Desk Control vs eBike Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Desk Control
This app helps you improve your health and work habits by encouraging you to stand at your desk. Set personal challenges, track your progress with statistics, and receive reminders to stand. It also allows you to control your adjustable desk via Bluetooth to set favorite positions.
- Personalized standing challenges
- Progress tracking with statistics
- Stand reminders
- Bluetooth desk control
- Set favorite sit/stand positions
- Automatic drive to favorite positions
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Pick your personal challenge for standing at your desk and improve your health and work habits over time. Choose between 3 challenges (or create your own) and follow your progress on your smartphone through elaborate statistics. Let the app remind you when to stand. Pairing via Bluetooth® wireless technology allows you to drive the desk up/down and set your favourite position. The LINAK® Desk Control™ App works with LINAK desk systems using either of the DPG Desk Panels: DPG1M, DPG1B, or DPG1C. Also LINAK systems with a Bluetooth® Adaptor (BLE2LIN002) apply. Features: - Easy pairing of desk and mobile device through Bluetooth® wireless technology - Fast onboarding with intuitive built-in guide - Set favourite sit and stand positions - Set your own goal – time standing, etc. - Display your statistics - Automatic drive to favourite positions - Stand reminders based upon your chosen challenge - Auto-connect when you arrive at your desk
eBike Flow
Enhance your eBike experience with smart features for safety, personalization, and comfort. Protect against theft, plan routes, customize riding modes, and track your activities. Keep your eBike updated with the latest functions.
- Theft protection (eBike Lock & Alarm)
- Smart navigation and route planning
- Customizable riding modes
- Activity tracking and fitness analysis
- Over-the-air updates
- Display configuration
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The eBike Flow app makes the riding experience on your eBike with the smart system from Bosch safer, more personalised and more comfortable. Give your eBike additional protection against theft, plan routes and use smart navigation, personalise your riding modes, customise the display and track your activities. You can also benefit from automatic updates. Make your eBike even smarter with the eBike Flow app. The eBike Flow app at a glance • Keep your eBike up to date with updates and make use of the latest functions. • Theft protection: Give your eBike additional protection with eBike Lock and eBike Alarm. • Navigation: Use your phone, Kiox 300 or Kiox 500 for navigation. • Route planning: Plan your route in detail or import it from komoot or Strava. • Activity tracking: Track and analyse your riding and fitness data. • Display configuration: Customise the screen layout of Kiox 300, Kiox 500 and Purion 200. • Custom riding modes: Choose from all the riding modes available for your eBike – and customise them in the usual way. • Help Center: Get quick help with questions about your eBike. Please note: The eBike Flow app is only compatible with eBikes with the Bosch smart system. All the information at a glance The eBike Flow app gives you a clear overview of all the information about your eBike, such as the distance travelled, current battery status or the next service appointment. This way, you always have an overview and can enjoy your next ride. Theft protection with eBike Lock and eBike Alarm eBike Lock and eBike Alarm are the ideal complement to the mechanical lock: eBike Lock is your free additional theft protection. Lock and unlock your eBike automatically using your phone or display as a digital key. Protect your eBike even better with the eBike Alarm premium service: with GPS tracking, notifications and alarm signals on the eBike. Always up to date with updates over-the-air Updates ensure that your eBike is always up to date and gets even better. You can simply download new eBike functions and transfer them to your eBike via Bluetooth. Route planning With the eBike Flow app, you can plan your next Tour to perfection: customise the route with map details and a route profile to suit your needs – or import existing routes from komoot or via GPX. Navigation with phone or display Navigate with your display or use your phone on the handlebar. No matter what you’re riding with, you have all the important riding data at a glance and can conveniently control and stop the navigation via your control unit. Activity tracking The eBike Flow app records your riding data as soon as you set off. In the statistics, you will find valuable insights into your tour and fitness data – to analyse and share, synchronised with Strava or Apple Health. Riding modes perfectly customised to you. With the eBike Flow app, you can customise the riding modes to suit you perfectly. Adapt the support, dynamics, maximum torque and maximum speed to your requirements. Display configuration Customise the screen layout of your Kiox 300, Kiox 500 or Purion 200 to suit your preferences. With over 30 customisation options, you decide for yourself what you see on your display while riding. Fast support with the Help Center Do you have a question about your eBike? Get the answer from our Help Center. Find explanations about functions and components. If you have any problems, you can contact our support team. Terms of Use: https://flow.bosch-ebike.com/legal/terms?region=us
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eBike Flow at 4.6 against Desk Control's 2.3. eBike Flow also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 23%) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 3). Desk Control's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. eBike Flow sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Desk Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
eBike Flow holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eBike Flow has 2.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Desk Control's written reviews are positive against 51% of eBike Flow's.
Desk Control ships an update every 4 months, eBike Flow every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Desk Control | eBike Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.4% of reviews | 51.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 315 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LINAK | Robert Bosch GmbH |
Customer experience
Desk Control
eBike Flow
User reviews
Desk Control
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works fine with IKEA desk
- 🚀 Easy and simple to use
- 🚀 Pairing works smoothly
- 👍 Favorite positions feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Favorite positions not working
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Bluetooth connection issues
- 🐛 Loses saved settings and preferences
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications and reminders
eBike Flow
From 2.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and reliable
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
- 🔒 Secure with lock and alarm features
- 💡 Customizable motor modes
- 💡 Integrates with Komoot for route planning
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent GPS tracking and navigation
- 🔋 High battery drain on smartphones
- 🔍 Limited data export options
- 🤔 Requires smartphone for full functionality
Bugs and requests
Desk Control
Reported bugs
5 issues- Favorite positions not working
- App crashes on connection
- Desk height not syncing correctly
- Bluetooth connection issues
- Saved settings getting lost
Requested features
7 requests- One-tap favorite position adjustment
- Siri/Shortcuts integration
- iOS widget support
- More than 3 favorite positions
- Ability to remove favorite positions
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- Default to control tab instead of challenges
- Language selection option
eBike Flow
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional connectivity issues when pairing bike
- Route planning sometimes generates inaccurate routes
- Ride data not always syncing correctly with Apple Health
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for heart rate sensors
- Improve integration with Garmin devices
- Allow multiple users/phones to be paired with one bike
- Provide offline navigation on Kiox 300 display
- Add option to customize Kiox 300 data screens
In-app purchases
Desk Control
No in-app purchases
eBike Flow
- Flow+ (monthly)1 Year trial$3.991 Month
- Flow+ (monthly)1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Flow+ (year)1 Year trial$34.991 Year
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- Flow+ (year)1 Month trial$34.991 Year









