Comparison

E vs Microgate HiTiming

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

Head to head
About

E

Customize your e-bike's performance and update its firmware. Adjust assist power, fine-tune automatic shifting for trails or city riding, and personalize your ride.

Highlights
  • Update firmware
  • Customize e-bike assist power
  • Adjust AUTO SHIFT timing
  • Personalize trail ride settings
  • Optimize city riding gear switching
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Maximize Your Bike Performance. With the smartphone app, you can easily update firmware and customize electric shifting in addition to the e-bike assist power program. -Maximize the trail ride with customized settings in your own image. -AUTO SHIFT not requiring any gear shifting operation is comfortable. But to make the shift timing a bit quicker, change the timing to your preference with the app. Ride comfortably even in a city with many traffic lights since it automatically switches to your favorite gear when stopping.

About

Microgate HiTiming

Features
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HiTiming is a Microgate App that supports RTPro single Starts and Training Light software by transferring events from the stopwatch to a mobile device in real time. Cloud Sharing The HiTiming App has been designed to share timing session data in real time with Coaches, Athletes and other people concerned through a free data sharing service. As soon as a timing session starts, I can share a session identification code with “Guest” Users. A User who has installed the HiTiming app and receives a text message or an email with the “Session ID” will launch the App in Guest mode and receive all the remote session data in real time. Once the session is closed by the primary user connected to the stopwatch, the sessions on the remote devices will also be closed automatically. Closed sessions will be available in the Session Archive. Sharing results in Excel From the session archive, you can send the session results via an Excel file attached to a text message or email. Athletes’ Personal Data In the athletes’ personal data section we can add a list of people with their main characteristics. Teams You can define one or more Teams by selecting the athletes who are part of that Team and assigning them the bib/number they will use during the training session (convenient when using the HiSmart system). Using Teams and athletes’ names is not indispensable (choosing a timing session without assigning a team will give the numbers used on RTPro) but it helps a lot when subsequently analysing the results.

Screenshots

E4 screens
Microgate HiTiming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Microgate HiTiming at fortnightly against E's every 3 months. Microgate HiTiming also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

E ships an update every 3 months, Microgate HiTiming fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
E versus Microgate HiTiming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMicrogate HiTiming
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (83 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHIMANO.INCMicrogate Srl

Bugs and requests

E

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 13 and newer
  • Unable to change password
  • Bluetooth connection keeps dropping
  • Firmware updates fail and brick the system

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add Russian language support
  • Allow custom cassette size selection
  • Integrate with Garmin devices
  • Provide more detailed data and analytics

Microgate HiTiming

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

E

No in-app purchases

None

Microgate HiTiming

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is E free?
E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microgate HiTiming free?
Microgate HiTiming is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do E or Microgate HiTiming have ads?
Neither E nor Microgate HiTiming shows ads.
Which is updated more often, E or Microgate HiTiming?
E ships an update every 3 months, and Microgate HiTiming fortnightly. Most recently, E was updated on October 29, 2026 and Microgate HiTiming on October 17, 2026.

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