Comparison

Scooter Tools 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

Scooter Tools

Monitor and customize your electric scooter's performance and appearance. Track real-time status, optimize routes, and personalize your control panel. Compatible with various scooter firmwares.

Highlights
  • Real-time scooter monitoring (speed, battery, mileage)
  • Detailed statistics and data retention
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • Control panel and app icon customization
  • Light and dark mode support
  • Route planning and tracing
  • Data export functionality
Features
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Elevate your driving experience to the next level with our monitoring and customization tool for electric scooters. Keep up to date with the status of your scooter in real time, customize its appearance, and optimize your route with our innovative and comprehensive features. Highlighted Features: - Monitoring: Keep an eye on speed, battery status, accumulated mileage, BLE, serial number, among other essential parameters. - Statistics: Access detailed graphs and retain data from multiple scooters for comprehensive tracking, whether you're connected or in offline mode. - Synchronization: Keep your data up to date on all your devices by synchronizing with iCloud. - Customization: Transform the appearance of your control panel and application icons by changing the accent color for a personalized style. - Light and dark mode: All components are designed to work seamlessly in light and dark modes. - Responsive: Components adapt seamlessly and look impressive on iPads, iPhones, and macOS. Our application is proud to be compatible with official and custom firmware for a variety of electric scooters, thus expanding its versatility and utility. Extra Features: - Routes: Plan and trace your routes easily thanks to our interactive map view. Discover new trails, define destinations, and maximize your driving experience. - Control Panel: Customize the size of the components for optimal value display and further enhance your driving experience. - Data Export: Safely preserve your scooter data by exporting the entire database. Available for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, our application is designed to take your driving experience to a whole new level. Privacy Policy: https://scootertools.app/privacy EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

VMAX E

Manage and navigate your electric scooter with this app. It offers precise range prediction, turn-by-turn voice guidance, and route planning tools. Track your rides, analyze performance, and stay informed about environmental conditions.

Highlights
  • Precise range prediction
  • Turn-by-turn voice navigation
  • Custom route drawing and planning
  • Real-time e-scooter dashboard
  • Ride recording and analysis
  • Import and share routes
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

Scooter Tools4 screens
VMAX E4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VMAX E at none against Scooter Tools's 7. VMAX E also leads on ads (none vs shown). Scooter Tools's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scooter Tools sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. VMAX E asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for Scooter Tools against 3.0 for VMAX E. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scooter Tools has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Scooter Tools's written reviews are positive against 29% of VMAX E's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scooter Tools ships an update every 2 weeks, VMAX E every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Scooter Tools versus VMAX E: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScooter ToolsVMAX E
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (65 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews45.4% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings65 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB115 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJuan Gomez MateosVMAX Global

Customer experience

Scooter Tools

All ratings65 ratings
Positive52.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive45.4%
Neutral9.2%
Negative45.4%

VMAX E

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

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Scooter Tools

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$46.991 Year
One-time5
  • Donation - Coffee$1.99
  • Donation - Cake$5.99
  • Donation - Pizza$11.99
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  • Donation - Hamburger$16.99
  • Lifetime Premium$69.99
None

VMAX E

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scooter Tools free?
Scooter Tools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VMAX E free?
VMAX E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scooter Tools or VMAX E?
Scooter Tools is rated higher. Scooter Tools averages 3.1 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while VMAX E averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Scooter Tools or VMAX E have ads?
Scooter Tools shows ads; VMAX E does not.
Which is updated more often, Scooter Tools or VMAX E?
Scooter Tools ships an update every 2 weeks, and VMAX E every 6 weeks. Most recently, Scooter Tools was updated on October 17, 2026 and VMAX E on October 7, 2026.

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