Tech vs iFi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tech
Easily register and monitor your motorcycle airbag system's status and battery life. Track ride details, record location and speed, and relive your journeys with detailed maps and statistics. Build a library of your rides and manage system settings.
- Register Tech-Air® 5 Airbag System
- Monitor system status and battery life
- Track ride details with location and speed
- Record and visualize ride statistics
- Build a library of recorded rides
- Disable system for off-road riding
- Update system firmware
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Packed with a variety of useful features, the App lets you easily register your Tech-Air® 5 Airbag System and monitor its status and battery life, as well as tracking the details of your ride. The App uses Bluetooth Connectivity to access the System’s data. Using the MyRide feature, riders can record location and speed continuously during a ride. Relive your ride and visualize your average and top speeds at any point along the route by zooming in on the map. MyRide gives motorcyclists the ability to record unlimited motorcycle rides and build up a complete library of individual trips, so you can easily retrace your trips and remember the great riding moments. How it Works • See top stats for the ride – including the exact location where these results were achieved, average speed, trip time and distance covered. • Retrace each trip on an enhanced Google Map that shows your speed at any point you select along the trip. • Build up an awesome library of each ride you take on your bike. • Disable the Tech-Air® System when you’re going to start doing heavy off-road riding. • Verify the deployment of the Tech-Air® System after an accident. • Send feedback to the Alpinestars Tech-Air® development team. • Update the System’s firmware whenever available. • Download the online manual and useful documentation for air travel, shipments, and servicing. • Register your products.
iFi
This application facilitates the firmware upgrade process for iFi Bluetooth devices. It ensures your audio equipment stays up-to-date with the latest enhancements and bug fixes.
- Bluetooth device firmware upgrade
- Update iFi audio equipment
- Latest enhancements
- Bug fixes
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APP for iFi bluetooth device firmware upgrade.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tech at monthly against iFi's every 8 months. Tech also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 13). iFi's advantage is rating (1.9 vs 1.6). 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.
iFi holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tech has 88 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Tech's written reviews are positive against 9% of iFi's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tech ships an update monthly, iFi every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Tech | iFi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (88 ratings) | 1.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.1% of reviews — better | 9.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALPINESTARS SPA | Abbingdon Limited |
Customer experience
Tech
iFi
Bugs and requests
Tech
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes immediately upon launch after updates
- Firmware update stuck at 2% indefinitely
- Error 12 during firmware installation
- Verification SMS not arriving (especially for +420 Czech numbers and other regions)
- QR code scanner not recognizing codes
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- Manual code entry not progressing past input screen
- Bluetooth connection drops during firmware updates
- App shows 'already paired' but vest not visible in app
- Battery percentage displays incorrectly or as 0%
- Software update notification loop (says update available when already updated)
- Tap input registration incorrect on registration form
- App unresponsive during software update process
- Bluetooth disconnection when phone is moved away from vest
- App crashes when accessing 'My Rides' section
- Ride data not recording properly (shows wrong duration/metrics)
- Location tracking showing wrong geographic location
- iOS 26 compatibility issues
- App not sending feedback/crash reports
- Inconsistent behavior across different iPhone models
- App language settings affecting firmware update capability
Requested features
13 requests- PC/desktop application for firmware updates
- Lean angle tracking and display
- Maximum speed recording in ride logs
- Acceleration metrics in ride data
- Altitude data in ride tracking
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- Ability to change phone number associated with account
- Email verification option as alternative to SMS
- Improved Bluetooth antenna strength
- Automatic ride recording without manual activation
- Better offline functionality
- Software update caching on vest
- Race mode activation without app dependency
- More detailed ride statistics and analytics
iFi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tech
No in-app purchases
iFi
No in-app purchases
