Float Control vs The Float Life
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/
The Float Life
This app allows users to set up and customize smart accessories, specifically focusing on light-up footpads. It provides control over the features and settings of these connected devices.
- Accessory setup
- Accessory customization
- Control light-up footpads
- Manage TFL smart accessories
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Set up and customize your TFL light-up footpad and other accessories.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Float Life at Free against Float Control's $3.99. The Float Life also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.4). Float Control's advantage is ratings volume (82 vs 1) and chart position (#34 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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
The Float Life is free to download; Float Control costs $3.99 up front. Float Control sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. The Float Life asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Float Control against 5.0 for The Float Life. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Float Control has 82 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Float Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Float Life's.
Float Control ships an update every 4 days, The Float Life every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Float Control | The Float Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (82 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #34 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davorin Mista | The Float Life |
Customer experience
Float Control
The Float Life
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
The Float Life
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Float Control
- Float Control Pro$0.991 Month
The Float Life
No in-app purchases
