FAZUA vs Pinion Smart.Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAZUA
This app provides a live rider dashboard to monitor your e-bike's performance and allows you to customize assist modes for a personalized riding experience. You can also explore and download pre-made or community-created profiles for various riding scenarios.
- Live Rider Dashboard
- Motor and rider power tracking
- Battery level and speed monitoring
- Customizable assist modes
- Assist profile creation and saving
- Profile Store for community and official profiles
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RIDER DASHBOARD: - Use the Live Rider Dashboard while riding and keep track of all important riding data - Shows you live motor power, rider power, battery level, speed and current cadence - Record distance traveled, duration of ride, calories burned and average speed if needed CUSTOMIZER: - Create your own personal riding experience and change the assist mode settings in line with your individual needs and preferences. - Answer a few simple questions about yourself (e.g. your fitness level) and what you’d like to do with your e-bike (e.g. ride in the mountains). Based on your responses, the three assist modes (Breeze, River, and Rocket) are then modified according to certain parameters. - Save your settings to as many assist profiles as you’d like, with custom titles, descriptions, and profile pictures. - Of course, since you know yourself better than anyone, you can always refine the settings in your profile. Precision adjustments to each parameter are also easy to make at a later point in time. - All of your profiles are saved in the FAZUA App - where you can access them at any time to select just the right one for you next ride. PROFILE STORE: - Browse through different public profiles and get inspired! - Access a selection of profiles developed by FAZUA for various riding experiences and usage scenarios. - Use the Store to download new profiles that match your individual needs and ride like a pro!
Pinion Smart.Shift
Enhance your cycling experience with this app, offering customizable shifting behavior, charge status monitoring, and button assignment adjustments. It provides advanced features like setting a starting gear and semi-automatic shifting for a personalized ride. Stay updated with software improvements and utilize service tools for optimal performance.
- Adapt shifting behavior to driving profile
- Monitor Smart.Shift charge status
- Adjust E-Trigger button assignment
- Set starting gear with Start.Select
- Utilize semi-automatic shifting with Pre.Select
- Receive software updates and notifications
- Access service tools for reliability
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Improve your Pinion shifting experience with additional functions with the Smart.Shift app! Connect your Pinion Smart.Shift components with this app and use all the advantages: - Adapt the shifting behavior to your driving profile and use the full range of functions of your Pinion Smart.Shift technology. - See the charge status of your Smart.Shift at a glance. - Adjust the button assignment of the TE1 E-Trigger to your needs. - Take advantage of Start.Select and set your starting gear.* - Use Pre.Select for semi-automatic shifting and select your cadence.* - Stay up to date and benefit from important software updates and notifications. - Use our service tools for permanently reliable function. *Only available if Smart.Shift has speed information available (sensor or system information). Note: E-bikes with Smart.Shift, where the settings can be made via the display of the e-bike, are not compatible with the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pinion Smart.Shift at 100% against FAZUA's 34%. Pinion Smart.Shift also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). FAZUA's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (230 vs 3). 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.
FAZUA holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FAZUA has 230 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of FAZUA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pinion Smart.Shift's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FAZUA ships an update every 3 months, Pinion Smart.Shift every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAZUA | Pinion Smart.Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (230 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 230 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FAZUA GmbH | Pinion GmbH |
Customer experience
FAZUA
Pinion Smart.Shift
In-app purchases
FAZUA
No in-app purchases
Pinion Smart.Shift
No in-app purchases







