MTB Project vs WheelLife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTB Project
Discover and navigate mountain biking trails with offline maps and detailed GPS route information. Find featured rides, explore local expert insights, and track your location on high-resolution topographical maps. Perfect for planning your next adventure, even without cell service.
- Offline trail maps
- GPS route information
- Elevation profiles
- Featured ride suggestions
- High-resolution topographical maps
- Location tracking on trails
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MTB Project is your comprehensive mountain biking guide to the trails you want to ride - with offline maps, full GPS route info, elevation profiles, interactive features, photos, and more. Like a guidebook, we suggest the best featured rides to explore—either near your current location or in an area you search for. Local experts show you the highlights, challenging features, and insights you need to plan a great ride. • Find more than 77,000 miles of trail to shred with your crew. • New rides and trails are constantly added to our incredibly detailed mountain bike trail and ride database. • Your exact location is shown on the trail. • Downloaded trails work offline for when you’re off the grid. (No cell reception required!) • Enjoy high-resolution photos and detailed topographical trail maps. • We’ll sync with your to-do list and check ins on MTBProject.com. By using GPS, we can show your location on trails and vertical profiles. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
WheelLife
This app transforms your iPhone into a comprehensive dashboard for your electric unicycle, displaying live telemetry and tracking your rides with GPS. It offers ride alarms, community features for sharing and competing, and data export options. Compatible with various EUC models, it prioritizes user data privacy.
- Live telemetry dashboard
- GPS ride tracking and history
- Customizable ride alarms
- Community features and leaderboards
- Data export to Strava/GPX/CSV
- Apple Watch and Live Activity support
- Automatic protocol detection
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Wheel Life turns your iPhone into a full dashboard for your electric unicycle. Connect over Bluetooth and see everything your wheel knows, live speed, battery, voltage, current, temperature, and duty cycle, then record every ride with GPS and keep the whole story. LIVE DASHBOARD See it the instant it happens. Speed, real battery percentage (sag compensated so it doesn't swing under hard acceleration), power, temperature, and duty cycle, all updating in real time. No wheel handy? Tap "Try Demo Wheel" and explore the whole dashboard with simulated telemetry. RIDE TRACKING & HISTORY Rides start on their own when you connect and record in the background with the screen off. Every ride is saved with its route, top speed, distance, climb, and a battery curve. Browse them in a rich History with heat map thumbnails, personal record chips, and weekly trends. Pause for a coffee stop and resume without eating your stats or your battery. RIDE ALARMS Set speed, duty cycle, temperature, and battery alarms so you hear the warning before you feel it. Telemetry is an instrument, not a safety system, but a good alarm gives you a moment. COMMUNITY Share rides with routes trimmed at both ends to hide where you live. Follow leaderboards that count all your verified riding, join clubs, host and find group rides near you, message other riders, and claim territory on a live map. Block and report keep it civil. EXPORT Send any ride to Strava, Ride Hermes, or export GPX and CSV to take your data anywhere. APPLE WATCH & LIVE ACTIVITY Glance at your speed and battery on your wrist and on the Lock Screen while you ride. WORKS WITH YOUR WHEEL Automatic protocol detection for Kingsong, Veteran, Begode/Gotway, and Inmotion — no picking your model from a list. Begode pack size is worked out automatically from the wheel itself. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Rides stay on your device unless you choose to share them. Leaderboards sync numbers, never your location. No ads, no trackers, no data brokers. Anonymous diagnostics can be turned off. Wheel Life is not affiliated with any wheel manufacturer. Ride within your limits and wear protective gear. Terms of Use (EULA): https://wheellife-euc.github.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wheellife-euc.github.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WheelLife at 91% against MTB Project's 32%. WheelLife also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). MTB Project's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 17). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. WheelLife sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MTB Project asks for nothing beyond the download.
WheelLife holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MTB Project has 4.5K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of MTB Project's written reviews are positive against 91% of WheelLife's.
MTB Project ships an update every 5 weeks, WheelLife weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTB Project | WheelLife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.5K ratings) | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Adventure Projects Inc. | Airik Strandberg |
Customer experience
MTB Project
WheelLife
Bugs and requests
MTB Project
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when zooming or panning the map
- Elevation and distance data inaccuracies
- Inability to save or export recorded rides
- Inconsistent user interface and navigation
Requested features
5 requests- Add more trails, especially in non-US regions
- Improve app stability and performance
- Allow offline access to maps and trail data
- Add more customization and personalization options
- Integrate with other fitness/tracking apps
WheelLife
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MTB Project
No in-app purchases
WheelLife
- WheelLife Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- WheelLife Pro Yearly$24.991 Year









