Comparison

Cowboy vs Grippa

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

Head to head
About

Cowboy

This app enhances your electric bike experience with navigation, ride tracking, and safety features. Monitor your bike's performance, battery life, and security, and connect with support for maintenance and updates.

Highlights
  • Navigation and route planning
  • Real-time ride statistics
  • Predictive battery range estimation
  • GPS bike tracking
  • Crash detection alerts
  • Activity tracking and leaderboards
  • In-app maintenance booking
Features
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The Cowboy app is your daily companion on the road. Connect your ride * Navigate the city like a local who knows every corner. Break free from congestion, be guided to your favorite places, even find bike parking spots. * Map the quickest route or take a breather with the clearest alternative with real-time air quality mapping in your area. * Monitor your speed and check your ride stats at a glance on your ride dashboard. Easily control your bike through your ride settings: front & rear lights, motor assistance, phone wireless charger, etc. * Always know your charge. With predictive battery range estimation, charge reminders and widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, you’ll never run out of power. * Rain, shine (or snow or hail or fog), with live weather updates you’ll never leave the house unprepared. Keep moving * With embedded bike sensors, you can track all your activity details — moving time, speed, power delivered, calories burned, and more. * Quickly see your ride trends over time with personalized stats. * Collect badges for your achievements and show them off with pride. * See how your stats stack up with your fellow riders. Track your fitness and find out how far you’ve ridden compared to the community with Cowboy leaderboards. * Automatically synchronize your rides on Apple Health and / or Strava, and get credit for all your activities Stay safe * Unlock your bike and start your ride with a simple tap in the app. You’re the only one who can turn it on. Activate Auto Unlock for an effortless start. As you approach, the bike senses your connection and comes alive. * Whether near or far, you'll be able to locate your bike at all times with GPS tracking. Use Find My Bike to follow the signal and pinpoint its exact location. * [Theft Insurance exclusive] If someone attempts to snatch your bike, we'll proactively notify you right away. * With Crash Detection, if the bike detects that you're ever in an accident we'll check in to make sure you're alright. If not, we'll automatically alert your emergency contacts and share your live position. You’ll never ride alone * Need a maintenance? Subscribe to Cowboy Care and book an unlimited number of service appointments in the app. We'll come right to your door and give your bike a full check-up. * The Cowboy team is available to chat with you in-app for any bike or tech question you have along your ride. * If your bike requires an update, the app will alert you automatically and guide you through every step.

About

Grippa

Features
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Most habit trackers are a private argument with yourself. You tick a box, the app congratulates you, and nobody is any the wiser when you stop. Grippa puts other people in the room. WHAT IT IS Build up to five habits on the free plan — twelve on paid — with the schedule each one deserves. A tick is enough for most. Some are worth a number: pages, minutes, kilometres. Some want the app's own timer running while you do them. Then join a club or a team. A club shares one habit between everybody: the same run, the same page count, the same cold shower, and one table showing who actually did it. A team keeps everyone's habits their own but adds the scores together — different lives, one result. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Your group sees what you did today. Not a weekly summary, not an average — the day itself, and a comment underneath it if somebody has something to say. Challenges run for a fixed stretch with a leaderboard that closes when the days run out. Points come from difficulty and from the length of your run, so an easy habit ticked for a month does not beat a hard one kept for a week. A streak is worth something because losing it costs something. Three freezes a month, for everyone, paid or not — a life that never allows a missed day is not a life, and a plan that sells you forgiveness is selling you the wrong thing. THE COACH A conversation, not a notification. It has your history in front of it: which weekday you keep missing, which habit you have quietly stopped, how the group is doing. It answers in the tone you pick, and it can be turned off entirely — the app works without it. WHAT IS FREE AND WHAT IS NOT The free plan is the whole product: five habits, one club, one team, challenges, the feed, the coach, thirty days of statistics, three freezes a month. Paid lifts the ceilings: twelve habits, as many clubs and teams as you like, the full history, and the right to start groups of your own. Gathering people is the part somebody has to answer for, which is why it sits behind the subscription. Joining is free and always will be. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Your statistics are yours: what a group sees is set by you, and detailed figures can be kept private without leaving the group. Blocking works in both directions and takes one tap, as does undoing it. Comments are checked before they are posted, and anything you report reaches a person. The account, and everything in it, is deleted from inside the app — Settings, Account, Delete account. No email, no waiting for a reply. SUBSCRIPTION Grippa Paid is available monthly or yearly, with 7 days free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. It renews unless auto-renewal is switched off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Service terms: https://ustecdev.com/grippa/legal.html#terms Privacy Policy: https://ustecdev.com/grippa/legal.html#privacy

Screenshots

Cowboy4 screens
Grippa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cowboy at none against Grippa's 2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grippa sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cowboy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cowboy versus Grippa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCowboyGrippa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCowboy SAU.S. technology development LLC

Bugs and requests

Cowboy

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Adaptive Power 2.0 disabling assistance
  • Navigation routes are illogical and not bike-friendly
  • Bluetooth connection drops frequently
  • App crashes during use
  • App shows battery disconnected after charging
Show 14 more
  • Long press actions are buggy
  • Auto-lock/unlock not always working
  • GPS navigation is inaccurate and dangerous
  • Last two updates broke activity tracking and syncing
  • Battery level inaccurate on settings page
  • Login details required frequently after updates
  • Bike cannot be unlocked without signal
  • GPS audio causes music volume to drop
  • Unable to add emergency contacts (only call)
  • App resets preferences after updates
  • Bike constantly turns on/off when near
  • Issues with lights not working after updates
  • Connection by moving bike fails after updates
  • App consumes significant phone battery

Requested features

13 requests
  • Integration with iOS Shortcuts
  • API for Home Assistant integration
  • Support for multiple bikes per account
  • Apple Watch integration for unlocking/features
  • Choice of map provider (e.g., Apple Maps, Geovelo)
Show 8 more
  • Landscape mode for the app
  • Ability to select destination from calendar app
  • Option to choose between adaptive and constant boost modes
  • Integration with Lumos helmet blinkers
  • Ability to purchase a second battery
  • Dimming of battery lights
  • Saving start and end points of rides
  • Support for more languages (Italian, German, French)

Grippa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cowboy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Grippa

Subscriptions2
  • Grippa Paid Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Grippa Paid Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Cowboy free?
Cowboy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grippa free?
Grippa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cowboy or Grippa have ads?
Neither Cowboy nor Grippa shows ads.

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