Comparison

Tech vs AvinoxRide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

AvinoxRide

Enhance your electric bike experience with intelligent features like anti-theft protection, ride data recording, and customizable assist settings. Monitor your bike's status, battery, and location remotely. Sync your ride data with third-party apps for comprehensive training analysis.

Highlights
  • Anti-theft and bike protection
  • Remote bike status monitoring
  • Customizable assist parameters
  • Ride data recording and analysis
  • Third-party app data sync (Strava)
  • Health Management System (HMS)
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[Overview] Once the Avinox app is paired with the Avinox Drive System via Bluetooth, it provides intelligent features such as bike protection and anti-theft, data recording and sharing, assist parameter adjustments, and bike status checking. [Bike Status Monitoring] The Avinox app supports connection to the Avinox Drive System via Bluetooth or 4G, allowing you to check bike status, battery level, estimated range, and location, as well as control the bike. [Assist Mode Settings] The Avinox app allows customization of assist parameters, including assist level, max torque, start assist, continued assist, and motor overrun, ensuring the Avinox Drive System delivers an excellent riding experience across different preferences and scenarios. [Bike Protection] After setting a Control Display password in the Avinox app, you can enable the Phone Key, which will automatically unlock the bike when you approach and power it on. Additionally, the app's theft detection feature can send a push notification in the event of an abnormal bike movement, helping you stay aware of the location and status of your bike and increase security. [Control Display] The Avinox app allows you to customize the contents on the Control Display, including parameters like ride time, range, average speed, real-time power output, and more. [Health Management System (HMS)] If a malfunction is detected in the Avinox Drive System, the Avinox app will display an error status brief and provide self-diagnosis recommendations to help you troubleshoot the issue. [Riding Data Recording] The Avinox Drive System is equipped with an array of sensors that comprehensively record riding data. The data is automatically synced to the Avinox app after your ride. In the Avinox app, you can check a variety of ride data such as speeds, range, cadence, power, torque, gradient, altitude, calories burned, ride times, heart rate (when connected to a heart rate monitor), and more to assess your training performance. [Third-Party App Riding Data Sync] After linking your Strava account with the Avinox app, the riding data synced to the app will automatically be transferred to Strava, making it easy for you to manage and share your cycling activities.

Screenshots

Tech4 screens
AvinoxRide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AvinoxRide at 4.3 against Tech's 1.6. AvinoxRide also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%). Tech's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 12). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AvinoxRide holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tech has 83 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Tech's written reviews are positive against 50% of AvinoxRide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tech ships an update monthly, AvinoxRide every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tech versus AvinoxRide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTechAvinoxRide
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (83 ratings)4.3 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83 — better12
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB151 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperALPINESTARS SPASZ Avinox Innovation Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Tech

All ratings80 ratings
Positive13.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative85.0%
Written reviews266 reviews
Positive13.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative82.0%

AvinoxRide

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

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

AvinoxRide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tech

No in-app purchases

None

AvinoxRide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tech free?
Tech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AvinoxRide free?
AvinoxRide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tech or AvinoxRide?
AvinoxRide is rated higher. Tech averages 1.6 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while AvinoxRide averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Tech or AvinoxRide have ads?
Neither Tech nor AvinoxRide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tech or AvinoxRide?
Tech ships an update monthly, and AvinoxRide every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tech was updated on September 18, 2026 and AvinoxRide on September 16, 2026.

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