Float Control vs Ride Hermes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Float Control
Monitor real-time statistics like voltage, amps, and speed for your VESC-based electric skateboards. Use your watch to view stats or get voice summaries. This app is for daily riding and monitoring, not initial setup.
- Bluetooth connectivity to VESC builds
- Real-time statistics monitoring (voltage, amps, speed)
- Watch companion app for stats and voice summaries
- Designed for balance vehicles and esk8
- Focuses on daily riding and monitoring
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Connect to your VESC based esk8 skateboard builds via Bluetooth to monitor statistics such as voltage, amps, speed and many more. Specifically targeting balance vehicles. You can also use your watch to view all the important stats or trigger a voice summary. This is not a replacement for the VESC App for initial setup and configuration. Use this app once your board is well configured and running smoothly. For terms and conditions see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ride Hermes
Discover and create trails for your personal electric vehicle (PEV). Compete with friends and professionals by timing your rides and climbing leaderboards. Become the best rider in your community.
- Find local PEV trails
- Create custom trails
- Race against friends
- Compete with professional times
- Track ride times
- Leaderboard rankings
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Riding is better together. Ride Hermes is home for the PEV community: the people who light up when they see a good trail, who wait at the bottom of the hill for a friend, and who keep showing up to get a little better every time. Whether you ride a onewheel, an electric unicycle, a board or a scooter, there's a crew here waiting for you. FIND YOUR PEOPLE AND YOUR TRAILS Discover the trails riders are loving near you, or map a favorite of your own and share it with everyone. Follow your friends' rides in the feed, cheer them on, and see where your community is riding this week. RIDE WITH YOUR CREW Start a squad with the people you ride with and build something together, from your first group ride to a wall of podiums and relics. Join a league to meet riders in your region, or jump into a season and ride a set of trails alongside everyone else taking on the same challenge. BECOME YOUR BEST RIDER Every ride on a trail is saved, so you can watch yourself grow. The Trail Comparer shows you how your line stacks up against other riders, so you can learn from them. Snapshots show how you've progressed over time. And when you have a breakthrough ride and land in the top three, you earn your wings. JOIN THE PANTHEON Members unlock deeper tools for tracking their progress, visit the Altar, and collect items and bundles from the store. New to Hermes? A quick tutorial and setup checklist get you riding in minutes. Come ride with us. Your crew is out there. PANTHEON MEMBERSHIP Pantheon is available as an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://ridehermes.app/terms Subscription Terms: https://ridehermes.app/subscription-terms Privacy Policy: https://ridehermes.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ride Hermes at Free against Float Control's $3.99. Ride Hermes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.4). Float Control's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (97% vs 80%). On ads and device support 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
Ride Hermes is free to download; Float Control costs $3.99 up front. Float Control sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Ride Hermes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Float Control holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Float Control has 82 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Float Control's written reviews are positive against 80% of Ride Hermes's.
Float Control ships an update every 4 days, Ride Hermes every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Float Control | Ride Hermes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (82 ratings) — better | 4.7 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davorin Mista | Burs Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
Float Control
Ride Hermes
Bugs and requests
Float Control
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezes on 10% while connecting to Thor400
- Does not pick up THOR301
- Voice coaching breaks after updates
- Bluetooth connection dropping
Requested features
4 requests- Make voice coaching more reliable
- Clearer UI design
- One-time fee instead of subscription
- Fix compatibility with older iOS versions
Ride Hermes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Float Control
- Float Control Pro$0.991 Month
Ride Hermes
No in-app purchases






