TrueLean vs Apex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrueLean
This app measures your motorcycle's lean angle during corners, providing accurate readings through transitions and steady states. It offers a live instrument cluster with speed, distance, and G-force data, and saves your ride history with detailed analysis and route mapping. Export your rides as GPX or CSV files.
- Accurate lean angle measurement
- Live instrument cluster
- Ride history and analysis
- Route mapping with lean markers
- GPX/CSV ride export
- Hands-free start/stop
- Battery optimization
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TrueLean™ measures how far your motorcycle actually leans - the real angle through a corner, not what a bubble level would show. In a steady corner, gravity and cornering force combine to point straight down the bike's own vertical axis, which is exactly why a plain accelerometer reads near zero mid-turn. TrueLean fuses gyroscope attitude with cornering physics, so the number on screen is the lean you're really carrying - accurate through transitions and steady-state alike. One tap zeroes your mount, and it works at any mount angle. A LIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER • Big, glanceable lean gauge with zone colors and max-lean markers • Speed, distance, lean, and g-force tiles, plus a ride timer • Portrait or landscape, with an OLED-friendly dark cluster • Keeps recording with the screen off or the app in the background EVERY RIDE, SAVED • Full ride history with personal bests • Route map colored by lean angle, with your deepest-lean markers • Lean and speed timelines, g-forces, and complete stats • 0–60 mph / 0–100 km/h acceleration timing YOURS TO KEEP • Export any ride as GPX (with lean/speed) or CSV from the share sheet • Hands-free start/stop via the Action Button and Siri • Built for long rides: adapts the screen, sensors, and processing to save battery without ever dropping recording fidelity PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no third-party SDKs • Your ride data stays on your device and is never sent to us • Nothing leaves your phone unless you choose to export and share it RIDE RESPONSIBLY TrueLean is a recreational tool for reviewing your rides - not a safety device, and its readings are estimates. Mount your phone securely, set up before you move, and never interact with the app while riding. Obey the law, ride within your limits, and save record-chasing for a closed course. Requires an iPhone with a gyroscope. Designed for a rigid handlebar/fork mount.
Apex
Track your motorcycle rides with live lean angle, GPS mapping, and performance metrics. Compete on famous passes, climb leaderboards, and earn badges for your riding achievements. Designed for entertainment and personal tracking.
- Live lean-angle meter
- GPS ride recording
- Auto-saved ride history
- Pass leaderboards
- Earn riding badges
- Real-time g-force
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Apex measures your lean angle with the phone you already ride with. Mount it on the bars or drop it in a pocket, hit Start, and ride. RIDE • Live lean angle, speed and G-force while you ride • Every corner pinned on your route with the angle you carried through it • Left and right lean, lean over time, speed segment by segment • Records offline, with no signal at all COMPETE • Famous passes become segments with their own leaderboards • The Apex Score ranks how well you rode a road, not just how fast • Race mode recognises thousands of circuits SHARE • A poster for every ride: your photo, your route and your lean, straight to Instagram RIDE SAFER • Crash alert: if Apex detects a crash and you don't respond, it sounds an alarm and gets a text with your location ready for your emergency contact • Riding weather: a heads-up the evening before a genuinely good day to ride Every ride is recorded and saved. The lean angle, score and full detail come with apex Pro. SUBSCRIPTIONS • apex Pro: $39.99 per year, $19.99 every 3 months, $9.99 per month or $3.99 per week. • apex Elite: $19.99 per month. Everything in Pro plus traction circle, tip-in rate, braking g and corner phases. Prices are in USD and charged in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Apex is for entertainment and personal tracking. Always obey traffic laws and speed limits, mount your phone securely, and never operate it while riding. Terms: https://getapexrider.com/terms Privacy: https://privacy-policy-lac-five.vercel.app/apexrider/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TrueLean at none against Apex's shown. TrueLean also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). Apex's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. TrueLean sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Apex sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for TrueLean against 5.0 for Apex. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrueLean has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TrueLean ships an update fortnightly, Apex every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrueLean | Apex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zaden Connell | Igor Lenderman |
Customer experience
TrueLean
Apex
In-app purchases
TrueLean
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- TrueLean Pro Lifetime$79.99
Apex
- Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
- Apex Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Elite$19.991 Month
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- Pro Quarterly$19.993 Months
- Apex Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
- 1 Ride Credit$1.49
- 3 Ride Credits$2.99
- 5 Ride Credits$5.99
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- 10 Ride Credits$7.99
- apex Pro for life$19.99









