Damper vs Outrider
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Outrider
This app allows cyclists to easily set up and monitor their tubeless tire pressure sensors. Save custom settings for each bike and view real-time pressure readings during rides for a seamless experience.
- Setup tubeless tire pressure sensors
- Save preferred settings per bike
- Real-time pressure readings
- Hassle-free setup process
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The Outrider mobile app provides a convenient interface to set up and use your Outrider tubeless tire pressure sensors for bikes. Save your preferred settings for each of your bikes to make for a hassle-free setup process and get real-time pressure readings while you ride.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Damper at 100% against Outrider's 50%. Damper also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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 — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Damper's written reviews are positive against 50% of Outrider's.
Damper ships an update every 2 weeks, Outrider fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Damper | Outrider |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blake Stoddard | Outrider Components LLC |
Customer experience
Damper
Outrider
In-app purchases
Damper
No in-app purchases
Outrider
No in-app purchases








