COBI.Bike vs HobbyFlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COBI.Bike
This app transforms your eBike or regular bike into a connected system, integrating your digital life with your ride. Access navigation, music, calls, and fitness data safely and conveniently via a handlebar controller and smartphone integration.
- Dashboard with speed, weather, and fitness info
- Intuitive wheel menu for feature control
- Music playback control for media apps
- Hands-free calling and communication
- Bluetooth fitness sensor integration
- Turn-by-turn voice navigation
- Real-time hyper-local weather forecasts
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Staying connected with your life and your friends - smart connectivity means this is also possible while cycling. The Bosch SmartphoneHub and COBI.Bike app connect your eBike to your digital world. ***Important note: this app works only in combination with the Bosch SmartphoneHub and COBI.Bike hardware (for eBikes and conventional bikes).*** COBI.BIKE – YOUR CONNECTED BIKING SYSTEM The future of bike-based mobility has begun. The COBI.Bike system connects your bike with your digital world. This award-winning product provides smart features to your bike and intelligent assistance using the smartphone. The result: more safety, comfort and fun on any cycling route – a new dimension of biking. DASHBOARD The dashboard gives you quick access to speed, weather, fitness and performance info in a beautiful interface. WHEEL MENU Use the thumb controller to quickly fly through the features – the wheel menu is the smooth interface for your riding experience. MUSIC CONTROL All the control you'd expect, with the simplicity of a thumb controller. Start, stop and pause your tunes with intuitive thumb presses. It works with all your media apps too – from Spotify to podcasts. COMMUNICATE Make a quick call by selecting a contact using the thumb controller. You can also answer calls without letting go of the handlebars, which means no more risky phone action while riding. FITNESS TRACKING The system integrates with Bluetooth sensors to display important data like heart rate zone and cadence – directly on the dashboard. The fitness data collected from COBI.Bike can be easily transferred to your Apple Health profile. VOICE FEEDBACK Even if you don't look at your phone, the optional voice feedback gives you confidence when navigating through the app, including turn-by-turn navigation commands. ROUTE PLANNING The blazing fast route selection begins with a tap on the home screen. It takes your current bike location into account, which means setting up the perfect route is done in just three steps. You can choose between fastest, shortest and quietest route. Connect your komoot account to extend the best connected biking system with the best tour planning experience. 3D BIKE NAVIGATION For optimal bike route guidance the app offers a full-size navigation with turn-by-turn voice feedback – based on OpenStreetMap (OSM). Global offline maps included. REAL-TIME RIDE WEATHER Working with the world's best data providers, you get a minute precise, hyper-local weather forecast for your ride, indicating chances of rain, felt temperature and other important weather conditions. PERSONALIZED INTERFACE Complete your and your bike's profile and choose your favourite interface color to customize your ride experience. UPDATES AND UPGRADES The app features are continually evolving. In addition wireless hub firmware-upgrades keep the hardware functions up-to-date. So that you always have access to the latest features and improvements, we recommend that you update your app, COBI.Bike or SmartphoneHub to the latest software version. To find out how to update the software on your device, please refer to our FAQ under www.bosch-ebike.com/FAQ
HobbyFlock
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HobbyFlock is the perfect management tool for anyone with a small holding or flock or herd of animals. Keep track of all your animals and group them by flock or herd. Record their pedigrees and link parents and grandparents to offspring through the pedigree tracking. The app is built for any type of smallholding, so you can add multiple sheep, goats, horses, pigs, cows, ducks, chickens and turkeys or a mixture of all of them, all in one place. Monitor your animals' weights and health. Add in any medications and customise whether they are applied to individuals or a whole flock. Export medications given to help with official reporting. Plot your fields on the map and give them helpful names. Record when your flocks or individual animals move on and off a field and with our quick map, see which fields contain which animals with just a glance. Export movements to an excel spreadsheet for reporting purposes. Report individual animals joining or leaving your flock and see those movements added to your movement log. Record all feed batches coming into your farm and the dates fed and to which flock in case of a food contamination alert. Snap a quick photo of the packet to store in your records. Keep all your important farm contacts handy in the farm details section. Add your vet, farrier, shearer, etc so their details are all on hand for when you need them. Like to compete or show your animals? Track their achievements in the results tracker. See all their results at a glance. HobbyFlock is designed by a smallholder for other smallholders. We are always adding to the app and welcome suggestions and feedback. EULA Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: COBI.Bike at none against HobbyFlock's 2. HobbyFlock's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. HobbyFlock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. COBI.Bike asks for nothing beyond the download.
COBI.Bike ships an update every 3 months, HobbyFlock every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COBI.Bike | HobbyFlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 35.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Bosch GmbH | Lauren Gilman |
Bugs and requests
COBI.Bike
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes during use
- Compass consistently off by 90 degrees
- Login/account issues after updates
- Unreliable Bluetooth connectivity
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable data display and layout
- Integration with more fitness apps and sensors
- Improved route planning and navigation
- Battery percentage indicator
- Ability to manually pause/end rides
HobbyFlock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
COBI.Bike
No in-app purchases
HobbyFlock
- HobbyFlock Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- HobbyFlock Pro Yearly$24.991 Year









