Whoosh

4.7
AndroidGoogle Play

What it actually doesWhoosh is an e-scooter and e-bike rental app with search, booking, and payment through a mobile service. However, it suffers from geolocation issues, hidden charges, and instability.

40%Marketing ≈ reality25%Stability99%Live project

Actually does

  • Ride-sharing95% of reviews
  • Offline maps15% of reviews
  • Time tracking10% of reviews
  • Recurring payments40% of reviews
  • File encryption15% of reviews
  • Бронирование самокатов20% of reviews
  • GPS-трекинг поездки5% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

  • QR scanner
  • Messaging
  • Multi-account

Common complaints

  • Hidden payments, auto-renewal of subscription without explicit consent35% of mentions

    «unlimited plans introduced as default option. Unlimited will apply anyway, they were automatically charging me 199 rubles already»

  • Broken or damaged scooters (brakes, display, tires)30% of mentions

    «Scooters are banged up, you're lucky if the brakes work, on a 10 km ride I had to switch scooters 2 to 7 times»

  • Inaccurate scooter location detection25% of mentions

    «geolocation doesn't work well, it shows you a bike in one place, but it's not there, so you go around like an idiot trying to find it»

  • Poor support: bot doesn't solve issues, emails ignored20% of mentions

    «support service through the app directs you to a raw bot, via email complete silence»

  • App crashes, freezes, and slow loading15% of mentions

    «App opened, took 12 minutes to load and didn't load at all. The app doesn't work, it crashes constantly»

What people praise

  • Convenient and intuitive app

    «Lots of scooters around the city, the app is convenient, intuitive and fast»

  • Large number of scooters across the city

    «Lots of scooters around the city»

  • Good service overall (when everything works)

    «Very good scooter rental service, awesome»

  • Simple rental procedure

    «Sign up in two clicks, scan the QR code»

  • Good condition of scooters (at best times)

    «best scooters in terms of condition»

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