Explore by Evolve vs Lift Foils
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
Lift Foils
Track your eFoiling sessions, update your gear's firmware, and access customer support. Seamlessly sync your rides and keep your equipment in top condition for more time on the water.
- Map, review, and share rides
- Sync with Elite Hand Controller
- Seamless firmware updates
- Troubleshooting and service tickets
- Gear performance tracking
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The Lift Foils App has been updated and streamlined to keep you riding longer and smarter. Use the app to track your sessions, update your gear, and get customer support, all in one place. See you on the water. Key App Features: My Sessions – Map, review, and share your rides by syncing your Elite Hand Controller. Connect and Update Gear – Keep your eFoil gear in peak performance with seamless firmware updates for your battery, charger, board, and hand controller. Quick Support – Follow step-by-step troubleshooting and submit service tickets right from your phone. App Requirements and Compatibility: My Sessions is available exclusively while using the Lift Hand Controller and the Elite Hand Controller. For LIFT4 and LIFT3 F riders, firmware updates and customer support features are now available and easier to navigate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lift Foils at 3.0 against Explore by Evolve's 1.9. Lift Foils also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 12%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lift Foils holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Explore by Evolve's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lift Foils's.
Explore by Evolve ships an update every 2 months, Lift Foils every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explore by Evolve | Lift Foils |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (30 ratings) | 3.0 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Evolve Skateboards | Lift Foils |
Customer experience
Explore by Evolve
Lift Foils
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
Lift Foils
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Explore by Evolve
No in-app purchases
Lift Foils
No in-app purchases
