Comparison

mainTrack vs Varia™

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

Head to head
About

mainTrack

This app helps cyclists meticulously track their bike and component usage. It provides timely service reminders and records all maintenance performed, ensuring your gear is always in top condition. Connect to Strava to automatically update your bike's mileage.

Highlights
  • Track bike and component usage
  • Service reminders
  • Record service history
  • Strava activity synchronization
  • Component assignment to bikes
  • Periodic maintenance planning
  • Cross-device data synchronization
Features
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MainTrack is a comprehensive Bike Maintenance app that will help to keep track of your bikes and components usage, remind you when it's time to service your gear and record all serviced parts and components. Wondering when was the last time you changed your front tyre? Or what distance you've ridden with your race wheels? Or when you need to service your suspension? MainTrack will help you to answer these questions and much more. Features: • Connect to Strava to synchronize your activities and update your bikes usage • Create Components that you use occasionally or in multiple bikes • Assign Components to Bikes for a period of time and keep track of their usage separately based on the bike's activities • Plan your bikes maintenance periodically based on period of time, usage, rides or elapsed time. • Receive notifications after a ride is completed and when a service is due • Keep track of all services executed • Check your bike's parts usage since you last serviced them • Synchronize your data across multiple devices MainTrack is very intuitive and easy to use, with a beaultiful interface design to provide you the best user experience.

About

Varia™

Enhance your cycling safety with real-time alerts for approaching vehicles. This app provides visual and auditory warnings, helping you stay aware of your surroundings. It also allows for video recording and incident detection when paired with compatible radar and camera devices.

Highlights
  • Vehicle proximity alerts
  • Color-coded traffic indicators
  • Tone and vibration notifications
  • Video recording and photo capture
  • Automatic incident recording
  • Headlight and tail light configuration
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When paired with a compatible Garmin Varia radar device¹, the Varia app has the tools you need to ride with confidence. Using the Varia app, you can: • Be alerted right on your phone when approaching vehicles are within 140 meters behind your bicycle. • View color-coded alerts based on surrounding traffic: Green means you’re all clear, yellow means a vehicle is approaching and red means a vehicle is coming at you quickly and you should take caution. • Receive tone and vibration alerts for approaching vehicles even when you’re not looking at your phone. With a compatible Garmin Varia Radar Camera Tail Light or Garmin Varia Vue Camera Headlight, you can: • Set the camera in the best position for capturing videos and photos. • Record videos or take photos and save them while riding with a simple button press on your phone. • Automatically record videos of incidents and save the video footage with the Incident Recording feature. With a Varia Vue Camera Headlight, you can: • Configure light mode configurations for your headlight. • Add an optional Vault subscription, which automatically backs up your Varia Vue videos and provides easy access in the Varia app for searching, filtering and sharing. By adding the Varia eRTL615 Radar Tail Light for eBikes, you can: • Configure and edit light mode configurations for your tail light. Easy to Use Pairing your Garmin Varia devices with the app is quick and easy. Once you set them up, the Varia app will automatically recognize your devices. Even if you already have a Varia device paired with a compatible Garmin device or head unit, the Varia app provides additional awareness and peace of mind while riding. ¹ Compatible devices are the Varia RearVue 820, Varia RVR315 Rearview Radar, Varia RTL515 Radar Tail Light, Varia RCT715 Radar Camera Tail Light, Varia eRTL615 Radar Tail Light for eBikes and Varia Vue Camera Headlight.

Screenshots

mainTrack4 screens
Varia™4 screens

Verdict

The call

mainTrack and Varia™ both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of mainTrack's written reviews are positive against 51% of Varia™'s. mainTrack also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Varia™'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (319 vs 59). On price, rating and ads 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. mainTrack sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Varia™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mainTrack holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Varia™ has 319 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of mainTrack's written reviews are positive against 51% of Varia™'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mainTrack ships an update fortnightly, Varia™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
mainTrack versus Varia™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermainTrackVaria™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (59 ratings) — better4.4 (319 ratings)
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews — better50.9% of reviews
Number of ratings59319 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristiano GontijoGarmin

Customer experience

mainTrack

All ratings59 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.2%

Varia™

All ratings319 ratings
Positive83.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive50.9%
Neutral16.7%
Negative32.4%

Bugs and requests

mainTrack

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Varia™

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incompatibility with older Varia models
  • Screen burn-in issues on some phones
  • Unreliable video recording and playback

Requested features

4 requests
  • Apple Watch integration for alerts
  • Customizable alert sounds
  • Ability to control Varia light settings from app
  • More detailed vehicle information (speed, distance, etc.)

In-app purchases

4 purchases

mainTrack

One-time4
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Snack$3.99
  • Lunch$7.99
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  • Dinner$13.99
None

Varia™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mainTrack free?
mainTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Varia™ free?
Varia™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, mainTrack or Varia™?
mainTrack is rated higher. mainTrack averages 4.6 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Varia™ averages 4.4 from 319 ratings.
Do mainTrack or Varia™ have ads?
Neither mainTrack nor Varia™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mainTrack or Varia™?
mainTrack ships an update fortnightly, and Varia™ every 2 months. Most recently, mainTrack was updated on October 5, 2026 and Varia™ on October 18, 2026.

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