Comparison

Rally Tripmeter vs ThinkerRide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rally Tripmeter

This app assists rally drivers and co-drivers with accurate distance measurement, time control calculations, and speed monitoring. It helps users stay on pace, avoid penalties, and improve their performance during rallies.

Highlights
  • Accurate distance measurement (10m accuracy)
  • Time control time calculation
  • Rally time display
  • Built-in speedometer to avoid speeding fines
  • Ideal time tracking for TSD rallies
  • Stage time recording
Features
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Rally Tripmeter turns your phone or tablet into a rally trip computer. Built by a rally driver and used on recce, on the road sections and on the stages. WHAT IT DOES • Two independent trips plus stage and section distances, in digits you can read at a glance while driving • Stage timer with average and maximum speed • Regularity / TSD (time, speed, distance) mode for regularity rallies: enter the speed chart, record time controls and see live whether you are ahead of or behind the ideal time • Recce mode with speed limits per section and a warning when you exceed them • Pacenotes (early access, free during the beta): record your recce drive and the app writes a note for every corner, with live and spoken calls, replay, editing and a printable pacenote book • Liaison mode with a time card: last TC, allowed time, next TC and a countdown to it • Map with route recording and sharing, plus live location sharing for your service crew • Custom layouts: build your own screen from components in your own colors, on phone or tablet • Bluetooth buttons to reset trips without touching the screen • Rally Raid mode with heading • Calibration factor, metric or imperial units, 14 languages ON YOUR WATCH Apple Watch and Wear OS apps: • Rally Time: the official rally clock, free • Liaison: countdown to the next TC • Stage timer with a double tap to finish • Regularity: SPEED UP or SLOW DOWN, with the time to the next section • Recce: the speed-limit sign • Complications and a Wear OS tile The watch app is part of Pro; daily Pro fuel lets you try it. FREE AND PRO The basic tripmeter is free with a daily mileage allowance. Free daily Pro fuel lets you drive the Pro modes too. Pro removes the limits. Works without cell service, GPS is all it needs. A reliable backup next to a professional rally trip, and the main instrument at club events and at historic and classic rallies. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rallytripmeter.app/privacy-policy

About

ThinkerRide

Connect your phone to your vehicle's equipment for intelligent riding. Access navigation, receive call reminders, and track detailed cycling data like speed, mileage, and power. Explore your riding journey with smart features.

Highlights
  • Intelligent device interconnection
  • Vehicle instrument navigation
  • Call and message reminders
  • Real-time riding data tracking
  • Cycling route and map display
  • Vehicle fault information
Features
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[device connection]: intelligent interconnection between mobile phone and vehicle equipment, vehicle binding, non inductive connection and automatic interconnection; [cycling navigation]: vehicle instrument navigation, road condition, positioning, map route [call reminder]: the call information of mobile phone is reminded, displayed and rejected in the vehicle instrument; [mobile push]: push vehicle instrument by SMS message and push vehicle instrument by mobile app message; [riding data]: speed per hour, high speed per hour, riding mileage, total mileage, power, fault information; [cycling track]: cycling route, cycling map, cycling time, cycling duration, cycling speed and cycling mileage More wonderful things are waiting for you to discover, and explore the wisdom life of riding together with Thinkerride

Screenshots

Rally Tripmeter4 screens
ThinkerRide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rally Tripmeter at 55% against ThinkerRide's 0%. Rally Tripmeter also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). ThinkerRide's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rally Tripmeter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months and ThinkerRide sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rally Tripmeter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rally Tripmeter has 97 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Rally Tripmeter's written reviews are positive against 0% of ThinkerRide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rally Tripmeter ships an update every 4 days, ThinkerRide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rally Tripmeter versus ThinkerRide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRally TripmeterThinkerRide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (97 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings97 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB215 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppHero OUChongqing Thinkerride Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Rally Tripmeter

All ratings97 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative43.4%

ThinkerRide

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Rally Tripmeter

Subscriptions5
  • Pro Quarterly (Legacy)$14.993 Months
  • Pro Quarterly$14.993 Months
  • Basic Annual$14.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Pro Annual (Legacy)$29.991 Year
18 purchases

ThinkerRide

One-time18
  • Navigation Package$0.49
  • 柔性屏元素购买$0.99
  • 流量包 10MB$1.90
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  • Navigation Package$1.99
  • Mapbox$1.99
  • Mapbox$2.99
  • 流量包 20MB$3.90
  • 流量包 30MB$5.90
  • NavigationPackage04$6.90
  • 地图包(一个月)$7.99
  • NavigationPackage01$7.99
  • 车辆远程控制包100次$9.90
  • NavigationPackage05$9.90
  • 续费1年$29.90
  • 地图包(半年)$41.99
  • 智能服务包年费$49.90
  • 续费2年$49.90
  • 地图包(一年)$79.99

Questions

Is Rally Tripmeter free?
Rally Tripmeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThinkerRide free?
ThinkerRide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rally Tripmeter or ThinkerRide?
Rally Tripmeter is rated higher. Rally Tripmeter averages 4.7 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while ThinkerRide averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Rally Tripmeter or ThinkerRide have ads?
Neither Rally Tripmeter nor ThinkerRide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rally Tripmeter or ThinkerRide?
Rally Tripmeter ships an update every 4 days, and ThinkerRide every 2 months. Most recently, Rally Tripmeter was updated on November 2, 2026 and ThinkerRide on October 8, 2026.

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