Comparison

SACHS Ride vs VMAX E

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

Head to head
About

SACHS Ride

Enhance your e-bike rides with real-time navigation, personalized route suggestions, and detailed ride history. Track your performance with customizable dashboard stats and optimize your journeys based on your riding profile and battery range.

Highlights
  • E-bike navigation
  • Personalized route suggestions
  • Customizable dashboard stats
  • Ride history and statistics
  • Battery range calculation
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
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Start your e-bike experience today with the SACHS Ride App. Be motivated by your dashboard stats, navigation, and ride history. Let yourself be inspired to new achievements. This app works exclusively with SACHS RS Systems in conjunction with a Sigma EOX 500 Remote. A firmware update of the remote is required, and can be installed by you or your dealer. For more information, visit zfmicromobility.com/faq. Features include: 1) Navigation - Geographic range-spider – see at a glance how far your battery goes - Adapted route suggestions to your riding profile (City, Race, MTB) - Draw your Route feature: Personalize your route with a swirl of your finger! - Clear presentation of route profiles and turn-by-turn navigation 2) Dashboard: All important information at a glance - Display the most important values in your dashboard - Configure your personal info screen in the trip tools with values of your choice (e.g. average speed, altitude, cadence, motor power, rider power, etc.) 3) History - The archive of your trips: Recorded and imported routes including statistics 4) Personalized Settings - Store your personal data to improve the calculation of range and calories burned - Store your bike data to plan the appropriate routes and optimize the range calculation

About

VMAX E

This navigation app provides turn-by-turn voice guidance for e-scooter routes, calculates precise range predictions, and allows users to plan custom journeys. It also offers real-time dashboard data and ride recording for analysis and sharing.

Highlights
  • Turn-by-turn voice navigation
  • Precise e-scooter range prediction
  • Custom route planning
  • Real-time dashboard data
  • Automatic ride recording
  • Ride analysis and sharing
Features
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The VMAX app serves as a dashboard and operating help for your VX2, VX2 EXTREME, VX2 LITE, VX4, VX4 2B, VX8, R40 PRO and R55 PRO e-scooter models and includes the following functions: E-scooter operation Precise range prediction in percent Based on the real-time data of the e-scooter, the learned user behavior and the environmental parameters, our application can predict the remaining range with high precision, which is also used for route calculation. Navigation The application provides turn-by-turn voice guidance to navigate you safely through the e-scooter-specific route that the app calculates. Air quality and wind forecasts for your planned journey are also included. Draw & plan It has never been so easy to create a route in free form. Simply draw your desired route on the map and let the app create a perfect route for you. Dashboard By establishing a real-time e-scooter connection, our application can read and display all important parameters. Rides With our application, you can import existing routes from various sources and also record your own rides to analyze and share them. With intelligent automatic trip recording, you won't miss a single trip. However, if you prefer to control the recording manually, you can easily do so with manual recording.

Screenshots

SACHS Ride4 screens
VMAX E4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SACHS Ride at 5.0 against VMAX E's 3.0. SACHS Ride also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 29%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). VMAX E's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

SACHS Ride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of SACHS Ride's written reviews are positive against 29% of VMAX E's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SACHS Ride ships an update every 6 months, VMAX E every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SACHS Ride versus VMAX E: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSACHS RideVMAX E
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB115 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZF Micro Mobility GmbHVMAX Global

Customer experience

SACHS Ride

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

VMAX E

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

In-app purchases

None

SACHS Ride

No in-app purchases

None

VMAX E

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SACHS Ride free?
SACHS Ride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VMAX E free?
VMAX E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SACHS Ride or VMAX E?
SACHS Ride is rated higher. SACHS Ride averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while VMAX E averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SACHS Ride or VMAX E have ads?
Neither SACHS Ride nor VMAX E shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SACHS Ride or VMAX E?
SACHS Ride ships an update every 6 months, and VMAX E every 6 weeks. Most recently, SACHS Ride was updated on November 3, 2026 and VMAX E on November 4, 2026.

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