Rad 3D vs MTB Shock Tune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rad 3D
Visualize and explore bicycle wheel lacing patterns in 3D. This tool allows builders to select spokes, add or remove them, and manipulate the wheel for detailed viewing. Save or share images of your designs with customizable backgrounds.
- 3D lacing pattern exploration
- Radial to four-cross patterns
- Spoke group management
- Interactive wheel manipulation (swipe, zoom, pan)
- Hub rotation simulation
- Image capture and sharing
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An App for bicycle wheel builders. Explore lacing patterns in 3D, from radial to four-cross. For several numbers of spokes, front and rear wheels, rim and disc brakes. Select your wheel from the information pane. Add and remove groups of spokes with the "forward" and "back" arrows. Move the wheel about its center with a swipe gesture, zoom and pan with pinch and two-finger swipe gestures. Double-tap to reset to the default view. Tap on the hub to make the wheel rotate on its axis. Take a picture of the displayed wheel with the camera icon. The picture can be shared or saved with a black, white, or transparent background.
MTB Shock Tune
Analyze your mountain bike's suspension performance in real-time. This app uses your phone's accelerometer to capture and graph acceleration data, allowing you to compare different settings and optimize your ride.
- Real-time shock tuning
- Accelerometer data capture
- Graphing and analysis
- Scenario comparison
- Performance optimization
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Tune your mountain bike's front or rear shock for the best ride possible. This app uses your phones accelerometer to capture, graph, and analyze acceleration data in real time. The app allows the rider to record multiple settings scenarios (spring rate/PSI, compression damping and rebound damping). Then the rider can compare and analyze the scenarios to learn which transfers less acceleration to the bike and rider, reduces oscillation, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MTB Shock Tune at 4.5 against Rad 3D's 4.1. MTB Shock Tune also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Rad 3D's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MTB Shock Tune holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rad 3D has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rad 3D ships an update every 5 months, MTB Shock Tune every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rad 3D | MTB Shock Tune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (21 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincenzo Tschinke | RYLAND LUEDERS |
Customer experience
Rad 3D
MTB Shock Tune
In-app purchases
Rad 3D
No in-app purchases
MTB Shock Tune
No in-app purchases
