Comparison

GloBird vs ThirdGear

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

Head to head
About

GloBird

Manage your energy account, view balances, and submit meter readings. Monitor usage charts and control your battery for virtual power plant participation.

Highlights
  • View account details and balance
  • Submit meter reads
  • See recent correspondence
  • View usage charts
  • Control battery for virtual power plant
Features
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The GloBird Energy app lets you view your account details, account balance, submit meter reads, see recent correspondence, view your usage charts, and control your battery as part of our virtual power plant.

About

ThirdGear

Features
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Built for car enthusiasts who enjoy spending time in third gear. Mix and match engines, gearboxes, final drives and tires, then see what each combination does to speed and rpm in every gear. Change a ratio and everything redraws: the rpm-vs-speed trace, tractive effort against the traction limit, where each gear tops out, and where you should be shifting. Features A/B comparison: Put two setups side by side on the same charts. Swap a diff, a gearbox, or a whole engine and watch what moves. Acceleration and traction - Timed runs with your shift times factored in, plus tractive effort per gear against the grip you actually have. Optimal shift points - Where the next gear starts pulling harder than the one you're in, not just where the limiter is. Lap telemetry gear map - Import a lap from RaceChrono and see which gear you're in at every point on the track, with shift logic you can tune to match how you actually drive it. Garage - Save setups, load them back, and share one with a mate as a QR code. Everything runs on your device for free. No account, no sign-in, no network, and nothing leaves your phone.

Screenshots

GloBird4 screens
ThirdGear4 screens

Verdict

The call

GloBird and ThirdGear are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GloBird versus ThirdGear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGloBirdThirdGear
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews45.5% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size82 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGLOBIRD ENERGY PTY. LTD.Yichen Jiang

In-app purchases

None

GloBird

No in-app purchases

None

ThirdGear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GloBird free?
GloBird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThirdGear free?
ThirdGear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GloBird or ThirdGear have ads?
Neither GloBird nor ThirdGear shows ads.

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