Vélib' (official appli)

Vélib' Métropole

About this app

Blue bike or green bike?

Vélib' is available in nearly 60 cities in the Greater Paris area.

Find a docking point, plan your bike route, view your statistics, buy a pass or manage your account in the Vélib' app.

Ratings and reviews

App works fine but the information is all incorrect! App will say there are 6 bikes to rent but you go and they are out of order or in a pause mode. Basically unavailable. Most bikes you can rent have issues with them, out of alignment tires/pedal, pedals missing, pedal assist is broken or the seat only raises up half way. Highly recommend another app!!! They may be more expensive but there is a reason. If you go with Velib, you will definitely spend your vacation looking for a working bike.

It's generally a good service and unlike what other comments say, most bikes are in good shape. HOWEVER 1) electric bikes are not very useful as the pedal assist is not very strong, so I always use the mechanical ones which are fine. 2) As a foreigner, I can't add my card to the app. So every time I want a bike I need to use my credit card, which means every time there's a "pending" 300€ added to my card, which is a lot, because these don't go away quickly (I still have some from a week ago).

As a tourist I do not recommend Velibe. We were unable to return the bikes to our preferred location due to the station being full so we had to ride much further away to return after checking a number of stations and then walk back to our hotel to check out which put us off our timeline. The app was also incorrect as to the amount of free spots at stations. I have been home for 4 days now and just got a €2 statement charge and I'm not sure why. I don't recommend.

What’s new

minor fixes