Comparison

Damper vs GOVO2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

GOVO2

This app performs a real cycling VO2max ramp test using your iPhone, Apple Watch, and power meter. It provides training tools like Zone 2 and interval workouts, along with progress summaries to help you improve your aerobic base and performance.

Highlights
  • Real cycling VO2max ramp test
  • Live power and heart rate monitoring
  • Zone 2 training guidance
  • Interval workouts
  • Progress summary
  • Per-ride history
  • Apple Health write-back
Features
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Your Apple Watch never gave you a real cycling VO2max. GOVO2 does. GOVO2 is built for cyclists who train with power meter pedals and are done settling for a walk-derived number from Apple, or a passive estimate from a device that keeps their algorithm in a black box. GOVO2 runs a real cycling ramp test on iPhone and gives you a VO2max number that is based on research. GOVO2 also gives you the tools to train and improve: • Zone 2 for the aerobic base • Intervals to push the ceiling higher • Progress summary so that you can clearly see the trends WHAT YOU NEED • iPhone running iOS 17 or later • Apple Watch, or a Bluetooth heart rate monitor (Garmin HRM, Polar H10, Wahoo TICKR, and other standard BLE HRMs) • A Bluetooth cycling power meter or smart trainer WHAT GOVO2 DOES • Cycling VO2max ramp test with live power and heart rate • Zone 2 rides with target heart rate guidance • Interval workouts anchored to your test results • Per-ride history with second-by-second sensor data • Optional Apple Health write-back for VO2max • Transparent methodology. HONEST LIMITS GOVO2 is a fitness app. It is not a medical device, does not diagnose conditions, and does not clear anyone to exercise. If you have health concerns, talk to your doctor before starting or changing a training program. Stop and seek care for chest pain, unusual shortness of breath, dizziness, or symptoms that feel wrong. METHODOLOGY AND PRIVACY The full methodology lives at govo2.com/methodology. Privacy policy at govo2.com/privacy.html. Support at govo2.com/support.

Screenshots

Damper4 screens
GOVO24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Damper at every 2 weeks against GOVO2's every 3 months. Damper also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Damper against 5.0 for GOVO2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Damper ships an update every 2 weeks, GOVO2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Damper versus GOVO2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDamperGOVO2
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBlake StoddardJason Yim

Customer experience

Damper

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GOVO2

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Damper

No in-app purchases

None

GOVO2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Damper free?
Damper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GOVO2 free?
GOVO2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Damper or GOVO2?
Damper and GOVO2 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Damper or GOVO2 have ads?
Neither Damper nor GOVO2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Damper or GOVO2?
Damper ships an update every 2 weeks, and GOVO2 every 3 months. Most recently, Damper was updated on September 28, 2026 and GOVO2 on October 4, 2026.

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