Velo29 Ride vs FLOWBIO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Velo29 Ride
Request assistance during events by sharing your precise location. Log in with your timing chip number, year of birth, and other details to access support features.
- Location tracking for assistance requests
- Direct messaging for support
- Event-specific login
- Timing chip number integration
- User authentication with year of birth
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The Velo29 Ride app is designed to allow you to request assistance during one of our events. The app can track your location so that should you require assistance from us, you’ll be able to directly send a message telling us where on the route we can find you. On event day you will be assigned a timing chip number, along with this and your year of birth you can login and to make use of this functionality.
FLOWBIO
This app analyzes sweat data to provide personalized hydration and recovery strategies for athletes. It connects to a sweat sensor to track fluid and sodium loss, offering tailored plans and pre-session predictions to optimize performance.
- Personalized hydration strategies
- Tailored recovery plans
- Pre-session performance predictions
- Intake logging
- Support for electrolyte brands
- Integrations with Garmin, Wahoo, Zwift, Coros
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Dehydration, cramps, poor recovery? Most athletes face these problems because they don’t know what they’re really losing in sweat. The FLOWBIO System solves this. By pairing the world’s most accurate sweat sensor with the FLOWBIO App, you can finally connect sweat data to your performance, recovery, and progress. FLOWBIO Sensor: Measures your sweat in real time with lab-grade accuracy, tracking your unique fluid and sodium losses in every run, ride, and race. FLOWBIO App - Transforms your sweat data into simple, personalised hydration strategies. - Tailored recovery plans built from your actual losses. - Pre-session predictions so you start properly prepared. - Intake logging and support for your preferred electrolyte brands. Integrations: - Garmin - Wahoo - Zwift - Coros
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FLOWBIO at fortnightly against Velo29 Ride's every 43 months. Velo29 Ride's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Velo29 Ride ships an update every 43 months, FLOWBIO fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Velo29 Ride | FLOWBIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 43 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tag Retail Systems Ltd | FLOWBIO LTD |
Customer experience
Velo29 Ride
FLOWBIO
In-app purchases
Velo29 Ride
No in-app purchases
FLOWBIO
No in-app purchases
