Explore by Evolve vs EBMX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explore by Evolve
Track your electric skateboard rides, monitor performance metrics like speed and distance, and share your routes with a community. Compete on global leaderboards and customize your board's power, acceleration, and LED lights.
- Record ride metrics (speed, distance, time)
- Share routes with community
- Global and friend leaderboards
- Customize power and acceleration
- Adjust braking curves
- Customize LED lights
- Update board firmware
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Ride Tracker: - Record your ride, check your top speed, average speed, time and distance ridden. - View your previous rides and share your route with the community - We welcome the community to share their epic rides to the map for other members to check out - Pin your rides to the map for other users to ride and rate Leaderboard: - Whether you’re a casual rider, commuter or serious competitor, log your distance ridden and compete on a global scale - Compete with your friends on a real-time basis, and the leaderboard is updated straight after your ride - Filter by week/month/year and by country – see who’s ridden the most in your country this month Customise: - Every rider has their preference, with Evolve’s Customise feature, you can now tune your ride to the amount of power that suits you - Customise even further with the Hadean series with the ability to adjust power output, acceleration and bracking curves. - Customise the LED out of your Hadean board. Choose from a variety of colours to make your ride your own. - The new Customise feature is compatible with all Evolve GTR electric skateboards via Bluetooth connection Other: - Stay up to date with the ability to update your board and remote to the latest firmware
EBMX
This app provides a real-time dashboard for your electric bike's performance, displaying speed, power, and other vital statistics. It also allows for in-depth customization of ride modes, speed limits, and power settings to optimize your bike's performance.
- Real-time performance dashboard
- In-depth ride mode customization
- Bike parameter setup
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Adjustable speed limits and power settings
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About the EBMX X-9000 controller app The EBMX X-9000 app has two purposes. Firstly, it functions as an information dashboard displaying speed, power levels, and real-time bike statistics such as power consumption, temperatures, rpm, and odometer (plus more). Secondly, the settings tab allows for in-depth customization of your bike. In the settings General Setup menu, you will set up your bike parameters (bike type, motor type, battery type, sprocket size, wheel size…) to ensure the tune is correct for your components and to give safe ranges for the custom adjustments. Then in the other settings menus, you will be able to set up custom ride modes adjust speed limits, power settings and sensitivity, torque settings, field weakening, and many more custom settings to get your bike performing exactly how you want it. This mobile app is compatible with the EBMX X-9000 motor controller manufactured and distributed by EBMX and affiliated EBMX dealers and is not compatible with any other manufactures controllers. Main Features: 1. Advanced settings adjustment 2. Real-time dashboard for motor & riding information 3. Bluetooth connectivity 4. Powered by VESC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EBMX at 4.2 against Explore by Evolve's 1.9. EBMX also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 12%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
EBMX holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Explore by Evolve's written reviews are positive against 25% of EBMX's.
Explore by Evolve ships an update every 2 months, EBMX every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explore by Evolve | EBMX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (30 ratings) | 4.2 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.2% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evolve Skateboards | CYC Motor Ltd. |
Customer experience
Explore by Evolve
EBMX
Bugs and requests
Explore by Evolve
Reported bugs
4 issues- Disconnects when trying to apply custom settings
- Firmware update feature not working
- Rides not saving or disappearing
- Leaderboard issues with unrealistic entries
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to update remote firmware
- Display board battery percentage
- Odometer and ride history tracking
- Ability to add photos and notes to rides
- Integration with other fitness apps
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- Alternative login options besides Facebook
EBMX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Explore by Evolve
No in-app purchases
EBMX
No in-app purchases
