Comparison

FloatHUD vs WheelLife

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

Head to head
About

FloatHUD

This app transforms your VESC/Floaty ride logs into transparent heads-up display overlays. Import telemetry, preview it live, and export high-quality video files for seamless integration with your riding footage.

Highlights
  • Import Floaty JSON ride logs
  • Live telemetry preview
  • Export 1080p/4k HEVC with alpha
  • Speed, battery, duty-cycle widgets
  • Metric or Imperial units
  • Offline functionality
Features
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FloatHUD turns VESC/Floaty ride logs into transparent, cinematic heads-up display overlays. Import your telemetry, preview it live, and export a video file ready to layer over your riding footage in any video editor. Whether you’re tracking speed, battery, or duty cycle — FloatHUD gives you crisp, dynamic visuals. Features - Import Floaty JSON: Load your ride logs directly from Files or use the included samples for instant previews. - Live Preview: Scrub through telemetry and see your HUD update in real time with speed, battery, and duty-cycle widgets. - Export with Transparency: Render 1080p/4k HEVC-with-alpha videos that overlay cleanly on top of your action-camera footage. - Metric or Imperial: Switch units instantly for localized displays. No Permissions Required: Works entirely offline — no Photos, no tracking, no sign-up. FloatHUD is designed for creators who ride. Export your data as clean, compositable overlays to showcase your performance, battery use, and ride flow — all while keeping your footage front and center. Requirements - iOS 17 or later - Compatible with Floaty ride logs (.json) Terms of Use By using this app, you agree to the Apple End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WheelLife

This app transforms your iPhone into a comprehensive dashboard for your electric unicycle, displaying live telemetry and tracking your rides with GPS. It offers ride alarms, community features for sharing and competing, and data export options. Compatible with various EUC models, it prioritizes user data privacy.

Highlights
  • Live telemetry dashboard
  • GPS ride tracking and history
  • Customizable ride alarms
  • Community features and leaderboards
  • Data export to Strava/GPX/CSV
  • Apple Watch and Live Activity support
  • Automatic protocol detection
Features
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Wheel Life turns your iPhone into a full dashboard for your electric unicycle. Connect over Bluetooth and see everything your wheel knows, live speed, battery, voltage, current, temperature, and duty cycle, then record every ride with GPS and keep the whole story. LIVE DASHBOARD See it the instant it happens. Speed, real battery percentage (sag compensated so it doesn't swing under hard acceleration), power, temperature, and duty cycle, all updating in real time. No wheel handy? Tap "Try Demo Wheel" and explore the whole dashboard with simulated telemetry. RIDE TRACKING & HISTORY Rides start on their own when you connect and record in the background with the screen off. Every ride is saved with its route, top speed, distance, climb, and a battery curve. Browse them in a rich History with heat map thumbnails, personal record chips, and weekly trends. Pause for a coffee stop and resume without eating your stats or your battery. RIDE ALARMS Set speed, duty cycle, temperature, and battery alarms so you hear the warning before you feel it. Telemetry is an instrument, not a safety system, but a good alarm gives you a moment. COMMUNITY Share rides with routes trimmed at both ends to hide where you live. Follow leaderboards that count all your verified riding, join clubs, host and find group rides near you, message other riders, and claim territory on a live map. Block and report keep it civil. EXPORT Send any ride to Strava, Ride Hermes, or export GPX and CSV to take your data anywhere. APPLE WATCH & LIVE ACTIVITY Glance at your speed and battery on your wrist and on the Lock Screen while you ride. WORKS WITH YOUR WHEEL Automatic protocol detection for Kingsong, Veteran, Begode/Gotway, and Inmotion — no picking your model from a list. Begode pack size is worked out automatically from the wheel itself. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Rides stay on your device unless you choose to share them. Leaderboards sync numbers, never your location. No ads, no trackers, no data brokers. Anonymous diagnostics can be turned off. Wheel Life is not affiliated with any wheel manufacturer. Ride within your limits and wear protective gear. Terms of Use (EULA): https://wheellife-euc.github.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wheellife-euc.github.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

FloatHUD4 screens
WheelLife4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FloatHUD at none against WheelLife's 2. FloatHUD also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. WheelLife sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FloatHUD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FloatHUD ships an update every 8 days, WheelLife weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FloatHUD versus WheelLife: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFloatHUDWheelLife
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB44 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLuca KaufmannAirik Strandberg

Customer experience

FloatHUD

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WheelLife

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FloatHUD

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

WheelLife

Subscriptions2
  • WheelLife Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • WheelLife Pro Yearly$24.991 Year

Questions

Is FloatHUD free?
FloatHUD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WheelLife free?
WheelLife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FloatHUD or WheelLife have ads?
Neither FloatHUD nor WheelLife shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FloatHUD or WheelLife?
FloatHUD ships an update every 8 days, and WheelLife weekly. Most recently, FloatHUD was updated on October 12, 2026 and WheelLife on October 16, 2026.

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