Comparison

Damper vs MTB DamperLab

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

MTB DamperLab

This app helps mountain bikers track and save their suspension settings for forks and shocks. It allows for precise adjustments to air pressure, volume tokens, spring rates, and damping circuits, with options to save unlimited configurations for different riding conditions. Settings can be easily switched between metric and imperial units.

Highlights
  • Track travel, sag, air pressure, and volume tokens
  • Adjust all four damping circuits
  • Save unlimited named suspension presets
  • Switch between metric/imperial and PSI/BAR
  • Large, glove-friendly controls
  • Local data storage, no account required
Features
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MTB DamperLab - Fork & Shock Setup Tracker MTB DamperLab is the pocket notebook for your mountain bike suspension. Stop scribbling click counts on your phone's Notes app or trying to remember what worked on last week's trail - dial in your fork and shock, save the setup, and pull it back up in seconds before your next ride. Track every setting that matters Travel and sag, with a visual slider and live percentage plus millimeter/inch readout A sag "zone" indicator (Optimal / Acceptable / Outside typical range) for both fork and shock, so you can see at a glance if you're in the ballpark Air spring setups: pressure (PSI or BAR) and volume-spacer tokens for dual-chamber forks and shocks Coil spring setups: spring rate and spring length, with smart step sizes All four damping circuits - Low-Speed Compression, High-Speed Compression, Low-Speed Rebound, and High-Speed Rebound - each with its own adjustable click range Count clicks the way you actually think about them: from fully closed or from fully open Built for trailside speed Big steppers and sliders you can use with gloves on Every field is also directly editable by keyboard for precise numbers Switch instantly between metric and imperial, PSI and BAR Save and compare setups Save unlimited configurations as named presets - "Enduro, wet roots," "Bike park laps," "XC race day," whatever fits how you actually ride Rename, reload, or delete presets from a simple slide-out drawer A couple of preset slots are free to get started; unlock more (or go unlimited) with a one-time in-app purchase Simple and private No account, no sign-up, no ads Everything is stored locally on your device Clean light and dark themes that follow your system setting, or set manually Whether you're chasing a plush enduro feel, firming up for bike park laps, or fine-tuning before race day, MTB DamperLab keeps your fork and shock settings organized, consistent, and one tap away.

Screenshots

Damper4 screens
MTB DamperLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Damper at none against MTB DamperLab's 2. MTB DamperLab's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. MTB DamperLab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Damper asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 MTB DamperLab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Damper versus MTB DamperLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDamperMTB DamperLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlake StoddardVADIM DYLICO

Customer experience

Damper

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

MTB DamperLab

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Damper

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MTB DamperLab

One-time2
  • Extra Preset Slot$0.99
  • Unlimited Presets$4.99

Questions

Is Damper free?
Damper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MTB DamperLab free?
MTB DamperLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Damper or MTB DamperLab?
Damper and MTB DamperLab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Damper or MTB DamperLab have ads?
Neither Damper nor MTB DamperLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Damper or MTB DamperLab?
Damper ships an update every 2 weeks, and MTB DamperLab every 2 weeks. Most recently, Damper was updated on September 28, 2026 and MTB DamperLab on October 1, 2026.

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