MTB Shock Tune vs TrailCast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTB Shock Tune
Analyze your mountain bike's suspension performance in real-time. This app uses your phone's accelerometer to capture and graph acceleration data, allowing you to compare different settings and optimize your ride.
- Real-time shock tuning
- Accelerometer data capture
- Graphing and analysis
- Scenario comparison
- Performance optimization
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Tune your mountain bike's front or rear shock for the best ride possible. This app uses your phones accelerometer to capture, graph, and analyze acceleration data in real time. The app allows the rider to record multiple settings scenarios (spring rate/PSI, compression damping and rebound damping). Then the rider can compare and analyze the scenarios to learn which transfers less acceleration to the bike and rider, reduces oscillation, etc.
TrailCast
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TrailCast™ predicts mountain biking trail conditions based on weather and trail soil composition. Follow trails that you ride and be able to choose the best day to ride. Machine learning also helps to optimize your conditions as users log their own trail conditions and trail reports. TrailCast™ also allows users to report trail busyness, log comments, and help preserve the mountain biking community. View our terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MTB Shock Tune at none against TrailCast's 2. MTB Shock Tune also leads on ads (none vs shown). TrailCast's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. TrailCast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MTB Shock Tune asks for nothing beyond the download.
MTB Shock Tune ships an update every 6 weeks, TrailCast fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTB Shock Tune | TrailCast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RYLAND LUEDERS | First Whirl, LLC |
In-app purchases
MTB Shock Tune
No in-app purchases
TrailCast
- TrailCast™ Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- TrailCast™ Pro Annual$24.991 Year
