VMBA vs Damper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VMBA
This app connects mountain bikers with trail stewardship and community events. Members gain access to exclusive discounts and benefits from local and national businesses, supporting trail maintenance and advocacy efforts.
- Join or renew membership
- Access member benefits and coupons
- Redeem benefits instantly
- Purchase raffle tickets
- Donate to VMBA and chapters
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The Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that, through a family of 29 Chapters, serves as the unified voice for mountain biking in Vermont. VMBA works to ensure the sustainability of mountain biking in Vermont and thoughtfully promotes exceptional riding experiences for all through advocacy, education, and community-driven stewardship. VMBA Members are critical to supporting our Chapters’ trail building and maintenance efforts, the administrative platform all chapters rely on, and the advocacy work needed to protect private landowners and trail access. As a VMBA Member, you will not only be supporting trails in Vermont, but you’ll also receive unique Member Benefits to over 100 local and national businesses, including complimentary downhill mountain bike lift tickets, discounts at bike shops, deals at restaurants and breweries, and more. The VMBA App will significantly improve the VMBA Member experience. Through the VMBA App, you can: - Easily join or renew your VMBA Membership - Add on Chapters or Community Builders at any time - View and access Member Benefits and downhill resort coupons - Instantly redeem Benefits without the need for a card or paper coupons - Purchase sweepstakes tickets - Donate to VMBA and individual Chapters
Damper
Easily track and manage your mountain bike's suspension settings. Record changes, add notes, and even include locations for each adjustment. Designed for quick updates with gloves on.
- Track any bike and component
- Full suspension and hardtail support
- Record compression, rebound, tokens, and air pressure
- Support for dual air chamber components
- Add location and notes to settings
- Favorite and share settings
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Struggling with where to store the settings for the suspension components on your mountain bike? Tired of taking your gloves off mid-ride to type into a note on your phone with sweaty hands and a tiny keyboard on your screen? Want to be able to track your changes with location, notes, and more? Damper is the thing for you. Damper allows you to add all of your bikes and their individual components, and track the current settings of them individually. Each saved setting adds to a growing history list that shows you what changed (ie: added 3 clicks of compression) and where it happened at. Best of all, all of the controls are big enough that you can change values with your gloves on. Features: - Any bike, any component. - Full suspension and hardtail support. - Track high-speed compression, low-speed compression, high-speed rebound, low-speed rebound, token count, air pressure, and coil weight. - Support for dual air chamber components. - Optionally add a location to a group of saved settings. - Favorite a group of settings to easily find it again. - Add notes that remind you of extra details from a run. - Easily share the settings of a component with a shop or mechanic in photo form.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Damper at 100% against VMBA's 50%. Damper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Damper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of VMBA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Damper's.
VMBA ships an update monthly, Damper every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VMBA | Damper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vermont Mountain Bike Advocates Inc. | Blake Stoddard |
Customer experience
VMBA
Damper
In-app purchases
VMBA
No in-app purchases
Damper
No in-app purchases









