FOX Bike vs Damper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FOX Bike
Manage and optimize your FOX Neo components for mountain biking. Monitor battery health, customize suspension tunes, and track service intervals for your bikes.
- Garage for multiple bikes
- Monitor component connection and battery health
- Customize suspension tunes
- Share and import tunes via QR code
- Track service intervals
- Update component firmware
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The FOX Bike app lets you set up, monitor, troubleshoot and customize performance of your FOX Neo components. Garage – create and store multiple Neo-equipped mountain bikes to get a bird’s-eye view of Neo component connection status and battery health. Customize your bikes by adding a photo, nickname, make and model for quick selection and personalization. Tune – engage, re-order and download new Live Valve Neo Shock tunes. Share or import tunes with fellow riders using QR codes and start using immediately, even when you’re way out there without reception. Use Precision Mode to fully customize your Neo Shock tunes to achieve race-like performance on any trail. Components – add or monitor Neo components to ensure the connection is strong and batteries are full before you hit the trails. Review installation or battery replacement guides with easy-to-follow images. Change settings on your Seatpost or Shock – activate Transport Mode, Bike Park Mode, Bump LED Indication and more. Update to the latest firmware to take advantage of our most recent tech improvements. Service – keep your Seatpost and Shock running smooth. Track your Neo component usage against recommended service intervals, see service pricing and details, create a service request or see nearby service locations. Use the FOX Bike app to get ultimate performance from your Transfer Neo Seatpost, or Live Valve Neo Shock.
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 rating: Damper at 4.9 against FOX Bike's 4.2. Damper also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). FOX Bike's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
FOX Bike ships an update every 2 months, Damper every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FOX Bike | Damper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fox Factory | Blake Stoddard |
Customer experience
FOX Bike
Damper
In-app purchases
FOX Bike
No in-app purchases
Damper
No in-app purchases









