Harley vs LiveWire EV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harley
Plan and navigate motorcycle routes, connect with fellow riders and dealerships, and manage your motorcycle's maintenance. Earn rewards through purchases and challenges.
- Custom route planning with waypoints
- Turn-by-turn GPS navigation
- Connect with riders and join groups
- Find and navigate to dealerships
- Track membership points and earn rewards
- Record and share rides
- Manage motorcycle maintenance and recalls
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Plan, navigate and connect with a network of dealers and riders using the official app from Harley-Davidson®. COMMUNITY Make new connections, create or join groups, and find events in your local area or at your next destination. MEMBERSHIP Create a custom profile, track your points, and connect with your local dealership. Earn points with purchases and in-app activities. MAPS & RIDE PLANNING Plan a custom route by adding waypoints, Harley-Davidson® dealers, gas stations and restaurants along the way. Your custom routes are synced with the routes you create on www.h-d.com/rideplanner. RECORDING & SHARING RIDES Share your rides with friends. From custom planned routes or favorite local rides to that epic ride you just recorded. GPS NAVIGATION Stay on course with turn-by-turn GPS navigation. Choose a destination or plan an epic route. CHALLENGES Participate in riding challenges, climb the leaderboard, and earn achievements including reward points. HARLEY-DAVIDSON® DEALERS Locate and navigate to any dealership using GPS navigation. Connect with dealers, see their services, hours and upcoming events. YOUR HARLEY-DAVIDSON® GARAGE Manage your Harley-Davidson Motorcycles and ensure they are maintained and recall free. On select vehicles with Bluetooth connectivity you can display your routes on your bike’s infotainment system.
LiveWire EV
This app connects motorcycle owners to their bike for status updates, charging notifications, and security alerts. It also offers integrated music and GPS navigation via Bluetooth, along with a charge station locator.
- Bike status monitoring
- Charging notifications
- Security alerts
- Bluetooth music control
- Integrated GPS navigation
- Charge station locator
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Every LiveWire Experience in One App. The LiveWire App now supports LiveWire ONE, S2, and the all-new S4 Honcho motorcycles, bringing our entire product family together in a single platform. Stay informed, stay connected, and get more from every ride with features designed to enhance your ownership experience. Every function you need is now in your hand, from owner's resources and maintenance history to dealer support and genuine parts and accessories. For connected LiveWire motorcycles, unlock deeper insights with ride and charge analytics, intelligent charge scheduling, vehicle monitoring, security notifications, and more. Stay connected to your ride anytime, anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Harley at 4.8 against LiveWire EV's 3.9. Harley also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (39K vs 113). LiveWire EV's advantage is review sentiment (48% vs 34%). 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.
Harley holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harley has 39K ratings behind it against 113, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of Harley's written reviews are positive against 48% of LiveWire EV's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Harley ships an update every 8 days, LiveWire EV every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harley | LiveWire EV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (39K ratings) — better | 3.9 (113 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.2% of reviews | 47.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 113 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 610 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harley-Davidson Motor Company | LiveWire EV |
Customer experience
Harley
LiveWire EV
User reviews
Harley
From 39K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful features
- 🚲 Great for Harley riders
- 💡 Useful challenges and competitions
- 🗺️ Good route planning
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery drain
- 📍 Unreliable GPS and navigation
- 🤔 Confusing interface
- 🔍 Missing key features
LiveWire EV
From 113 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great info and ease of use
- 👍 Clean and easy interface
- 👍 Useful app for a wonderful bike
- 👍 Tracking and alarm system amazing
- 👍 Works as advertised
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues (sporadic, disconnects)
- 🐛 Navigation is broken/outdated
- 🐛 Charging station info outdated
- 🐛 App doesn't sync with bike
- 🐛 App drains phone battery
Bugs and requests
Harley
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues after updates
- Route planning and navigation problems
- Incorrect mileage tracking
- Syncing issues between app and bike
- Crashing and freezing
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to share routes with friends
- Offline map downloads
- Automatic ride tracking
- Integration with other apps (e.g., Google Maps)
- More customization options
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- Better social features
LiveWire EV
Reported bugs
24 issues- App keeps unpairing from bike
- Navigation doesn't track properly in real time
- Charging station info is outdated
- Connectivity with the bike is sporadic
- App disconnects or doesn't sync with S2
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- App has not communicated with the bike for months
- App stopped working, won't pair with bike
- App never syncs with bike anymore
- App reroutes unconsciously and uncomfortably
- App doesn't show up on the live wire display
- App broke completely after update 1.4.0
- App freezes on the home page
- App won't connect with S2 over Bluetooth
- App won't initiate bike update or check firmware version
- App only displays maintenance schedule, not error codes
- App drains phone battery significantly
- App tells user's location instead of bike's
- App doesn't update for days or weeks
- App refuses to show correct battery level
- App location is off by about two blocks
- App freezes when asked to 'take me there'
- Cannot connect Bluetooth helmet to bike
- Cannot paste directions into navigation
- Cannot search in Google Maps or Apple Maps and send to bike
Requested features
14 requests- Use Google Maps or Apple Maps for navigation
- Allow setting home or work location in navigation
- Filter chargers by bike compatibility
- Add ability to start/stop charging via app
- Add ability to change target charge percentage via app
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- Show current dash status and meaning
- Include symbol/indicator index
- Show current diagnostics and meaning
- Include diagnostic number index
- Add sound to the experience (Harley, Jetson)
- Option to avoid highways or tolls in navigation
- Resync option for users
- Schedule charging and set charge percentage target
- Manage bike's hardware or software
In-app purchases
Harley
No in-app purchases
LiveWire EV
No in-app purchases
