

Using the map automatically turns the WiFi on. There doesn't seem to be any way to turn this off, and not only is it invasive it can make the app unusable at times. UPDATE: That was on a Nexus 4, I just tried using this app on a Galaxy S4 mini and exactly the same thing happens. Please fix this.

Essential for Boris biking around

Great app. Unexpectedly international

Should not show old data on app start since it is misleading

Not bad!

Simple but good

Great for visiting unfamiliar parts of town, or finding the nearest free slots. I keep it on my home screen for one-handed access!

Love the widget but please, disable the auto-turn-on-wifi when the widget is tapped!!!! Freaking ANNOYING! Or at least put it as an option in the settings! Thank you so much in advance.

I use it every morning to check availability and is almost always spot on, considering people use these bikes a lot.

Runs nicely on galaxy S2 ICS and does everything you'd expect it to.

Works fine for me. Never had inaccurate reports and you can refresh manually.

The combination of the widget and the full app works very well.

No stations appear for Stockholm

Well done but not always accorate. Bike and slot availability not in line with reality.

Very good in most ways but not reliable due to problems with the tfl real time data feed....hence 4 stars...also need a decent data connection to make sense....offline maps would really help!

Pretty good functionality EXCEPT that the compass showing you which direction the nearest docking point is doesn't seem to work. I can rotate on my feet & the arrows don't move!

Would love to see Berlin added to the supported cities

It use to work, not sure what changed, but now directs me to FULL stations, when I need to deposit a bike. The app mocks me by telling me the data has just refreshed mere seconds ago with the latest, when I am clearly standing right in front of a full station. It may work well for London, but in DC you will have luck getting the right answer by tossing three coins and divining the answer.

Using the map automatically turns the WiFi on. There doesn't seem to be any way to turn this off, and not only is it invasive it can make the app unusable at times.

Super useful and easy. Thanks

I used a competitor app for a few weeks, and got VERY frustrated with (lack of) stability & performance. Changed to Cycle Hire Widget, what a difference! Quickly upgraded to the full version for faves & 3 minute data refresh. Three quid very well spent!